cemetery perpetual care flowers
Funding and community fundraising for planting and maintaining cemetery flowers.
Confirm what the adopted 2026 budget line actually set aside for cemetery flowers and whether a donation drive was launched and tracked separately.
Typically discussed at Personnel and Finance Committee. Check back when the next agenda is published.
Council ended up voting 9-0 to fund the cemetery perpetual-care flowers program for 2026. The written plan described $2,700 in city taxes plus $3,300 raised from residents, but the meeting record also points to a $6,000 budget approval—two different versions of the same commitment.
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passed Advisory Recreation Board · Feb 11, 2026 BUSINESS
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passed Advisory Recreation Board · Feb 11, 2026 BUSINESS
Motion made in support of City Council adopting the ordinance allowing P&R to sell fermented malt beverages within city facilities and parks.
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passed 9-0 City Council · Dec 1, 2025 25-237 Cemetery Perpetual Care Flowers
A motion to include $2,700 in General Fund property taxes for one final year of support for cemetery perpetual care flowers and to direct City Staff to launch a crowdfunding campaign for cemetery flower donations (motion made to approve $6,000 in the 2026 budget to support the flowers for 2026)
Mark Bittner YesDoug Brandt YesShannon Derby YesBill LeClair YesDarla LeClair YesTim Petri YesBonnie Shimulunas YesScott Stechmesser YesAdam Wachowski Yes -
passed Personnel and Finance Committee · Nov 19, 2025 Review 2026 Budget
Wachowski moved, seconded by Bittner, to recommend the proposed budgets and property tax levy to the Council with the following changes: Adjust $2,000 of wages from the General Fund to the Special Events Fund, and use the resulting $2,000 in General Fund savings for perpetual care flowers; Remove the 2% increase in the Library tax levy; Request an additional $5,000 of support from the Room Tax Committee.
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Residents raised concerns during public input about a proposed reduction and possible discontinuation of cemetery perpetual-care flowers.
Personnel and Finance Committee -
Finance staff reviewed the 2026 budget and how it changed from earlier versions.
Personnel and Finance Committee -
The committee voted 2-0 to recommend the 2026 budget package to council, including shifting $2,000 to restore cemetery flower funding (along with other budget changes).
Personnel and Finance Committee -
Staff presented and discussed the proposed 2026 budget (about $42 million) with a proposed 3.8% levy increase and several one-time balancing items (land sales, debt premium, and a cell-tower payment).
City Council Work Session -
Council members debated whether to restore cemetery flower funding as part of the draft 2026 budget; no final decision was made at the work session.
City Council Work Session -
City Council approved funding for the cemetery perpetual care flowers program for 2026.
City Council -
The agenda write-up described a 2026 plan of $2,700 in city tax support for one final year plus $3,300 to be raised through a community crowdfunding campaign.
City Council -
The recommended motion text called for including $2,700 in city taxes for one final year and directing staff to launch a crowdfunding campaign for cemetery flower donations.
City Council -
The meeting record summary indicates a mismatch between the written $2,700-plus-crowdfunding plan and the motion that passed, described as approving $6,000 in the 2026 budget.
City Council