cemetary

By Cheryl Jahn

Death and Taxes

Council will ponder fee increases

Aug 21, 2019 | 4:01 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – Death and taxes. Two things that are unavoidable in life. And the cost of both may be getting higher come the new year. That’s because the Finance and Audit Committee has had a meeting to discuss four areas that may see increases. Cemetary costs, parks and recreation facilities, off-street parking and water and sewer rates.

“For a lot of years, it was nice that we had those zero percent increases. You know that was great and we kept to that as long as we could,” explains Garth Frizzell, Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee. “But with the cost of inflation, that’s at least two percent per year.”

Examples of the fee increases are cemetary and parks:

Cemetary Fees: 2019 2020 2021 2022

Flat Marker – $2,656 $2,736 $2,818 $2,902

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Upright Marker – $2,983 $3,072 $3,165 $3,2603

Park Rentals 2019 2020 2021 2022

Hourly – $52 $54 $55 $57

Daily – $287 $296 $304 $314

The City’s Finance Department also cited things like negotiated pay increases for salaries and wages. Most areas will see increases of two percent year-over-year.

The issue will be coming up prior to budget discussions in the new year.