CC 2016-10-11_06a PP Cemetery District
ARROYO GRANDE
CEMETERY DISTRICT
●CEMETERY FIRST USED IN OR ABOUT
1870'S
●FORMALLY ESTABLISHED AS A CEMETERY
DISTRICT IN 1917
●CEMETERY DISTRICT ROUGHLY FOLLOWS
SAME BOUNDARIES AS LUCIA MAR USD,
FROM SHELL BEACH TO NIPOMO.
●CEMETERY IS CURRENTLY THE FINAL
RESTING PLACE FOR OVER 15,000 SOULS
●OVER 1,5OO VETERANS AT REST HERE.
●CEMETERY IS COMPRISED OF OVER 20
ACRES
●DISTRICT OWNS AN ADDITIONAL 20 ACRE
PARCEL ON NIPOMO MESA
●NUMBER OF BURIALS DECLINING
●CEMETERY IS FUNDED THROUGH TAXES
AND BY SERVICES RENDERED
●FY 2015/2016 BUDGET = $442,278
●TAXES 2015/2016 = $114,513
●SERVICES RENDERED = $327,765
●4 OF 5 PAST YEAR'S BUDGETS HAVE
BEEN IN DEFICIT
●CEMETERY IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL
DISTRICT
●DISTRICT IS MANAGED BY UNPAID
VOLUNTEER BOARD OF 3 TRUSTEES,
APPOINTED BY COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS. CEMETERY FALLS
OUTSIDE OF PURVIEW OF CITY OF AG
●CEMETERY EMPLOYS 1 GEN. MGR, 1
FOREMAN, 1 GROUNDSMAN
●TOTAL ASSETS-
●GENERAL FUND=$1,048,158
●ENDOWMENT FUND=$1,440,168
●EQUIPMENT FLEET=AVG. AGE-22.5 YEARS
(2001 PICKUP TO 1971 BACKHOE)
●MAJOR EXPENDITURES-FY 2015/2016
●SALARY & BENEFITS=$254,604-EQUAL TO
52% OF ANNUAL BUDGET
●MAINTENANCE OF GROUNDS=$25,000
●AND THEN THERE'S WATER...............
●WATER COSTS-
–FY11/12 $35,551 12,230 UNITS=9.1M GALS
–FY12/13 $34,539 12,805 UNITS=9.6M GALS
–FY13/14 $44,403 10,273 UNITS=7.7M GALS
–FY14/15 $31,342 6,549 UNITS=4.9M GALS
–FY15/16 $10,234 904 UNITS=0.68M GALS
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–326K GALS OF WATER=1 ACRE FOOT .
9M GALS=27.6 ACRE FEET.
0.68M GALS=2 ACRE FEET
●FY 16/17 ESTIMATED WATER COSTS
–LOW USE 1,000 UNITS=$15,000
–50% USE 12,000 UNITS=$70,000
●CEMETERY DISTRICTS ASSESSED VALUE
AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUES
–AG $9,392,781,987 REVENUE=$112,137
–ATAS $3,602,145,273 REVENUE=$315,268
–CAYU $3,303,127,061 REVENUE=$348,295
–PASO $5,520,694,624 REVENUE=$415,067
–TEMP $2,037,590,789 REVENUE=$103,693
–CAM $2,268,661,931 REVENUE=$95,262