Cemetery Services (14.5 KB) - Cairns Regional Council

Description of Fee, Charge, Penalty plus conditions
Unit
2013/14 Rate
Including GST
GST on Base
Rate
MEMORIAL PLAQUES
Plaque installation fee applicable to lawn plaque beam sections
ONLY within: Martyn St Cairns, Gordonvale & Nelson Road
Cemetery, Babinda, Mossman and Port Douglas and the
Memorial Gardens Mossman & Port Douglas Each 79.00 7.18
Plaque installation fee (other sections) - applies ONLY to Forest
View Cemetery & Monumental sections at Cairns, Gordonvale &
old Babinda cemeteries, Port Douglas, Mossman (other than
Memorial Gardens Mossman & Port Douglas). Each 180.00 16.36
Operational Charges non business hours all sections
Holiday Surcharge (inc Weekends) ALL SECTIONS : in addition
to standard fees Burial 691.50 62.86
Interments outside normal hours (See below): surcharge in
addition to standard fees (per 1/2 hour for each cemetery
attendant) 1/2 Hour 41.50 3.77
NOTE : Normal hours defined as 7.00 am to 3.30 pm on
business days. If a gravesite is not vacated by 3.00 pm to permit
post interment activities, then the surcharge will be applied per
30 minutes (or part thereof) from 3.30pm.
Additional works at applicant's expense during normal
operational hours
Additional works at applicant's expense outside of normal
operational hours
Hourly rate per
person 45.50 4.14
Hourly rate per
person 71.50 6.50
Note: The hourly rates are non inclusive of plant, machinery or
material costs
Note: A minimum hire period of 3 hours applies to outside of
normal hours usage
Administration
Transfer of site ownership / reservation Application 95.00 8.64
Application fee to conduct on-site works (eg. vault installation,
memorial installation) Application 150.00 13.64
Research records for genealogical information - Written
response - per cemetery Search 58.50 5.32
Exhumation - Application Fee (exc operational costs) Application 175.00 15.91
Hire of Shelter - Weekdays 7:00 - 3:30 No Charge
Hire of Shelter - Outside of normal working hours eg weekends,
public holidays Application 515.00 46.82
Standard Regulations
Charges are standard to all cemeteries unless stated otherwise.
No charge made for the gravesite for any child 1 (one) year old or under when interred in a designated children's
section - but normal operational surcharges must be paid when applicable on public holidays or outside normal
hours.
Plaque costs are additional to burial charges. Council staff to fit plaques in designated plaque sections.
All plaques, vases, ceramic photographs etc. must be Council standard and Council approved.
Reservation Fee shall be the Site fee applicable at the time the site/niche is reserved. N.B. The interment or
entombment fee cannot be prepaid. It will be the current fee applicable at the time of such internment/entombment.
Interment fees apply to subsequent interments in an existing grave.
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