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Cemetery Management Contract
DPS/ Urban Beautification
Megan Robson (936-2306)/Sara Stacy (936-2305)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a five-year contract with the option for a five-year renewal with Woodlawn Cemetery Historical Association, Inc. (dba Woodlawn Cemetery and Arboretum) for the management and operation of the city's five municipal cemeteries; waiving the competitive provisions of TMC 187; authorizing the annual expenditure of an amount not to exceed $615,000 for contractual payments; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Currently, The City of Toledo owns and contracts out daily operations at five (5) municipal cemeteries throughout the city:
Forest Cemetery located at 1704 Mulberry Rd.
Collingwood Cemetery located at 703 Phillips Ave.
Maplewood Cemetery located at 3429 Airport Hwy.
Haughton Cemetery located at 3214 Central Ave.
State Line Cemetery located at 6252 Benore Rd.
Only two of these properties continue to have plots available, (Forest Cemetery and Maplewood Cemetery).
In the Summer of 2020, the city awarded Woodlawn Cemetery and Arboretum a three year contract (three year renewal) to develop, manage, and sell cemetery property rights, merchandise, and services at all the cemeteries. Woodlawn administers the internments, disinternments, monument installations, lot services, site maintenance, record management, genealogy inquiries, and all sales processes since contracting with the City of Toledo. Woodlawn Cemetery and Arboretum also administers the City's Indigent Burial Program including the management of payments and reimbursements in accordance with City's guidelines and the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.
As the current partnership has only improved the quality of service delivery for both residents and visitors, the city would like to proceed with entering into a new contract with Woodlawn Cemetery and Arboretum for five years with the option for a five-year rene...
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