The Board of Trustees of Miami Township, Clermont County, Ohio met in regular session at the Miami Township Civic Building on May 18, 2004 with the following members present: Edwin H. Humphrey, Joseph W. Uecker and Mary Makley Wolff.
MRS. WOLFF made a motion to adopt the following Resolution:
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CREMATION OF TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5101.521 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE, DISPENSING WITH THE SECOND READING
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees ("Board"), pursuant to Section
5101.521 of the Ohio Revised Code, shall provide for the burial or cremation of
township residents if the person was a legal resident of the township at the
time of death, if the body is not claimed by any person for private interment or
cremation at the person's own expense; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to establish a policy of using cremation as the form
of interment prescribed by Section 5101.521 of the Ohio Revised Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of Miami Township,
Clermont County, Ohio by authority of Chapter 504 and Section 5101.521 of the
Ohio Revised Code, as follows:
SECTION 1: That the Board of Trustees shall provide for cremation of township residents if the body is not claimed by any person for private interment or cremation at the person's own expense.
SECTION 2: That at the grave of the person's cremated remains, a stone or concrete marker on which the person's name and age, if known, and date of death shall be inscribed at the expense of the township.
SECTION 3: The Board does hereby dispense with the requirement that this Resolution be read on two separate days, pursuant to Section 504.10 of the Ohio Revised Code, and authorizes the adoption of this Resolution upon its first reading.
SECTION 4: That this Board hereby finds and determines that all formal
actions relative to the passage of this Resolution were taken in an open meeting
of this Board, and that all deliberations of this Board and of its Committees,
if any, which resulted in formal action, were taken in meetings open to the
public, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements, including Section
121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 5: This Resolution shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by
law.
First Reading: May 18, 2004
Second Reading: Dispensed with
Effective: June 17, 2004
MR. UECKER seconded the motion to adopt the Resolution. On the roll call being called the vote resulted as follows:
Mr. Humphrey AYE
Mr. Uecker AYE
Mrs. Wolff AYE
Resolution 2004-16 adopted May 18, 2004.