Article IX: Perpetual Care Trust Fund and Assessments

Section 1 Perpetual Care
GHPRD and its predecessor, the Huntington Board of Park Commissioners, have established a trust fund in order to insure that cemetery properties owned by them will be cared for in the years to come, even after the cemeteries are full and all income has ceased. This trust fund is known is the Perpetual Care Trust Fund. A minimum of 10 percent of the income from the sale of cemetery lots, plus such other monies as the GHPRD deems advisable will be deposited into the trust fund.

Present or future owners of spaces or lots under perpetual care make no further payments for routine upkeep and maintenance after their deed is executed.

Cleaning of memorials by sand blasting or other methods is not included in routine perpetual care. Such extra work will require additional payment which shall be due when ordered.

Section 2 Assessments
Prior to 1953 lots were sold without Perpetual Care and lot owners were assessed annually for maintenance. Some lot owners have never converted their spaces to Perpetual Care and are still subject to annual assessments for upkeep of their lots. Owners may convert their lots to Perpetual Care at any time by:

1. Correcting, at their own expense, any faulty foundations under memorials on their lots, and

2. Making a lump sum payment set by GHPRD. Details as to cost of converting individual lots will be furnished upon request from the Cemetery office. Upon receipt of the required payment, GHPRD will issue a certificate agreeing to care perpetually for the lot.

GHPRD reserves the right to set the rate at which lots will be assessed for care. GHPRD sets the fee for converting to Perpetual Care
and may require conversion to perpetual care.

Where lot owners are in arrears for assessments for three years, the lots or grave spaces are subject to repossession by GHPRD. Prior to repossession, GHPRD will make reasonable efforts to notify lot owners of the impending repossession. If a lot has been repossessed for non payment of assessments in which all spaces are used and someone desires to place a marker on a particular grave space, the marker can be placed only after the Perpetual Care has been paid on that grave.