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Extracted from Consolidated Report
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Sonoma County Grand Jury
• 2023-2024
Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Responses to the 2022-2023 Sonoma County Civil Grand Jury Reports
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Recommendations 3
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R1Page 78By July 31, 2023, The City SCM, An examination of transactions from the The Grand Jury of Sonoma contacts the SCC Cemetery Enterprise was carried out. It acknowledges that this Recommendation has California Department of Tax was determined that tangible items were been implemented. and Fee Administration to not being sold directly to customers, but establish procedures to collect, rather were included in the internment report, and pay sales tax on packages sold and therefore not subject to tangible items sold at the a sales tax. In those situations, the cemeteries. Cemetery Enterprise is considered a consumer and they have arranged to pay sales tax when purchasing these items from their vendors. The CDTFA judged this to be an allowable practice.
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R3Page 78By December 31, 2023, the A draft of a comprehensive Policy and The Grand Jury SCM, City of Sonoma will develop a Procedures manual for the City of Sonoma acknowledges that this SCC Recommendation will policies and procedures manual Cemeteries is currently being reviewed by be implemented. for the operations of the staff. (2/13/24) Cemetery Program. (F1, F2,
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R5Page 79By December 31, 2023, the SCM, In September 2023, L.F. Sloane Consulting The Grand Jury City of Sonoma conducts a SCC Group presented a Cemetery Action acknowledges that this thorough review of the Update to the City Council. Based on the Recommendation has been implemented. Cemetery Endowment Fund. report, the City Council approved a 2023- The Grand Jury is aware that 2024 Cemetery Price Lists including the City of Sonoma has cited Endowment Fund contributions that will their intention, in their fiscal bring Endowment Fees in line with current year (2022-2023) goals, to costs and market conditions. complete a financial analysis of the Cemetery Fund and The Finance Committee approved moving develop a plan for resolution of the Endowment Fund to the City Local the deficit in that fund and the Agency Investment Fund to increase Grand Jury recommends that returns. The plan is to first address the the Endowment fund is included in that analysis. (F3, issue of operational losses, and then