Blaine City Council recently approved recommendations from the parks and cemetery board to raise cremation burial rates from $100 to $500. The 400-percent increase in cremation fees, updated in the city’s united fee schedule, were made after not being increased since 2017.
City council also approved purchasing a $2,000 niche, a display vault that holds cremation urns. A niche burial will cost $100.
The rates went into effect March 1.
