Linwood Cemetery Maintenance Still Undecided

The City of Dubuque has appealed a court decision that relieved Dubuque County and two townships from sharing the city’s responsibility to levy taxes to help pay for upkeep of Linwood Cemetery. Reports say the decision came after the Dubuque County Board of Supervisors voted earlier this year to shift township boundaries to no longer include the Dubuque cemetery to remove the county and townships from responsibility for funding it. The county, city, Dubuque Township and Julien Township had been involved in litigation with the state to determine how Linwood should be funded and who will be responsible for its operations after the Iowa Insurance Division in 2020 began managing and supplementing funding for the cemetery when it was unable to cover operational costs.