The moratorium has led to complicated questions about burials and cemeteries. It has also raised eyebrows among Jewish and Muslim leaders because burials in their faiths could be impacted by the law.
City officials sought to keep Scott Holman on the force, a judge said, but they were left with little choice other than to terminate him once he was unable to testify in cases he investigated.
The groundbreaking was held immediately before a meeting in which commissioners discussed a lease agreement with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.