Minutes of the meeting of the Cemetery Committee meeting held at 7.00pm at The Institute on Thursday, 18 October 2001.

Councillor Fisk, Chair, presided over Councillors Auger, Lewis and the clerk. No members of the public were present.

005 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE – None as all members were present.

006 ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 8 AUGUST 2001

It was confirmed that the minutes of the meeting held on 8 August 2001 was adopted at the Council meeting held on 30 August 2001.

007 MATTERS ARISING NOT DEALT WITH ELSEWHERE ON THE AGENDA

.1 Councillor Fisk will collect the extra trees for planting at the beginning of December.

.2 The ivy will be reduced from the crown of the London Plane Tree.

.3 The hedge at the bottom of the new cemetery has still not been attended to.

.4 The new scale of fees had been ratified by the council and issued to the local funeral

directors.

008 CORRESPONDENCE - None received.

009 REFURBISHMENT OF IRON RAILINGS TO OLD CEMETERY

The clerk has obtained quotes for options for removing the spikes from the fence – these range from £5,000 to £9,000. It was agreed that as the council was no longer pursuing the removal of the ‘no cycling’ order, there was no need to make any change to the structure. It was agreed to invite Wayne Huddlestone to give a quote to wire-brush and repaint the railings with Hammerite paint.

010 CEMETERY SHED

The clerk reported that the shed is in fact being used by the gravediggers to store their accoutrements and therefore could not be removed. Repairs are needed to the roof and it is recommended that racks be provided for the safe storage of the corrugated zinc sheets. The clerk was asked to arrange for this to be carried out.

011 ANY OTHER BUSINESS

The committee will consider the budget for the next financial year and consider options for maintenance when the current contract expires. There being no further business, the meeting was closed at 8.35pm.