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CEMETERY
COMMITTEE MEETING
MONDAY
17TH MARCH 2008
Present
:- Cllr R Mills
(Chairman), Cllr J. Godwin, Cllr A. Maycock, Cllr C. Stanger,
Cllr A. Wardle, Cllr H. Wright
1.
Apologies for Absence
Cllr
V Baker
2.
Declarations of Interest
None.
3.
Open to the Public
No
members of the public were present.
4.
ALLOTMENTS
a.
Rental agreement 1st April 2008 31st March 2009
Committee
members had received a copy of the current rental agreement prior
to the meeting.
Cllr
Wardle proposed one amendment to condition 10 of the agreement.
To
read :- Individual fires are only allowed if contained in a
small brazier or fire pit.
Amendment
agreed by the committee.
b.
Tree surgery
Tree
surgery works were due to take place on 11 th March but had been
postponed due to inclement weather. The Clerk will check with the
Estate to verify when this work will be rescheduled. Cllr Wardle
asked the Clerk to contact the contractors with regard to the protection
of produce on the allotment land when the tree is felled.
5.
Cemetery Lodge / Cemetery Chapel
Quotations for maintenance / repair works
The
Clerk informed the meeting that a schedule of works had been sent
to:-
D.J.
Hutchings
Bennie
Construction
R
Fagan
D.J.
Hutchings was the only contractor to quote for the proposed works,
as follows:-
Cemetery
lodge
.. £7,746
Cemetery
chapel
.... £1,845
Quotations
were in line with budgeted figures put forward by Paxton Brown,
except the work to the North West flashings on the chapel.
The
committee discussed the quotation and Cllr Stanger proposed:-
The
Committee accept the quotation for the works to the Cemetery Lodge.
The Clerk to verify the work
for the cemetery chapel.
Seconded
by Cllr J Godwin,
Unanimously
agreed.
6.
Council Policy Regarding Burials for Outside the
Towcester Area
Committee
members put forward their views on recent requests for burials at
the
Brackley
Road Cemetery from outside of Towcester. It was apparent that it
would be difficult to impose firm rules due to the complexity of
individual cases. Cllr Godwin said it would be difficult to have
a policy when there could be many variations of requests for burials
at the cemetery
Cllr
Wardle proposed that:-
The
Council should not accept burials from the surrounding villages.
Requests from individuals should be discussed and agreed by the
Chairman, Town Mayor and the Clerk.
Seconded
by Cllr Godwin,
Unanimously
agreed.
7.
Cemetery
Chapel
Committee
members had received details of the Preliminary intrusive investigation
report regarding subsidence damage to the Cemetery Chapel.
The
Chairman highlighted recommendations for several courses of action
and the Committee discussed the remedial works required.
Cllr
Godwin proposed that:-
The
Clerk obtain quotations for mass underpinning and associated remedial
works.
Seconded
by Cllr Wright,
Unanimously
agreed.
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