Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Operations and Estates Officer.

The Committee received and considered the report of the Operations and Estates Officer, concerning the Buttercross Clock which had stopped working.  The receiver had stopped working and needed to be replaced.  The expert had advised that the mechanism needed servicing and some cosmetic work was needed to the face and hands.  As the latter two items were not absolutely necessary, the Operations and Estates Officer recommended that they should be left until the roof tiles were replaced in a few years’ time, and members agreed.  This should be budgeted for. 

The Town Clerk advised that there was no budget for this and she would write to the Town Hall Charity to see if it could contribute.  The money would currently need to come out of the Council’s General reserve.

RECOMMENDED:

1.            that the report be noted;

2.            that the fitting of a good quality radio-controlled clock movement which gets a signal from France to enable the clock to work again, be commissioned, at a cost of £2, 300 plus VAT;

3.            that the dial mechanism overhaul and the restoration of the dial frame, dial surround and hands are done when the work to replace the roof tiles is done in a few years’ time.