Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Operations Manager.

The Committee received and considered the report of the Operations Manager which was also raised up the agenda.  The officer  provided a detailed explanation of the options under consideration.

Members heard of the obstacles faced by both the operations team and visitors to the cemetery and how these would be addressed with the proposed new interment plots and installation of the pathway.

The Committee heard that although Options two and three required a larger outlay, these costs would be recouped by the sale of the Exclusive Rights of Burial to families in the future.

Members asked that the Friends of the Cemeteries be consulted and that a fully costed proposal be prepared by Officers for presentation at the meeting of the Committee on 10 November 2025 but that funds be provisionally included during the budget-setting discussions.

Recommended:

1.      That, the report and verbal update be noted and,

2.      That, Friends of the Cemeteries be consulted on the options in the report and their thoughts gathered and,

3.      That, a report be prepared by Officers with full financial costings and proposed charges outlined for consideration and,

4.      That, £15,660 be allocated in the 2026/27 budget calculations in anticipation of the installation of 20 pre-installed ashes vaults (Option3).