Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Operations Manager.

The Committee received and considered the report of the Operations Manager which provided further details of the proposal for the introduction of the new ashes section at Windrush Cemetery.

Members were pleased to hear that the proposal had the support of the Friends of the Cemeteries group and that all the feedback received from existing users by Officers during their investigations of what was a niche market, was positive.

A Member raised the illustration of the breakdown of figures for the new vault solutions; it was believed that it gave an indication that the Council would be profiting from the sale of these plots when the reality was that only initial outlay costs would be being recovered.

Recommended:

1.      That, the report be noted and,

2.      That, the proposal as detailed in the report for the new ashes section at Windrush Cemetery along with the proposed charging schedule be progressed and,

3.      That, a budget of £25,000 to install 40 burial vaults & 20 Trident Vaults in the new ashes section be approved and,

4.      That, a budget of £1,500 be approved for the initial purchase of 20 ashes urns and,

5.      That, it be delegated to officers to set additional guidelines in line with current cemetery guidelines for the new ashes vault section.