Cemetery Committee

The Cemetery Committee performs the following functions on behalf of the Town Council:

1. To consider all matters regarding the Town's Cemetery and the Chapel.

2. To undertake an annual review of the Fees and Charges for the Cemetery and to make proposals to Council.

3. To monitor and undertake an annual review of the Rules and Regulations pertaining to Interments and Memorials and make recommendations to Council.

4. To prepare a rolling programme of maintenance and to make recommendations to Council.

5. To commission, receive, consider and make recommendations on reports received from other standing committees, council officers, working groups, external organisations, companies and or similar bodies in relation to cemetery policy.

6. To ensure all relevant regulation and legislation relating to cemetery operation is complied with.

7. To review Health and Safety within the Cemetery and implement policies and procedures in accordance with recommended practice.

8. To receive reports on the number of burials and make rulings on proposals for headstones or memorials.

9. To have authority to spend delegated budgets.

Click on the links below to read minutes of previous Cemetery Committee meetings:

• Cemetery minutes 31st Jan 2011 (81KB)
• Cemetery minutes 13th Dec 2010 (64KB)
• Cemetery minutes 25th Oct 2010 (57KB)