WIGTON TOWN COUNCIL
A MEETING OF THE WIGTON BURIAL JOINT COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON
WEDNESDAY 29THNOVEMBER2017 AT 7.00PM
PRESENT
Cllrs. E Lynch, A Pitcher, L Graham, W McKie, W Marrs, M Clark, and G Girvan
WBJC/32/2017 APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
To receive and accept apologies for absence – Cllrs Scott and Williams
WBJC/33/2017 MINUTESOF THE MEETINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE
To receive and agree the minutes of the meeting of the Joint Committee on the 1st November 2017 –Agreed and Approved
WBJC/34/2017DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST/DISPENSATIONS
Members are invited to declare “Disclosable Pecuniary Interests” and “Other Registerable Interests” and refer to “Dispensations” relating to any item on the agenda –None
WBJC/35/2017EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND THE PUBLIC
To consider whether there are any items on the agenda for which the press and public should be excluded
– Item 6 and 8
WBJC/36/2017 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
None
WBJC/37/2017CURATOR AND CLERKS REPORT - CONFIDENTIAL
Appraisals – Terry has had his appraisal.
Laptop – Happy for me to purchase a laptop. This will be put in vestry once work is complete for Terry to be able to use. Approx cost £400 – Yes all agreed for the clerk to purchase a laptop
Paupers grave – Request to purchase two paupers grave. Section N Ward 7 No. 8 Jane Craffey and Section 0 Ward 1 No. 4 John Craffey. Can this go ahead? – Yes all agreed that 2 paupers graves can be purchased. Clerk to check with Bereavement Services if there is a different procedure.
Cross – Request for a cross to be put up on a grave space. Spoke with Ruth Carr and they just knock them in to the ground - Members are happy for a cross to be erected instead of a headstone. A charge will be incurred of £50.00 this will be added to our burial fees for the coming year along with a specification (size).
WBJC/38/2017 FINANCE MATTERS
To receive and authorise Payments for October and November – Received and Approved
WBJC/39/2017 CONVEYANCES - CONFIDENTIAL
WBJC/40/2017 HEADSTONES AND ADDITIONAL INSCRIPTIONS
New Headstones –5headstones purchased this month
Additional Inscriptions –1additional inscription purchased
WBJC/41/2017 SUNKEN GRAVES
Following the list produced by the Curator at a previous meeting the Clerk has a couple of options
available to the committee to address sunken graves. Following the accident the Curator had of falling
into a newly dug sunken grave she felt that the job required two members of staff to complete the work.
Option 1 – Outsource the work. A cost of £14 per grave
Option 2 – Wigton TC could ask a member of staff to help the Curator carry out the work. In return the
Curator would help out town council staff as and when required.
RESOLVED that we would go with Option 2. The Clerk to ask the Curator for a list of urgent sunken
Graves so work could commence.
WBJC/42/2017 CEMETERY WALL
Following the letter received from Mr Scott regarding the damage to the wall bordering his property due
to cemetery trees, the Clerk had received two quotes for the repairs to the wall.
Quote 1 - £6, 100 plus materials
Quote 2 - £3,500 (Verbal quote)
The Clerk reported that whilst the trees are still there this problem would still exist in the future and it is
likely we would be repairing the wall again at some point.
Cllr McKie suggested that we put railings up around the trees instead of repairing the wall.
The Clerk to look in to alternatives for the next meeting.
WBJC/43/2017 DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 31st January 2018 at 7.00pm
Meeting closed at 8.10pm
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