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Decision details

Consideration of the Cabinet Responses to the Cemetery Gates Petition

Decision Maker: Council

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Consideration of the Cabinets decision made in response to the cemetery gates petition submitted to full Council on the 11th July 2012

Decisions:

The Report of the Portfolio Holder for Environment and Waste Management informing Council of Cabinets’ preferred option in response to the petition received by the Council in respect of locking and unlocking all cemetery gates all year round was considered.

 

RESOLVED:

That the preferred option of supporting the establishment of a Friends of Group for the cemeteries to undertake the locking and unlocking of the gates be endorsed.

 

 

(Moved by Councillor S Doyle and seconded by Councillor R Pritchard)

 

A motion was made to make the following amendment:

 

            b) The Council resume locking and unlocking the Cemetery gates.

(Moved by Councillor J Faulkner and seconded by Councillor R McDermid)

 

This was a motion without notice.

 

It was negated by the substantive motion being carried, accordingly rule 14.6(a) did not apply.

Report author: Sarah McGrandle

Publication date: 24/09/2012

Date of decision: 11/09/2012

Decided at meeting: 11/09/2012 - Council

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