Issue - meetings

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to approve the draft Aberdeen City Council (Cemeteries and Burial Grounds) Management Rules 2018 as set out in Appendix 2 subject to the appropriate consultation being undertaken.

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Officer Operating and Protective Services to carry out a public consultation on the proposed Management Rules.

(iii)         to instruct the Chief Officer Operating and Protective Services to report back to committee if significant objections and comments are received during the consultation with: (a) the results of the public consultation; and (b) with a recommendation as to the form the Management Rules should take following the public consultation.

(iv)         to instruct the Chief Officer -Governance to sign the Management Rules on behalf of Aberdeen City Council if no significant objections or comments are lodged following the consultation; and

(v)          to request that the Chief Officer – Operations, clarify the position in regards to burials without coffins and to notify members.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Operating Officer, which sought approval to make new Management Rules for Cemeteries and Burial Grounds within the remit of the Council.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee -

(a)          approves the draft Aberdeen City Council (Cemeteries and Burial Grounds) Management Rules 2018 as set out in Appendix 2 subject to the appropriate consultation being undertaken;

(b)          instructs the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to carry out a public consultation on the proposed Management Rules;

(c)          instructs the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to report back to committee if significant objections and comments are received during the consultation with: (a) the results of the public consultation; and (b) with a recommendation as to the form the Management Rules should take following the public consultation; and

(d)          instructs the Chief Officer - Governance to sign the Management Rules on behalf of Aberdeen City Council if no significant objections or comments are lodged following the consultation.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)            to approve the recommendations as contained within the report; and

(ii)          to request that the Chief Operations Officer clarify the position in regard to burials without coffins and to notify members of the findings.