Issue - meetings

To set out the Work Programme of the Policy Development Panel (report of the Interim Assistant Director – Governance enclosed).

The Panel considered a report by the Interim Assistant Director - Governance (Monitoring Officer) which set out the Work Programme of the Panel.

The Work Programme consisted of two sections:

• Appendix A set out dates of future Panel meetings along with proposed items for consideration; and
• Appendix B set out Task Groups that had been identified by the Panel. There were no current Task Groups. The work of the South Holland Centre Task Group and the Street Art Wall Task Group had been completed and would be removed from future iterations of the document.

The Panel considered the report and made the following comments:

• Members asked to be advised of SHDC’s Cemetery Policy.
  • The Assistant Director – General Fund Assets stated that the Facilities Management Team managed the cemetery and regular inspections were undertaken. The provision of the cemetery was not a statutory duty but it was expected of district councils.

• The Chairman requested a briefing note be brought to the meeting of the Policy Development Panel on 13 December 2022 which outlined which cemeteries were under the ownership/jurisdiction of SHDC, as opposed to the Parish Councils. It was requested that the briefing referenced any associated policies that were in place. A decision would be made by the Panel as to whether this was an area they wished to review at a future meeting.

AGREED:

a)    That the Policy Development Panel Work Programme be noted; and

b)    That a briefing note in respect of SHDC owned Cemeteries be brought to the 13 December 2022 Policy Development Panel meeting.