Amenities Committee

Responsibilities of the Amenities Committee

The Amenities Committee attends to all matters in connection with the Community Hub, Barroon Cemetery, St Edward's Churchyard, the War Memorial, the Environment and Heritage of Castle Donington, including Heritage Notice Boards and Leaflets, etc. Christmas Lights, Hanging Baskets and Community Events.

Objectives:

• To support and promote the long-term environmental, cultural and economic health and vitality of the Parish creating a vibrant, safe, healthy and inclusive community.
• To maintain to a high standard the Cemetery and St Edward's Churchyard.
• To properly maintain other structures in the ownership or responsibility of the Parish Council, e.g. the War Memorial.
• To organise and promote community events, to bring people together and to promote a sense of wellbeing, ownership and responsibility for the environment and community in which they live.
• To promote and protect the character of this historic market town.

The Amenities Committee shall have authority and consent to:

1. implement the Amenities Committee's aims and objectives.
2. organise various community events to be run by the Parish Council, in conjunction with the sub-committee (Residents committee). These currently include the May Market, Music in the Park, the Wakes and the official switching-on of the Christmas lights.
3. approve and amend various regulations and orders to ensure the smooth and efficient running of events.
4. work with the Parochial Church Council in the maintenance of St Edward's Churchyard.
5. maintain the Cemetery to a high standard for the benefit of all those visiting the Cemetery and to provide a place for peaceful reflection.
6. approve and amend various regulations and orders to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the cemetery.
7. organise and maintain floral hanging and the provision of Christmas lights
8. arrange and co-ordinate various heritage/environmental schemes, e.g. village signs, the heritage notice boards, re-development of land off Bondgate, etc.
9. decide who shall or shall not be permitted to be buried or have a memorial erected at the Barroon Cemetery, if the Clerk is concerned that an application is other than a standard application.
10. deal with all matters relating to the maintenance and improvement of the Community Hub, working closely with the other main users.
11. manage and deal with bookings in relation to room hire/room use, (possibly inconjunction with the Parish Recreation committee which has responsibilities relating to recreational activities), management of café and reception. organise various community events at the Community Hub, in conjunction with the other main users.
12. responsibly and appropriately spend the respective amounts detailed and approved in that year's financial budgets except if the amount is of such significance, then it is to stand as a recommendation to the Full Council.
13. instruct the Clerk to carry out the decisions of the Committee, prior to the minutes and decisions of the Amenities Committee meetings being approved and signed at Full Council.
14. recommend items to be discussed at the annual budget meeting.