We asked you about cemeteries and burials You Said We are doing… or we can’t because… In Annan Cemetery the grass is so We will ask our staff to complete the strimming required wet and heavy which is flattening as quickly as possible after cutting the grass to reduce the the flowers. time-lapse. Cut and leave policy does not work. In presentation document cut up We aim to cut up to 15 times but this is weather dependant. to 15 times how many times is it – cut? deserve a medal Annandale and Eskdale recruit an additional seven seasonal for what they are expected to do posts for the busier period throughout the summer. – need more staff Car park in Annan Cemetery looks We will be assessing the car park in Annan and will look at abandoned weeds and long grass, what maintenance work is required. – looks a mess, the surface is uneven and potential trip hazards. At Annan Cemetery there is a lot of We will ensure that every effort is made to avoid this in the mess left on other graves afterwards future and reaffirm this with staff. when putting lairs in. Rabbits at Annan Cemetery need We have this method previously and it had very little – to stop rabbits getting in and eating success due to the rabbit entering the premises though open everything could wire mesh fences gates. Regular control methods are used to limit the number – be erected? of rabbits. At Annan Cemetery flowers and We will publicise more what the public can do but they can stagnant water is left for three lift flowers from graves as long as they are deposited weeks and the public are not correctly in the skip provided. allowed to lift cages or flowers. Car park is main issue at Annan We will be assessing the car park in and will look at Cemetery and the potholes on the what maintenance work is required. road to the cemetery. Increase charges in burial services The increase of burial charges was due to the service review – where does this money go? in 2015. The additional monies obtained is returned to the service to cover the costs to the service. Grass cut and left in Eastriggs Our programme of grass cutting in our cemeteries is once Cemetery. Headstones covered in every 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately, with the resource available grass. Grass needs to be lifted we are not in a position to increase the number of cuts. – worse it has been in 12 years very – distressing for families visiting graves.
We asked you about cemeteries and burials You Said We are doing… or we can’t because… In Annan Cemetery the grass is so wet and heavy which is flattening the flowers. Cut and leave policy does not work. In presentation document cut up to 15 times – how many times is it cut? deserve a medal for what they are expected to do – need more staff Car park in Annan Cemetery looks abandoned – weeds and long grass, looks a mess, the surface is uneven and potential trip hazards. At Annan Cemetery there is a lot of mess left on other graves afterwards when putting lairs in. Rabbits at Annan Cemetery – need to stop rabbits getting in and eating everything – could wire mesh fences be erected? At Annan Cemetery flowers and stagnant water is left for three weeks and the public are not allowed to lift cages or flowers. Car park is main issue at Annan Cemetery and the potholes on the road to the cemetery. Increase charges in burial services – where does this money go? Grass cut and left in Eastriggs Cemetery. Headstones covered in grass. Grass needs to be lifted – worse it has been in 12 years – very distressing for families visiting graves. We will ask our staff to complete the strimming required as quickly as possible after cutting the grass to reduce the time-lapse. We aim to cut up to 15 times but this is weather dependant. Annandale and Eskdale recruit an additional seven seasonal posts for the busier period throughout the summer. We will be assessing the car park in Annan and will look at what maintenance work is required. We will ensure that every effort is made to avoid this in the future and reaffirm this with staff. We have this method previously and it had very little success due to the rabbit entering the premises though open gates. Regular control methods are used to limit the number of rabbits. We will publicise more what the public can do but they can lift flowers from graves as long as they are deposited correctly in the skip provided. We will be assessing the car park in and will look at what maintenance work is required. The increase of burial charges was due to the service review in 2015. The additional monies obtained is returned to the service to cover the costs to the service. Our programme of grass cutting in our cemeteries is once every 2-3 weeks. Unfortunately, with the resource available we are not in a position to increase the number of cuts.
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