TOWN councillors have formed a working party to discuss preparing a lease to hand over Bourne's chapel of rest.
At a town council meeting on Tuesday clerk Nelly Jacobs presented a draft of the pre-lease agreement for the cemetery chapel.
Mrs Jacobs said the solicitors’ main concern was the status of Bourne Preservation Society because it could not enter int
o an agreement until it is a registered charity.
Councillors voted to form a working party to discuss the draft. The working party’s chairman will be mayor Shirley Cliffe, vice chairman is Trevor Holmes and councillors Jane Kingman-Pauley, Judy Smith and Pet Moisey are also involved.
Coun Kingman-Pauley said: “We need to look at this closely. A working party is the only way forward. I think it needs to be moved on as quickly as possible.”
The lease is a vital part of handing over the reins of the chapel to Bourne Preservation Society, which was formed to take charge of it. The town council announced its intention to hand over responsibility for the building in June.
Society chairman Jack Slater said after the meeting: “We are very disappointed about the delays and that Bourne Town Council have not come prepared and are unable to make decisions.
“It is adding to the delays in an already lengthy process.”
Last week Mr Slater told the Mercury the society was hoping to sign the lease by the end of the year once it gets registered charity status.
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