The Rector and Churchwardens - Vale Parish Publication 2024

Vale Parish Publication 2024

The Rector and Churchwardens of the above Parish request the Electors and Ratepayers to meet at the Vale Douzaine Room on Wednesday 20th of March 2024 at 7:30 pm to transact the following business:

1. To pass the 2023 Trésor account before the Dean of Guernsey or his delegate.

2. To pass the Churchwardens’ Parish Accounts for 2023 which have been duly examined.

3. To appoint examiners for the Churchwardens’ Parish Accounts for 2024.

4. To elect two Ratepayers to serve on the Vale Parish Church Property Management Board for the following year under Section 6(1)(d) of the Parochial Church Property (Guernsey) Law 2015 to replace Mr C. W. Smith whose term of office has expired but who is eligible for re-election and Mrs F. C. Le Tissier who does not wish to stand for re-election.

5. To decide whether they are of the opinion to levy by means of Owners’ Rate the undermentioned sums for the Churchwardens’ requirements during 2024: -

a. Ordinary repairs and maintenance of the Parish Church 2000

b. Extraordinary repairs to the Parish Church Including: -

Bell repairs, including 5 new bell ropes 1800
Repair to foundation stone to prevent rainwater ingress 800
Porch and Sacristy outside security lights 800
Repairs to boiler house 6000
Remove ivy growth from retaining walls and repointing 4000
Porch repairs 1000
Update CCTV security (New system) 1940
Lychgate maintenance, full overhaul 1700
Disabled access ramp fabrication and fitting 500
Preliminaries and contingencies; scaffolding 4000
Professional fees 2500

c. Insurance of the Parish Church 3500

d. Upkeep of Parish Church clock 500

e. Remuneration to bellringers for public occasions and upkeep of bells 140

f. Cost of publications 1400

g. Contribution towards cost of floodlights 250

32830

Refunds for work not undertaken, superseded or deferred -15000

Total 17830

The Reverend Beverley J. Hervé, Rector
Mr Michael Bubb, Rector’s Churchwarden
Mr Jeremy C. S. F. Smithies, People’s Churchwarden