Convener: Mr Ramsay Allan
The Remit of the Property Committee is:
(i) To arrange for the annual inspection of Property Registers.
(ii) To administer the five yearly inspection of properties.
(iii) To make recommendations to Presbytery on property works whose cost would exceed the financial
limits from time to time set by the General Trustees.
(iv) To keep Manse Condition Schedules under review, and carry out inspections of manses where a
charge falls vacant.
(v) To contribute to framing the job description for a Presbytery Buildings Officer, assist in the
recruitment process and (through the Presbytery Clerk) supervise the work of the postholder once
appointed.
(vi) To contribute to the preparation and implementation of the Presbytery Mission Plan, providing
advice to Presbytery and working with congregations to carry out Presbytery’s decisions so far as they
relate to buildings and land.
(vii) To monitor the insurance of all church properties within the bounds.
Delegated Powers:
(i) to dispose of all applications in respect of fabric and furnishings, unless in the opinion of the
Committee the nature or cost of the work to be done, or considerations of forward planning, requires
the judgement of the Presbytery;
(ii) to grant financial assistance from Presbytery Property Funds within the resources of these funds.