Hi Wrex, After reading past posts, you have my admiration and respect, from experience it's always the few who end up, time after time, doing the work, and burning out, also volunteers are a difficult group to handle, time factors etc.
My own experience ended, with getting in a paid manager and organiser which turned out very well, for us.
From reading the previous posts, I don't know if this could be funded, a lot feel they pay enough already, but thinking along those lines, I followed up on Truro's example as mentioned in the Xmas lighting section, I'll post the link, but they have to be read in conjunction, if nothing else it leaves a lot for discussion.
this position would be private not council.
http://www.enjoytruro.co.uk/about