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Notice of Meeting and Agenda

Enterprise and Infrastructure Committee

Venue: Council Chamber, Council Offices, Kirkwall.

Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2026.

Time: 09:30.

IMAGE: The Orkney Islands Council crest and the text “ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL.”

Dear Councillor,

You are invited to attend the above meeting.

A note of the business to be considered is attached.

Gareth Waterson,

Deputising Chief Executive.

Contact

Clerk Name: Katy Russell-Duff.

Clerk Telephone: 01856 873535 extension 2239.

Clerk Email: committees@orkney.gov.uk.

Committee Membership

Councillors Mellissa-Louise Thomson (Chair), W Leslie Manson (Vice Chair), Graham A Bevan, Alexander G Cowie, P Lindsay Hall, Rachael A King, Kristopher D Leask, Raymond S Peace, Gillian Skuse, Owen Tierney, Duncan A Tullock and Heather N Woodbridge.

Hybrid Meeting

Please note that this meeting is scheduled to be held in the Council Chamber. However, arrangements will be made for members to join the meeting remotely, should they wish.

For those attending remotely, they will be asked to declare:

  • They are in a room with no other persons present.
  • That no persons can overhear the discussions.
  • That they will not answer any other calls or attend to any other business whilst participating in the meeting.
  • That cameras will be kept on at all times without exception.

Further Information

This is a meeting which is open to the public.

This agenda and associated reports are available in portable document format (pdf) here.

A paper copy of the agenda and associated reports is available on request from committees@orkney.gov.uk.

Audio Recording Notice

Please note that this meeting will be broadcast live (audio only) over the Internet on Orkney Islands Council’s website. The meeting will also be recorded, with the recording publicly available for listening to after the meeting for at least 12 months. The Council is a Data Controller in terms of data protection legislation. Data collected during the audio cast will be retained in accordance with the Council’s Data Protection Policy. Further information about how the Council uses personal information and associated rights is available on the Council’s website.

Order of Business

Preliminaries

A. Apologies.

B. Declarations of Interest.

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on this agenda. Any member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.

Policy and Governance

  1. Proposed Fisheries Management Measures for Inshore Marine Protected Areas and Proposed Priority Marine Feature Management Areas – report by Director of Infrastructure and Organisational Development attached.

  2. Burial Grounds Management Plan and Customer Charter – report by Director of Infrastructure and Organisational Development attached.

  3. Inter-Island Ferry Services – Proposed Summer 2027 Timetables – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.

Exclusion of Public

  1. The Committee is requested to exclude the public from the meeting for Item 5 on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information of the classes described in the relevant paragraphs of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended.

  2. Enhanced Inter-Island Air Service report by Director of Enterprise and Resources to follow.

Not for publication by virtue of paragraphs 6, 8 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

Information Reports

  1. Revenue Expenditure Monitoring – report by Head of Finance attached.

  2. Road Asset Replacement Programme – report by Head of Finance attached.

  3. Economic Development Grants – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.

Annex B: Not for publication by virtue of paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

Performance Monitoring

  1. Enterprise Service Annual Review – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.

  2. Orkney Road Safety Strategy – Delivery Plan – report by Director of Infrastructure and Organisational Development attached.

  3. Performance Monitoring – Infrastructure and Organisational Development – report by Director of Infrastructure and Organisational Development to follow.

  4. Performance Monitoring – Enterprise and Resources – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.

Draft Minutes

  1. Harbour Authority Sub-committee – Draft Minute of Meeting held on 27 October 2026 attached.

  2. St Magnus Cathedral Sub-committee – Draft Minute of Meeting held on 27 October 2026 attached.

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 – Schedule 7A

Access to Information: Descriptions of Exempt Information

Paragraph 4. Information relating to any particular applicant for, or recipient or former recipient of, any financial assistance provided by the authority.

Paragraph 6. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority).

Paragraph 8. The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the authority under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services.

Paragraph 9. Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services.