Notice of Meeting and Agenda
Enterprise and Infrastructure Committee
Venue: Council Chamber, Council Offices, Kirkwall.
Date: Tuesday, 8 September 2026.
Time: 09:30.
IMAGE: The Orkney Islands Council logo, consisting of a council crest and the text “ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL”, identifies the council issuing the meeting notice.
Dear Councillor,
You are invited to attend the above meeting.
A note of the business to be considered is attached.
Lorna Richardson,
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), Graham A Bevan, Alexander G Cowie, P Lindsay Hall, Rachael A King, Kristopher D Leask, W Leslie Manson, 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
- Appointment of Vice Chair.
- KIMO – report by Chief Executive attached.
Exclusion of Public
- The Committee is requested to exclude the public from the meeting for the following items of business, on the grounds that they would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information of the classes described in the relevant paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended.
Culture Review Member/Officer Working Group – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.
Not for publication by virtue of paragraphs 1 and 9 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
Orkney Ferries Limited – Financial Performance 2025/26 – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.
Not for publication by virtue of paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
Review of Criteria for Haulier Rates – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.
- Column Mounted Decoration Policy – report by Director of Infrastructure and Organisational Development attached.
- Review of Speed Limits – report by Director of Infrastructure and Organisational Development attached.
Information Reports
- Revenue Expenditure Outturn – report by Head of Finance attached.
- Revenue Expenditure Monitoring – report by Head of Finance attached.
- Road Asset Replacement Programme - Expenditure Outturn – report by Head of Finance attached.
- Road Asset Replacement Programme - Expenditure Monitoring – report by Head of Finance attached.
Economic Development Grants – Budget Outturn Statement and Delegated Approvals – 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.
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.
Crown Estate Economic Development Fund and Crown Estate Community Led Development Fund – Budget Outturn – report by Director of Enterprise and Resources attached.
Annexes B and C: Not for publication by virtue of paragraph 4 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
Draft Minutes
- Harbour Authority Sub-committee – Draft Minute of Meeting held on 25 August 2026 attached.
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 – Schedule 7A
Access to Information: Descriptions of Exempt Information
Paragraph 1. Information relating to a particular employee, former employee or applicant to become an employee of, or a particular office holder, former office-holder or applicant to become an office-holder under, the authority.
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 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.