SHETLAND Islands Council (SIC) will face a projected overall net unsustainable draw on reserves of more than £12 million in the next financial year if its budget is approved by elected members on Wednesday. Finance manager Jamie Manson told a meeting of the SIC’s policy and.
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REASSURANCES have been provided by the council over allegations of maintenance staff accidentally damaging vases in graveyards, as well concerns over the use of strimmers near gravestones.
An update on the current grounds maintenance arrangements at burial grounds was given to members of Shetland Islands Council’s environment and transport committee on Tuesday.
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Environment and estate operations manager Carl Symons said a decision made last year to carry out more frequent grass cuts has resulted in better and less obtrusive mulching.
But he also touched on accusations that burial grounds staff have damaged vases placed on graves on several occasions.
THE TIME is nigh for councillors to push the Scottish Government again on fixed links for Shetland, a meeting heard on Tuesday. Chairman of Shetland Islands Council’s environment and transport committee Ryan Thomson said it is “important that politically this is bumped up.
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SHETLAND Islands Council (SIC) is hopeful that the practice of oil-laden tankers loitering off the coast after leaving Sullom Voe Terminal will be resolved in the near future, a meeting of the local authorityâs harbour board heard on Wednesday.
Infrastructure director John Smith said the best way forward to ultimately solve the issue is a âcollaborativeâ approach involving the industry.
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He said the council has previously made direct contact at âvarying levelsâ regarding vessels lying close to shore south of Lerwick in what is a deemed a precautionary area.
âI think we are expecting this to be resolved satisfactorily quite quickly,â Smith added.