Council begins its ‘Community Conversations’

The five community engagement events to be held across the Orkney mainland and linked South Isles get underway in Dounby tonight, Monday, as Orkney Islands Council continues to tackle its ongoing budget challenge.

The council has said its ‘Community Conversations’ events — coming to Tankerness, St Margaret’s Hope, Dounby, Kirkwall and Stromness — will pose a series of questions to local residents, with the aim of generating ideas for how the council might save money or generate income.

The authority says that isles views will be gathered through existing mechanisms like the Development and Infrastructure Committee meetings on tour and this summer’s community council conference.

The information gathered at the events will feed into the budget-setting process when it begins in the Autumn.

The diary of meetings is as follows:
West Mainland: Monday, June 4, 7-9pm, Milestone Church, Dounby.
St Margaret’s Hope: Tuesday, June 5, 7-9pm, Hope Community School.
Kirkwall: Monday, June 11, 7-9pm, King Street Halls, Kirkwall.
East Mainland: Tuesday, June 12, 7-9pm, Tankerness Hall.
Stromness: Monday, June 18, 7-9pm – Stromness Town Hall.