Issue - meetings

The Council resolved:-

(i)           to note the contents of the report;

(ii)          to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to connect with, meet with, and agree next steps with, all relevant parties, including survivors of and families affected by the Piper Alpha disaster and trade unions, with the outcome of the meetings to be reported back to the Operational Delivery Committee in August 2022; and

(iii)         to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to prepare a cost estimate for the planting of the rose beds as an interim measure and report to the Operational Delivery Committee in August 2022 including the options on how this could be funded.

The Council had before it a report by the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services which provided an update on the current situation regarding the Piper Alpha Memorial and the North Sea Memorial Rose Gardens at Hazlehead Park.

The report recommended:-

that the Council -

(a)           note the contents of the report; and

(b)           instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services, to connect with, meet with, and agree next steps, with all relevant parties with the outcome of the meeting to be reported back to the Operational Delivery Committee in August 2022.

The Council resolved:-

(i)             to note the contents of the report;

(ii)           to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to connect with, meet with, and agree next steps with, all relevant parties, including survivors of and families affected by the Piper Alpha disaster and trade unions, with the outcome of the meetings to be reported back to the Operational Delivery Committee in August 2022; and

(iii)          to instruct the Chief Officer - Operations and Protective Services to prepare a cost estimate for the planting of the rose beds as an interim measure and report to the Operational Delivery Committee in August 2022 including the options on how this could be funded.