Decision details

Members are asked to agree the funding of IT projects for 2008/9 for the whole of CYC. Members will be asked to review the benefits and risks associated with each proposal and decide which ones to fund.

RESOLVED: (i)         That the order of priorities recommended by the CITSG be agreed in principle, subject to the allocation of resources as part of the 2008/09 budget process.

REASON:      In order to allocate the IT Development Plan funding for 2008/09 to priority projects, to support the delivery of the Council’s corporate priorities.

                        (ii)        That consideration also be given during the budget build process to the appropriate provision to be made in the Medium Term Financial Strategy for spend on the IT Development Plan in 2009/10.

REASON:      To ensure that sufficient resources are identified for future years’ IT Development within the Council’s forward plan, subject to the overall budget position.

                        (iii)       That Officers be asked to refine the proposals further, to identify more specifically the revenue savings that each will deliver over the lifetime of the investment.

REASON:      In order to inform the budget build process.