Issue - meetings

This report sets out areas for investment in IT that have been identified and proposed by Directors and asks Members to review these proposals and decide which ones they wish to fund.

RESOLVED: (i)         That Option 3 (to fund fewer proposals than recommended by the CITSG) be supported, with the deletion of scheme no. O7HHASS02 – extension of the SX3 Mobile Working pilot in Housing and a reduction in the allocation to scheme no. O7CEX02 – replacement IT equipment for Members.

REASON:      In the light of the continuing financial pressures on the Council and on the assumption that the corporate scheme 07COR03 will be able to deliver the required functionality in respect of mobile technology and that a phased approach will be taken to replacement IT equipment for Members.

                        (ii)        That Option 2 also be supported, to the extent that it adds scheme no. 07LCCS03 – Mobile Library Connection – to the list of proposals to be funded.

REASON:      In view of the importance of this scheme, which will link the Mobile Library to the main library management system and also provide web access.

                        (iii)       That Officers be asked in future to include in the main body of the report a summary of each proposed programme item, together with a clear statement of the financial benefit to the authority of each item.

REASON:      To improve the clarity and accessibility of the information provided, upon which the Executive will base their decision.

Members considered a report which set out proposed areas for investment in ITT and asked them to review these proposals and decide which ones should be funded.

The proposals had been evaluated by the Corporate IT Strategy Group (CITSG) and were presented in priority order in Annex A to the report.  A summary of each proposal, with a breakdown of costs, was set out in Annex B.

Three options were presented for Members’ consideration:

Option 1 - to fund all the proposals recommended by the CITSG (i.e. those listed above the dotted line in Annex A)

Option 2 – to fund more proposals than recommended by the CITSG

Option 3 – to fund fewer proposals than recommended by the CITSG.

The report highlighted those proposals listed just below and just above the dotted line in Annex A, should Members wish to select Options 2 or 3.

Having considered the comments of the Shadow Executive, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That Option 3 (to fund fewer proposals than recommended by the CITSG) be supported, with the deletion of scheme no. O7HHASS02 – extension of the SX3 Mobile Working pilot in Housing and a reduction in the allocation to scheme no. O7CEX02 – replacement IT equipment for Members.

REASON:      In the light of the continuing financial pressures on the Council and on the assumption that the corporate scheme 07COR03 will be able to deliver the required functionality in respect of mobile technology and that a phased approach will be taken to replacement IT equipment for Members.

                        (ii)        That Option 2 also be supported, to the extent that it adds scheme no. 07LCCS03 – Mobile Library Connection – to the list of proposals to be funded.

REASON:      In view of the importance of this scheme, which will link the Mobile Library to the main library management system and also provide web access.

                        (iii)       That Officers be asked in future to include in the main body of the report a summary of each proposed programme item, together with a clear statement of the financial benefit to the authority of each item.

REASON:      To improve the clarity and accessibility of the information provided, upon which the Executive will base their decision.