Issue - decisions

RESOLVED:       That Cabinet agree to:

i)             The Council contributing £869, 000 towards the £4.849m Super-Connected Cities programme, and that this cost be allocated to the Economic Infrastructure Fund. 

ii)            A Digital York Project Board being put in place with the Chief Executive delegated authority to agree its membership and terms of reference.  The Digital York Board to oversee and guide the York Super-Connected Cities Programme.

iii)          A priority for the Board being to prepare a Digital York Strategy and Delivery Plan.

REASON:           York’s Super-Connected City (SCC) proposals are designed to complement and build on existing digital initiatives underway or planned, to support the need of enhancing York’s digital connectivity. This was recognised in the 2011 Council Plan target of helping to establish a digital infrastructure within the City to provide speeds of 25 megabits per second (Mbits) for the majority of York’s business and residents by the end of 2015 and was in line with the national BDUK targets.