1.1. To approve the transfer of specialised services and data networks and telephony staff to the council effective 31st October, 2016.
1.2. To delegate to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) approval of appropriate Section 113 agreements for staffing and service delivery.
1.3. To approve the use of £431,000 from previously allocated budgets to undertake transition activity. A Cabinet paper of 6 July 2015, entitled “ICT transition funding and viability” approved an estimated £775,000 for this service tower. At that point, the council only had early estimates for the plans for specialised services. The programme team has now refined these estimates. This reduced cost includes exit from HFBP, entry into the new service provision from shared ICT services, including staff transition and the relevant asset transfer and associated asset costs.
1.4. To note this assures savings of around £1,038,000 in 2017/18 toward the overall target of in excess of £4.7 million.