Purpose

For Cabinet to recommend to Council to approve
an amendment to the capital programme to utilise underspends to
fund two new projects, at a total of £368,000 for delivery of
IT projects within this financial year.

Decision

That: the following be recommended to
Council
 

a)   
To approve the addition of £368,000 in this year’s
capital programme, to deliver Wide Area Network (WAN) replacement
project and Telephony Contact Centre project, funded from
underspends in the capital programme.
 
That: Cabinet
 

b)   
Delegates to the Director of Strategy and Transformation the spend,
subject to Council approval, up to £368,000 to deliver the
projects as part of the IT Capital Programme.
 

Alternative options considered

1. Do not request Telephony Contact Centre and
Wide Area Network Replacement projects funding is reallocated
within the 2024/25 capital programme, instead progress for approval
in the 2025/26 capital programme. Not recommended. This would delay
implementation and in turn delay opportunities to modernise our
services and implement transformational change to customer services
delivery. In addition, delaying implementation will incur
additional licencing and supplier costs to the organisation for
only a short period, which does not present a cost-effective
solution