Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance, (copy enclosed).

The Committee considered the report of the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance seeking Members’ approval to fund replacement of the SAN Disk Array in conjunction with five other essential projects from the Capital Programme 2019 / 20.

The report detailed the projects where funding was sought and outlined how without this equipment and software replacement the Council would face a real and very high risk of catastrophic data loss alongside the interruption of service delivery for Officers and the public.

In response to a number of comments raised the Director of Strategy, Performance and Governance explained the need behind this request to provide resilience to the network.  Internal Audit had reviewed network failure to ensure processes were in place for the future to prevent any further resilience concerns.  In respect of the budget requested for these projects, Members were advised that procurements processes had been followed and reviewed to ensure that the proposed budget figure was robust in terms of providing all the services required.  In response to a question, the Interim Section 151 Officer advised that if agreed the project would be added to the 2019 / 20 Capital Programme and the monies would come from usable capital reserves.

RESOLVED that the addition of the new SAN Array Disks as well as the implementation of the software for Revenue and Benefits, Civica and Uniform be approved as a capital scheme to the 2019 / 20 Capital Programme totalling an estimated £130,000.