Decision details

To outline the arrangements that will support the delivery of the Administration’s Capital Ambition statement and respond proactively to the key financial and organisational challenges that dominate the medium term planning horizon of the Council;

RESOLVED: that

1.            the establishment and implementation of a four-year ‘Capital Ambition Delivery Programme’, including the projects and initiatives that will serve to accelerate the modernisation of council services and deliver savings in accordance with the Administration’s priorities be approved

2.            authority be delegated to the Director of Economic Development, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Investment and Development, to develop a business case for the introduction of new arrangements that will ensure the Council is operating from modern, cost effective and fit for purpose premises;

3.            authority be delegated to the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to develop the Council’s proposals for collaboration, including the business case for delivering transactional services on a regional footprint;

4.            a rolling programme of Fundamental Reviews to ensure the optimal configuration of council services be implemented;

5.            the initiation of an immediate review of the Council’s ICT services, including hardware, software and resources, led by the Chief Executive, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Finance, Modernisation and Performance be approved, in order to underpin the successful implementation of the Council’s Digital agenda;

6.            the Chief Executive be authorised to re-allocate staff resources within the budgetary framework for 2017/18 to give priority to the proposals outlined in the report.