Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to the report of the Chief Officer Commercial which was presented to update Members on the Strategic Business Review on Workplace Transformation.

The Chief Officer Commercial spoke to the report and highlighted the main points contained therein.

In response to a Member’s enquiry regarding the most up to date operating programme, the Chief Officer Commercial explained that licenses had to be purchased to run operating systems and current licences would no longer be supported in 2021.  The operating system was being upgraded to Windows 10 and Office 2016 as preparation for deploying Office 365.

A Member enquired regarding the asset register.  The Chief Officer Commercial said that a critical part of the review process was to have a full asset register to control the IT estate more effectively going forward. 

A Member enquired if surplus laptops could be donated to charities.  The Chief Officer Commercial said that some laptops would be at the end of life and others would be used for repairs to existing laptops.  If at the end of the process there were surplus laptops the Officer could explore this option.

The Committee AGREED to recommend that the report be accepted and endorse Option 1; namely that the Committee considered and scrutinised the proposed approach and appendix 1.

Councillor Martin Cook left the meeting at this juncture.