Agenda and minutes

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Contact: Steve Culliford, Democratic Services Email:  steve.culliford@southandvale.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

42.

Apologies for absence

To record apologies for absence. 

Minutes:

Councillor Debby Hallett had given her apologies for absence. 

43.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 317 KB

To adopt and sign as a correct record the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 1 October 2021. 

Minutes:

RESOLVED: to adopt as a correct record the minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 1 October 2021 and agree that the Chair signs them as such. 

44.

Declarations of interest

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.  

Minutes:

None

45.

Urgent business and chair's announcements

To receive notification of any matters which the chair determines should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances which have made the matters urgent, and to receive any announcements from the chair.

Minutes:

The Chair reminded Cabinet that only those members present in the meeting room had voting rights. 

46.

Public participation

To receive any questions or statements from members of the public that have registered to speak. 

Minutes:

None

47.

Recommendations and updates from other committees pdf icon PDF 264 KB

To consider any recommendations to Cabinet from other committees. 

Minutes:

Cabinet noted an update from other committees, including the matters discussed at recent meetings of the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee, the Scrutiny Committee, and the Licensing Acts Committee.  There were no recommendations for Cabinet to consider at this meeting. 

 

Councillor David Grant attended the meeting to update Cabinet further on the matters discussed at the Climate Emergency Advisory Committee. 

48.

Technology strategy pdf icon PDF 253 KB

To consider the head of corporate services’ report. 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the head of corporate services’ report on the joint technology strategy.  This updated the current strategy agreed in 2018, allowed the council to develop its technology infrastructure to meet the needs of the corporate plan, allowed the council to provide for future needs as it moved to new offices, and allowed it to adapt to changes in IT provision.  The strategy was set out in appendix A to the report, published with the agenda. 

 

Cabinet welcomed the updated technology strategy and noted that it would support all objectives set out in the corporate plan.  Cabinet particularly welcomed the emphasis on meeting the climate emergency objectives of the corporate plan, with a move towards cloud-based services, plus carbon neutral and carbon negative IT solutions. 

 

RESOLVED:to note the update on the projects incorporated in the Joint Technology Strategy and to support the continuing implementation of the programme. 

49.

Exclusion of the public, including the press

To consider whether to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following item of business under Part 1 of Schedule 12A Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 on the grounds that:

(i)        it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1-7 Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and

(ii)       the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

Minutes:

RESOLVED: to exclude members of the press and public from the meeting for the following items of business under Part 1 of Schedule 12A Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 and as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006 on the grounds that:

(i)     it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3, Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and

(ii)    the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

50.

Minutes

To adopt and sign as a correct record the exempt minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 1 October 2021. 

Minutes:

The exempt minutes of the Cabinet meeting held on 1 October 2021 were adopted as a correct record.   

51.

Technology strategy

To note the exempt appendices of the head of corporate services’ report. 

Minutes:

Cabinet noted the exempt appendices to the joint technology strategy update report. 

52.

Property, asset management and technical services IT solution

To consider the head of corporate services’ report. 

Minutes:

Cabinet approved investment for a project to consolidate and upgrade the IT systems used for the property, asset management and technical services. 

 

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