Issue - meetings

As agreed at the previous meeting of the Scrutiny Steering Board, a presentation on the Spatial Project was given by Ms. Poole (Head of E-Government and Customer Services) and Mr. Hanwell (Spatial Project Manager) and was introduced by the relevant Portfolio Holder, Councillor Booth. 

An information pack which had been made available to Members was a referred to during the presentation.

There was a lengthy discussion on this item and several questions were asked during and after the presentation.  Questions posed related to: the decision taken to change suppliers (due to the poor performance of the original suppliers); the monitoring of the project by Members (specifically the Performance Management Board); the total cost of the project; and the savings to be made.  It was felt by Members of the Board that the presentation had not covered Value for Money as requested.

Although it was understood that the cost for Phase 2 (FM2) of the Spatial Project was already included within the Capital Programme, due to the significant amount, it was questioned whether the decision to approve the second phase should be considered by the full Council.

RESOLVED that the presentation be noted.

RECOMMENDED that the decision to approve Phase 2 (FM2) of the Spatial Project costing approximately £2M be taken by the full Council rather than the Cabinet.