19 Business Case for Establishing a Communications Shared Service
Minutes:
Background:
This exempt report provided details of proposals for a shared communications service with East Sussex County Council that would provide communications services to the two Councils and deliver traded services to other local public sector bodies in the region.
The Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee considered this report on 19 September 2013 and its views were set out in paragraph 6 of the report.
It was noted that the Deputy Leader was acting on behalf of the Leader in accordance with paragraph 7.5 of Article 7 (The Leader and Cabinet) as set out in the Constitution.
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Decision number: |
Decision: |
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188/2013 |
The Cabinet recommended that the Deputy Leader (in the absence of the Leader) delegate authority to the Assistant Director, Communications, Performance and Partnerships in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance to proceed with the implementation of the communications shared service with East Sussex County Council as set out in the business case to launch in April 2014. |
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189/2013 |
The Deputy Leader, acting in the absence of the Leader, agreed to delegate authority to the Assistant Director, Communications, Performance and Partnerships in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Finance to proceed with the implementation of the communications shared service with East Sussex County Council as set out in the business case to launch in April 2014. |
Reasons:
This will allow the Council to introduce an innovative shared approach to delivering communications that will increase the resilience of its communications service and generate traded income from its activities.