Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

The Committee considered a report of the Town Clerk which provided information of action taken by the Town Clerk since the last meeting of the Committee.

The Town Clerk informed the Committee of a further decision which had been taken. The Town Clerk had approved the reallocation of Finance Committee contingency from City Fund and City’s Estates £159.5k across each fund to address an overspend of £319k for the financial year 2023/24 within the Chamberlains/DITS Division. The overspend could not be addressed with existing budgets as it partly related to costs connected to the existing Oracle/MHR support team which were due to be recharged to the ERP programme but could not be due to implementation delays. The costs also related to unexpected costs incurred against the IL4 Secure Network environment following an IT failure.

Members agreed on the need to maintain clear oversight of the budget for the ERP programme. The Chairman noted the importance of having Members sitting on both the Digital Services Committee and the Finance Committee to provide a reporting line, and encouraged officers to be confident in approaching the Committee at an early stage when issues arose.

RESOLVED, that – the report be received and its contents noted.