Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

Members received a Report of the Chamberlain related to the rollout of wired and wireless connectivity across the City.

After a query from a Member, officers confirmed the roll out of fibre to the premises will include all commercial and residential buildings in the City.

Members were keen to see officers utilizing all channels in communicating to residents and businesses the changes taking place, as the majority freeholder, the City is in an ideal position to ensure residents on the major housing estates are kept informed. A Member suggested that an article in the Ward Newsletters should be explored. Officers confirmed that the City has communicated the project via online channels but it was important to keep up the drum beat next year.

A Member queried whether the FTTP rollout would include the older tall residential buildings, in response officers confirmed that these would not pose a problem, and that a fully comprehensive rollout was anticipated.

A Member requested we explore whether we could make provisions for the data sets to be included in the contracts (this hadn’t been the case previously). Officers would come back to Members in due course.

RESOLVED – that Members noted the Report.