Agenda item

Report of the Town Clerk.

Members received a Report of the Town Clerk regarding the design, build, support and hosting for a new website.

The Deputy Chairman raised a concern that given the slow lead up time from design to launch, the website would be out of date by 2020. Officers responded that a policy was in place to ensure City Corporation satellite websites evolved with technological changes, but to do this for the corporate website would be more challenging. Furthermore, officers confirmed that the website would be cloud based, meaning that material updates would be quicker and more straightforward. The Deputy Chairman reiterated his concern that officers should be cautious about building something that could be obsolete in a few years, and encouraged them to avoid complacency.

RESOLVED – that Members noted the Report.