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This report provides a summary of the changes to the ICT Strategy agreed by this committee in September 2023. Noted in the update are areas where work has been completed, where work is still in progress and where adjustments to the Strategy have been made.

The original ICT Strategy anticipated that the document would be subject to annual review as the nature of IT services is ever changing.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Note the changes to the ICT strategy outlined in appendix 1 to the report.

(2)       Agree up to £45,000 of funding from the Corporate Projects Reserve to provide the refresh of the corporate website.

(3)       Note the progress that has been made so far on the ICT roadmap, allowing for the understandable delays that came about as a result of personnel changes in ICT leadership.

(4)       Note that whilst the agreed budget for the ICT Programme of work is still largely on track that there are inflationary and other external pressures that are resulting in cost increases.

The Committee received a report providing a summary of the changes to the ICT Strategy.

The following matters were considered:

a)             Website refresh. Following a question from a Member, the Head of ICT informed the Committee that the proposed £45,000 expenditure on a website refresh included all 4 of the Council’s websites – it’s primary site and the individual sites for Epsom Playhouse, Bourne Hall and the Community and Wellbeing Centre. The refresh would include a move from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10 platform, with the intention to launch the new sites in 2025.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)       Note the changes to the ICT strategy outlined in appendix 1 to the report.

(2)       Agree up to £45,000 of funding from the Corporate Projects Reserve to provide the refresh of the corporate website.

(3)       Note the progress that has been made so far on the ICT roadmap, allowing for the understandable delays that came about as a result of personnel changes in ICT leadership.

(4)       Note that whilst the agreed budget for the ICT Programme of work is still largely on track that there are inflationary and other external pressures that are resulting in cost increases.