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Decision Maker: Executive Councillor for Transformation
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Approval to start the project is requested, and a recommendation to Council for funding is sought.
Matter for
Decision
To approve a project to replace the
Council’s financial management system. Initial work indicated that a
capital budget of up to £242k and an additional revenue budget of up to £105k
each year ongoing would be required. These figures reflected the upper end of
the indicative price range obtained from suppliers and were before any contributions
received from partners or savings achieved as a result of the implementation.
Based on average costs from suppliers and a conservative saving assumption,
this project should deliver net savings in future years.
Decision
of Executive Councillor for Finance and Resources
The Executive
Councillor:
i.
Approved
the replacement financial management system project, as detailed in the
attached appendices to the Officer’s report.
ii.
Agreed
to recommend that Council approve capital and revenue funding for the replacement
financial management system project
Reason for the Decision
As set out in the Officer’s report.
Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected
Details of alternative systems considered were detailed in Appendix 2 of
the Officer’s report.
Scrutiny
Considerations
The Committee received a report from the Head of Finance regarding a replacement financial management system.
The Committee questioned the procurement process for a new system and
asked for assurances that references would be sought from existing users.
The Head of Finance outlined the tendering process.
The Committee resolved unanimously to endorse the recommendations.
The Executive Councillor
approved the recommendations.
Publication date: 01/09/2015
Date of decision: 13/07/2015