Agenda item

In accordance with Part 4 of the Constitution, Council is asked to note the urgent decision of the Managing Director to renew the contract to extend use of the Council’s current payment services platform and income management solution for a period of three years. The Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee’s agreement was obtained to waive the call in period and the decision record has been circulated and can be viewed on the Council’s website.

21.1    Councillor Wilson moved and Councillor Hilton seconded the motion. Councillor Wilson summarised the background of the decision to renew the contract to extend the use of the Council’s current payment services and income management platforms for a further three-year period.

21.2    Councillor Hilton noted that this was not a decision which could be reversed at Council and was a legacy from the previous Administration.

21.3    Councillor A. Chambers sought to move an amendment and Council was advised by the Monitoring Officer that, as Council was, for procedural purposes, being asked to note a decision that had already been taken, it was not possible to move an amendment.

21.4    Councillor A. Chambers expressed the view that the tender process for all new contacts should be started sooner.

21.5    Councillor Gravells noted that he had some sympathy with Councillor A Chambers’ point, but stated that if the urgent decision had not been taken, the Council’s payment system would have been affected.

21.6    The motion was put to a vote and was carried.

21.7    RESOLVED :- to note the urgent decision of the Managing Director to renew the contact to extend the use of the Council’s current payment services platform and income management solution for a period of three years.