The Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which set out the risk that exists in having a single ICT Data Centre and detailed proposals for the provision of a secondary Data Centre facility to provide business continuity and disaster recovery.
This was a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.
RESOLVED: That
(1) the risk that exists by having only one ICT Data Centre be noted;
(2) the need for a secondary ICT Data facility be approved;
(3) the selection of the Prinovis site in Liverpool as the most cost effective solution be approved;
(4) approval be given to the inclusion of £250,000 in the capital programme funded from earmarked reserves; and
(5) approval be given to the virement of £35,000 from the IT Development budget to meet the ongoing revenue costs of the project.