14 IT Infrastructure to the Public Cloud
Planning and Economic Development Portfolio
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To consider report DAT/03 of the Head of Digital and Transformation.
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RESOLVED
That the Cabinet
a) approves Option 3 - the migration of IT infrastructure to a public cloud-based approach as set business case (set out in Appendix A of report DAT/03).
b) requests that the revenue and capital implications be included within the Budget and Council Tax 2021-22 report going to Cabinet in February 2021.
c) delegates authority to the Head of Digital and Transformation to mobilise a project and sign the necessary contracts to move the IT Infrastructure to the public cloud, including regular update briefings to the Cabinet and Shadow Members with responsibility for IT.
(Generic Delegations 3 and 7 will be used to enact this recommendation).
Reasons for the Recommendations
The operational, financial and technical benefits that public cloud adoption would provide the Council, far outweighs retaining the status quo of a “do nothing” alternative.
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The Leader of the Council presented report DAT/03of the Head of Digital and Transformation. The report requested approval for a feasibility study and business case to move Crawley Borough Council’s IT infrastructure to the cloud, following a review of the IT infrastructure that recommended a Cloud based operating model.
Councillor Crow spoke on this item commenting that the hoped the Council had learnt from previous mistakes regarding the move to the data centre, but does support the proposal.
A recorded vote was taken on the recommendations, in accordance with the Council’s Virtual Committee Procedure Rules. The names of the Councillors voting for and against the recommendations, along with any abstentions, are recorded as set out below:
For the recommendations:
Councillors Irvine, Jhans, Lamb, Mullins, and P Smith. (5)
Against the recommendations:
None.
Abstentions:
None.
RESOLVED
That the Cabinet
a) approves Option 3 - the migration of IT infrastructure to a public cloud-based approach as set business case (set out in Appendix A of report DAT/03).
b) requests that the revenue and capital implications be included within the Budget and Council Tax 2021-22 report going to Cabinet in February 2021.
c) delegates authority to the Head of Digital and Transformation to mobilise a project and sign the necessary contracts to move the IT Infrastructure to the public cloud, including regular update briefings to the Cabinet and Shadow Members with responsibility for IT.
(Generic Delegations 3 and 7 will be used to enact this recommendation).
Reasons for the Recommendations
The operational, financial and technical benefits that public cloud adoption would provide the Council, far outweighs retaining the status quo of a “do nothing” alternative.