Apologies were received from Councillor C Wise.

There were no announcements from the Chairman or Head of Paid Service.

In accordance with the Regulations, Members are required to declare any personal or prejudicial interests they may have and the nature of those interests in respect of items on this Agenda and/or indicate if Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 applies to them.

There were no declarations of interest.

To confirm the Minutes and Decisions made at the meeting of the Cabinet held on 14^th November 2023.

Consideration was given to the minutes of the meeting held on 14 November 2023.

RESOLVED

a)    That the minutes of the meeting held on 14 November 2023 be APPROVED.

To receive items raised by members of scrutiny which have been submitted to the Leader and Chief Executive.

No items were raised.

To receive Report No.154/2023 from the Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Resources.

Report No.154/2023 was introduced by Councillor A Johnson, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Resources.

The report asked for Cabinet’s approval to delegate the award of the hosting and maintenance contract to Liquidlogic owned by System C (LiquidLogic) as the Council’s incumbent provider, to ensure the optimum running and support of the Adults and Childrens Case Management system and other associated software products, under a new 7 year (5+2) contract.

The LiquidLogic system was the case management software system used by the Adults and Childrens directorates.

Members agreed to continue with the current provider to enable the Council to fulfil their statutory duties for Adults and Children’s Services.

It was moved by Councillor A Johnson and seconded that the recommendation of Report No. 154/2023 be approved. Upon being put to the vote, with five votes in favour the motion was unanimously carried.

RESOLVED

That Cabinet:

a)    APPROVED the delegation of the award for the Adults and Childrens Case Management IT system to the Strategic Director for Resources.

To receive items of urgent business which have previously been notified to the person presiding.

There were no items of urgent business

Thursday, 11^th January 2024.

Thursday, 11^th January 2024.