Issue - meetings

Recommendations

i)                 The council should continue collaborative arrangements with various health sector organisations upon their expiry on 1 January 2025 regarding WAN and associated services.

ii)                The council should enter into collaborative arrangements with the York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority and Chief Constable regarding WAN and associated services.

iii)              The council should enter into a new Solutions Agreement with NYnet in relation to the provision of a WAN solution to the council’s corporate sites, schools and other public sector organisations who have collaborative arrangements in place with the council.

iv)              The council should delegate authority to the Director of Corporate Resources in consultation with Assistant Director Legal to prepare and complete the required contracts on behalf of the council to put into effect the agreements under 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 above 

COUNCILLOR GARETH DADD IN THE CHAIR

Considered – A report of the Corporate Director Resources in which approval was sought to update the Collaboration Agreement made in 2017 regarding Wide Area Network (WAN) and associated services with six health sector organisations in North Yorkshire and York, the current Agreement was due to expire on 1 January 2024.  Approval was also sought in relation to a further opportunity for the Council to enter into collaborative arrangements with the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and Chief Constable.  The Council currently contracts with NYnet Limited for a WAN solution across North Yorkshire for the provision of broadband connectivity to Council sites and North Yorkshire schools and approval was sought to renew these arrangements and any other partner organisation’s sites as part of the collaboration agreements.  Authority was requested for the Corporate Director Finance in consultation with the Assistant Director Legal, to take the necessary steps to complete the agreements.

The Corporate Director Resources introduced the report and advised that discussions with the police were ongoing and resolution ii) was not going to be progressed in the immediate future.

Resolved – that:

i)                 The council should continue collaborative arrangements with various health sector organisations upon their expiry on 1 January 2025 regarding WAN and associated services.

ii)                The council should enter into collaborative arrangements with the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and Chief Constable regarding WAN and associated services.

iii)              The council should enter into a new Solutions Agreement with NYnet in relation to the provision of a WAN solution to the council’s corporate sites, schools and other public sector organisations who have collaborative arrangements in place with the council.

iv)              The council should delegate authority to the Director of Corporate Resources in consultation with Assistant Director Legal to prepare and complete the required contracts on behalf of the council to put into effect the agreements under i), ii) and iii) above 

(Councillors Mark Crane and Carl Les both declared an interest in the item on the basis that they were Directors on the Board of NYnet and left the room during consideration of the item.

The Assistant Chief Executive Legal and Democratic advised that he and the Chief Executive were also on the Board of NYnet, but as they were not decision makers they would not need to leave the room, however they would not take part in the item.)