URL: https://democracy.somerset.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=1935

Decision Maker:

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose:

Content: Having been duly proposed and seconded, the Executive Resolved to:- a.    approve the Modern Data and AI Council business case for data and AI transformation to enable services to be more efficient and change their ways of working. b.    approve the release of associated Capital Funding (Flexible Use of Capital Receipts) of up to £1.561m, noting that a decision point to proceed further would take place in August 2026. c.     agreed to quarterly reporting to Corporate and Resources Scrutiny Committee on the Modern Data and AI programme and the use of AI within the Council. 

Date of Decision: October 1, 2025