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With the assistance of a report by the Head of Revenue Services to consider transferring the handling of cash payments at the Council’s three cash offices to an alternate payment provider.

  Approved the introduction of additional payment locations and agreed to withdrawn the payment of cash transactions at the Council’s three cash offices, authorised the Director of Commerce and Technology to select the payment provider to handle cash payments and noted the use of under-spends and savings in the existing budgets to finance the net costs of the proposal. 

By way of a report by the Head of Revenue Services (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet were acquainted with a proposal to transfer the handling of cash payments at the Council’s three cash offices to an alternative payment provider.

Having discussed the issues involved, the benefits of introducing additional payment locations and the associated financial implications, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  (a)  that the introduction of additional payment locations be approved and the payment of cash transactions at the Council’s three cash offices withdrawn;

  (b)  that the Director of Commerce and Technology be authorised to select the payment provider to handle cash payments; and

  (c)  that the proposed use of under-spends and savings in the existing budgets to finance the net costs of the proposal be noted.