2014-01-13 Item 6.3 Appendices 1-5

There will be a need to rationalise some delegations and authorisations associated
with the executive and senior management positions affected by the new interim
executive organisational structure and there may also be a need for some additional
delegations and authorisations in this regard.

The required outcome should be an interim delegations and authorisations schedule
relating to the interim organisational structure.


10.5. Insurance policy
The transfer manager must ensure that the new council has adequate insurance
cover is provided for the new council from changeover day.


10.6. Information technology separation
The transfer manager must ensure that the new council has an operational
information technology (IT) capability from changeover day.

As part of the Queensland Boundaries Commissioner assessment and QTC
financial analysis, KPMG were engaged to undertake a high-level cost estimate for
the de-amalgamation and re-establishment of an operational IT capability.

This review took into account the broad range of IT capability including:

      establishment of data centre

      client peripherals

      data and voice systems, PABX, core switches and routers, wide area
       networking including internet, firewall and remote access device, voice
       telecommunications, mobile phone service and supervisory control and data
       acquisition systems

      establishment of helpdesk

      core applications software including financials, property and rating, asset
       management, human resources and payroll, spatial and mapping, library
       management, minutes/agenda and reports, design (Autocad), Microsoft
       Enterprise agreement

      costs for transition of data to new council and cleanup of continuing council
       data.

The department will provide the transfer committee a copy of the KPMG document
to assist in planning the establishment and transfer of data and systems to the new
council.




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