2025

G0585 - Car parking functions - 230525

A member authority is conducting a review of their car parking function which is currently split between the Neighbourhood Delivery team who manage the enforcement elements and the Facilities Team who maintain the assets, contracts, cash collections etc.

The member authority is seeking information with regards to where the car parking functions sit in other councils

G0584 - Digital solutions for operational workforce planning - 210525

A member authority is looking to implement a digital solution to managing operational staff across all areas of frontline service delivery.

They would like to know if any members are currently using a digital workforce management/planning tool to manage staff, task allocation and assets (equipment and fleet)

• Which service do they use, and their experience of it
• Can they be integrated with other existing software systems used in the sector (e.g. Bartec and Alloy for waste and cleansing respectively)

G0583 - Corporate Performance Software - 260225

A member authority is exploring software packages to collate, monitor and manage the council’s corporate performance management data i.e. in terms of action progress and KPI performance.

They are interested in hearing what other councils use and whether they would recommend the software.

G0582 - AI assisted council minute software - 260225

Are other councils using/ tried AI assisted council minute software? And would they be happy to share their experiences of it.

G0581 - Job costing software for Roads, Waste & Fleet services - 250225

In order to manage and identify costs for work done in roads, waste and fleet, this authority uses a series of holding accounts. The cost side of the holding account holds labour, plant and material costs. They then use job costing software to calculate the cost of individual jobs and then allocate this to the relevant budget cost centre. The software used is no longer fit for purpose and therefore the authority is looking for a replacement.

They would therefore be interested to hear what systems other local authorities use to carry out this task and what feedback they can provide regarding ease of use, integration with other systems and ability to quickly update charge-rates. Any other thoughts and opinions on this process would also be welcomed.

G0580 - Voting software in council meetings - 030225

What voting software do other authorities use in their council meetings? And would they recommend it?