Councillors receive an annual pre-tax payment of £400 as part of their Members Allowance to cover the cost of purchasing the hardware (device) required to replace their Member Tablet.

On 18 January 2024 a drop in session took place for Councillors to bring their own devices to RBBC IT Officers to allow for any challenges to be resolved ahead of the tablets being deactivated.

Further to the email sent to all Councillors by Laura McCartney, Strategic Head of Organisation & Transformation on 07 May 2024, all helpdesk tickets raised during the January Member IT drop in session have now been resolved, meaning the tablets will shortly become unusable.

• As part of the RBBC IT strategy it was agreed that Councillors would provide their own devices to access online tools required to deliver their duties as elected representatives. 
• Namely:
• Outlook for email
• ModGov for review of Council papers (agenda, reports, minutes etc)
• MS Teams for remote meetings
• Prior to this Members had been provided with “tablets”, hand held devices suitable to complete the activities listed above.
• It was agreed at full Council as part of the IT strategy already referenced, that these “Member Tablets” would no longer be supported by IT, as they were either at, or close to the end of their useful life.
• IT support ended in April 2023, and was communicated in advance of this deadline.
• Councillors receive an annual pre-tax payment of £400 as part of their Members Allowance to cover the cost of purchasing the hardware (device) required to replace their Member Tablet.

As a reminder, the switch off date was Tuesday 21^st May.

If you have yet to return your tablet, please do so by dropping it into Town Hall Reception.  The tablets will be securely disposed of in line with RBBC Information Governance processes.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact Service Desk: servicedesk@reigate-banstead.gov.uk or 01737 276464.