Cllr. Marie Baker

To ask the Chief Executive to provide the name of the Council’s Broadband officer and to give a brief summary of what areas are covered by this job?”
Reply:
The role of Broadband Officer for dlr County Council is fulfilled by Mr Herron who is also the dlr Digital Strategy Officer. The role of the broadband officer is to project manage internal and external interactions with the winning bidder(s) in respect of the National Broadband Plan, as well as with any telecommunications company that is seeking to roll out infrastructure in the county. The broadband officer will be the dedicated local point of contact in each local authority with
responsibility for promoting telecommunications infrastructure development and will act as the liaison with operators on coverage and roll out issues. The post should also help develop the local digital strategy.