The appointment of Birketts LLP and expenditure of up to £20,000 from the agreed implementation budget of £0.746m for the purposes providing legal advice and preparing the legal agreement(s) pertaining to the proposed transfer of Careline service-users and staff to the expanded Helpline service provided through Colchester City Council’s arms-length trading company Amphora, along with Out of Hours, Sheltered Housing and CCTV monitoring (as agreed by the Cabinet on 21 February 2025).