According to Wilson, Project Odyssey is the third initiative.
"Wellington City Council is running a programme of work to replace approximately 70 business applications using a local government software platform," he explained.
"TechnologyOne has been selected as the preferred supplier. The $10 million referred to is an estimate of the cost to deliver project Odyssey over a number of years and includes both internal and external costs.
"We are still working through the procurement phase and no further information can be provided.”
Apperley said that in relation to Wilson's first point, the report has a range of options from very low, to very high ($150 million).
“The question is, if this is irrelevant, as the council seems to be alluding to, then why does it mention Project Odyssey 14 times?
The reference to SIIP, he describes as “standard obfuscation” - "What is this? How come we haven’t heard about it before? How much will this cost?" he questioned.
He says the reference to Project Odyssey differs from what the council has previously said: “Where’s the business case? Who can replace 70 business systems for $10 million? The website upgrade cost them $2m alone. Where is the business case?
“This is pure obfuscation. They have chosen to focus on cost and I don’t believe their figures; nor does anyone else. Replacing 70 applications will cost far more than $10 million.
"They have chosen to answer none of the 36 other questions, which are critically important and of high public interest.
“This is a non-answer and my opinion is that they are in damage control. It appears that they have no business case, yet they are in negotiation with a single supplier."
According to Apperley, this has all the hallmarks of yet another IT project disaster that will have a direct impact on the rate-paying public of Wellington, who have shown a high degree of interest in this project.
“Their communications are still confusing," he added. "It is simply not good enough for a public entity that is funded by the citizens of Wellington to behave this way."