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Capital Programme Monitoring 2009-10 Period 5: Project Appraisals and Variations

Meeting: 04/11/2009 - Cabinet (Item 11)

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B Report of the Director of Finance

Additional documents:

Decision:

1.      The following variations to schemes in the capital programme for 2009-10 are approved.

 

Scheme Reference, Description

&

Directorate

Narrative

2009-10

£

Future

Years

£

Funding Source

2007-08/PR0010 V01

Hot Property

 

Housing GF

This project is funded by NBC, utility companies and private landlords. Contributions to the value of £5,351 have been received in 2009-10; therefore the budget for this project needs to be increased by this amount.

5,351

-

Third party contributions

2008-09/GF066 V01

 Sport & Recreation in Beckets Park

 

Planning & Regeneration

Phase one of this project was completed in 2008-09 which included installing children’s play equipment that met DDA requirements, to improve access to play for children with disabilities, and a 5 a side football pitch.  It was the intention that more works would take place improving the environment of Beckets Park, but it is now felt this would conflict with the strategic improvement of Beckets Park.

(13,121)

-

Section 106

2009-10/GF026 V02

GOEM Project Decent Homes

 

Housing GF

The budget for this project was based on an estimate of the amount of external grant funding that would be received for works to decent homes in the private sector. The amount of funding received was £258,424 more than the estimate; therefore the budget needs to be increased by this amount.

258,424

-

GOEM Grant

 

Further details of these variations can be seen at Annex A of the report.

 

2.      The following is noted

 

a.      The capital programme monitoring position is noted as at end of August 2009, including forecast outturns and slippage into 2010-11, as set out at Annex B and C.

 

b.      The funding arrangements for the 2009-10 capital programme as set out at Annex E.

Minutes:

Councillor Clarke addressed Cabinet expressing concern at the £250K overspend on bringing private landlord properties up to standard.  However he was pleased to see the overspend for disabled adaptations, as this showed that vulnerable people were getting their needs addressed.  He did suggest that there was something very wrong with budget forecasting to have misjudged the spending to this extent.

 

Councillor Mildren addressed Cabinet, commenting on the expenditure outlined in Annex B of the report and enquiring if the £300K capitalisation directive related to potential employee costs as set out in Annex D.

 

Councillor Perkins, as Portfolio Holder for Finance, presented the report to cabinet and took members through the details of the proposed variations as laid out in the appendices to the report.

 

Councillor PD Varnsverry and Councillor Beardsworth stressed the importance of ensuring that housing adaptations for vulnerable people were carried out at the earliest opportunity. Councillor B Hoare added that a large proportion of the work had been necessary to cover a baglog left by previous administrations in spite of insufficient funding coming from central Government.

 

RESOLVED

 

1.      That the following variations to schemes in the capital programme for 2009-10 be approved.

 

Scheme Reference, Description

&

Directorate

Narrative

2009-10

£

Future

Years

£

Funding Source

2007-08/PR0010 V01

Hot Property

 

Housing GF

This project is funded by NBC, utility companies and private landlords. Contributions to the value of £5,351 have been received in 2009-10; therefore the budget for this project needs to be increased by this amount.

5,351

-

Third party contributions

2008-09/GF066 V01

 Sport & Recreation in Beckets Park

 

Planning & Regeneration

Phase one of this project was completed in 2008-09 which included installing children’s play equipment that met DDA requirements, to improve access to play for children with disabilities, and a 5 a side football pitch.  It was the intention that more works would take place improving the environment of Beckets Park, but it is now felt this would conflict with the strategic improvement of Beckets Park.

(13,121)

-

Section 106

2009-10/GF026 V02

GOEM Project Decent Homes

 

Housing GF

The budget for this project was based on an estimate of the amount of external grant funding that would be received for works to decent homes in the private sector. The amount of funding received was £258,424 more than the estimate; therefore the budget needs to be increased by this amount.

258,424

-

GOEM Grant

 

Further details of these variations can be seen at Annex A of the report.

 

2.      That the following be noted

 

a.      The capital programme monitoring position is noted as at end of August 2009, including forecast outturns and slippage into 2010-11, as set out at Annex B and C.

 

b.      The funding arrangements for the 2009-10 capital programme as set out at Annex E.