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Capital Programme Monitoring 2009-10 Period 7: Project Appraisals and Variations

Meeting: 16/12/2009 - Cabinet (Item 14)

14 Capital Programme Monitoring 2009-10 Period 7: Project Appraisals and Variations PDF 205 KB

B Report of the Director of Finance and Support

Additional documents:

Decision:

1. Approval is given for the following scheme to be added to the capital programme for 2009-10.

Scheme Reference, Description

Directorate

Narrative

2009-10

Future

Years

Funding Source

2009-10/HRA018 Capital Improvement Works

Housing HRA

Adhoc capital improvements to properties, that are not included in the schedule of work for other HRA projects, but where work is required within the financial year to meet the decent homes standard. Examples of work will include replacing windows, heating systems, roofs, kitchens and bathrooms.

300,000

MRA

Further details of this appraisal can be seen at Annex A of the report.

2. Approval is given for the following variations to schemes in the capital programme for 2009-10.

Scheme Reference, Description & Directorate	Narrative	2009-10 £	Future Years £	Funding Source
Budget Increases
*2007-08 /CS0026 V04 IBS Housing Management System Housing HRA	Following restructure of the housing service, the implementation of outstanding IBS modules was put on hold pending an independent review. The review, which has recently concluded, confirms that IBS is a fit for purpose industry standard solution, and made a key recommendation that all outstanding business critical modules should be rescheduled for implementation. This represents an additional sum of £186K over and above the current budget.	61,135	125,250	HRA Earmarked Reserve
2008-09/GF074 V01 Playbuilder – Eastfield Park Environment & Culture	NBC were awarded £50k from DSCF in 2008-09 for the Playbuilder in Eastfield Park scheme. The funding received was £50,500 and NCC have advised to spend the additional £500 and the underspend from 2008-09 on the scheme in 2009-10, as opposed to returning it.	500	-	DSCF
Budget Reductions
2006-07 Slip V17 Urban Enhancement Planning & Regeneration	A revised proposal due to site conditions has reduced the expenditure required, as has the fact that County Council is now paying for the installation of the town signs. This reduction in budget therefore represents a saving.	(4,670)	-	Prudential Borrowing
2008-09/GF078 V01 DPPO Signage Environment & Culture	NBC was awarded a grant from the Home Office in 2008-09 for DPPO signage. £10k of this was allocated to capital, however not all of this was required. The terms and conditions of the grant outline that the funding can be spent on either capital or revenue items, therefore it is proposed to move this remaining funding to the revenue cost centre for DPPO signage to enable it to be utilised.	(380)	-	Home Office
2007-08/CS029 V01 Abington Museum Upgrade Environment & Culture	NBC resources are required to support an application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for funding to upgrade Abington museum. The change in the museum's opening times has made it less likely that the application, for such a large amount, will be successful. Therefore a decision has been made to not proceed with the application and the project is to be withdrawn from the capital programme.	(987,575)	-	£900k Heritage Lottery Fund, £87,575 Prudential Borrowing
Neutral Budget Impact
2007-08/GI0010 V03 One Stop Shop, CRM Finance & Support	To purchase a corporate solution for authentication of secure on-line transactions that will initially ... view the full decision text for item 14

Minutes:

Councillor Mildren addressed Cabinet and referred to the removal of Abington Park Museum from the capital programme. He suggested that the reduction in opening times would make it less likely that heritage funding would be forthcoming. He then referred to other works in the report and asked how optimistic the Cabinet was to complete the £16 million programme with only five months left to go.

As Portfolio Holder for Finance, Councillor Perkins outlined the purpose of the report and commented on the need to step up work to complete it within the timescale.

RESOLVED

1. That Cabinet approve the following scheme to be added to the capital programme for 2009-10.