Agenda item

Capital Outturn Report 2018/19

Minute 90

Referred direct to all three Scrutiny Committees

Minutes:

The Committee considered Minute 90 of Cabinet held on 25th June 2019, which had been referred direct by Cabinet to all three Scrutiny Committees together with a report of the Strategic Director (Finance and Resources). This concerned the capital investment programme outturn for 2018/19, which sought approval of the relevant budget carry forwards and accelerated delivery requests and in year amendments for the current approved programme.

 

Resolved:

 

That the following recommendations of Cabinet be noted:

 

“1. That the expenditure on the capital programme for 2018/19 totalling £50.899m against a revised budget of £52.648m, a delivery of 96.7%, be noted.

 

2. That the relevant budget carry forwards and accelerated delivery requests totalling a net £3.059m moving into 2019/20, as set out in Appendices 1 and 2 to the submitted report, be approved.

 

3. That the virements, reprofiles and amendments and new external funding for schemes, as detailed in Appendices 3, 4 and 5 to the report, be noted.

 

4. That in respect of the A127 Kent Elms Junction Improvements project:

 

(i)       That it be noted that the delays to the project have led to an overspend against the scheme budget of £2.446m with £1.075m of this incurred in 2018/19.

(ii)     That a further budget of £1.371m be added to the capital investment programme to deliver the scheme over the following years, 2019/20 £1.331m and 2020/21 £0.040m, to be financed by borrowing.

 

5.  That in respect of the Priory, Delaware and Viking new build project:

 

(i)       That the updated financial business case position, be noted.

(ii)     That this project be moved from the ‘Schemes subject to viable business cases’ section into the main capital investment programme.

(iii)    That the procurement exercise undertaken which has resulted in an additional budget requirement, be noted.

(iv)    That a further budget of £1.519m is added to the capital investment programme in 2020/21 to be financed by borrowing, to enable the scheme to be delivered.

 

6.  That a budget of £4.3m to be added to the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) capital investment programme in 2019/20 to facilitate the HRA Affordable Housing Acquisitions Programme, funded 30% from retained Right to Buy capital receipts and 70% from the HRA Capital Investment Reserve, be approved.

 

7.  That  a budget of £0.250m be added to the capital investment programme, £0.125m in 2019/20 and £0.125m in 2020/21, to undertake a two year programme of street lighting infill, to be financed by borrowing.

 

8.  That the relevant changes to the budget identified since the approved capital investment programme was set at Council on 21 February 2019, as detailed in Appendix 6 to the report, be approved.

 

9.  That it be noted that the above changes will result in an amended Capital Investment Programme of £233.166m for the period 2019/20 to 2023/24, as detailed in Appendix 7 to the report.

 

10.  That the schemes subject to viable business cases for the period 2019/20 to 2021/22 totalling £37m be noted.

 

11.  That the content of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Annual Financial Report 2018/19 be noted and that the CIL Main Fund receipts from 2018/19 and previous financial years be carried forward until spending plans are reviewed in early 2020/21.

 

12.  That authority be delegated to the Director for Planning and Transport (in consultation with Ward Members and the Executive Councillor for Environment and Planning) to agree how the Ward Neighbourhood Allocations received up until 31st March 2019 (excluding allocation to Leigh Town Council) are to be spent.”

 

Note: This is a Council Function

Cabinet Member: Cllr Woodley

 

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