Issue - meetings

This report informs the Executive Member of the likely outturn position of the 2008/09 Capital Programme, seeks approval to changes to the programme and seeks approval of any slippage.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to:

(i)      Approve the adjustments to the allocations identified in Annex 2 together with the following adjustments agreed at the meeting:

·        an increase of £40k for the Walmgate Bar gateway scheme and

·          the amended scheme for the alignment of the cycle route and proposed traffic signals in Bootham, subject to the necessary planning consents ; ^1.

(ii)           Approve the increase to the 2008/09 City Strategy Capital budget subject to the approval of the Executive. ^2.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:       To enable the effective management and monitoring of the Council’s capital programme.

Members considered a report which informed them of the likely outturn position of the 2008/09 Capital Programme based on the spend profile and information to the end of 2008. It also sought approval to changes to the programme and reported on slippages and sought approval for the associated funding.

It was reported that the current approved capital programme for 2008/09 was £8.439m which was financed by £6.684m of external funding, leaving a cost to the Council of £1.775m. A summary of the main changes to the programme were :

·        The provision of an overprogramming allowance for the structural maintenance block of £148k to cover anticipated increases in the cost of delivering the schemes included in the programme. The budget for 2009/10 will be adjusted to account for the 2008/09 outturn spend if required.

·        To reduce the level of Integrated Transport overprogramming to £614k to take account of progress on schemes within the programme and to ensure that the total spend is kept within budget.

·        Depending on the decision of the Urgency Committee in December, the Structural Maintenance elements of the City Strategy Capital Programme may be transferred to the Neighbourhood Services portfolio. Further details will be reported to the Executive Member in the Monitor 3 report to the January City Strategy EMAP.

·        If the proposed changes are accepted, the total value of the City Strategy Capital Programme for 2008/09 would be £9,420k including over programming. The over programming would reduce from £860k to £762k (compared to £434k at this stage in 2007/08). The budget would increase to £8,658k, and would be funded as follows:

Officers updated that an increase of £40k would also be required for the amended scheme approved earlier in the meeting for the Walmgate pedestrian crossing and footway improvements.

The Executive Member referred to the LTP allocation for the secure cycle parking project at the Lendal Bridge Sub Station and for the need for this to remain at £50k pending approval of the detail of the scheme by the Executive.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to:

(i)      Approve the adjustments to the allocations identified in Annex 2 together with an increase of £40k for the Walmgate Bar gateway scheme agreed at the meeting;^1.

  (ii)         Approve the increase to the 2008/09 City Strategy Capital budget subject to the approval of the Executive. ^2.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:       To enable the effective management and monitoring of the Council’s capital programme.