Extract of the Notice of Decisions taken at the Executive meeting held on Tuesday, 7 July 2026
9. Capital Programme Outturn 2025/26 and Revisions to the 2026/27 - 2029/30 Programme
Resolved (unanimously):
That Executive
a) In relation to the capital programme outturn
i) Notes the 2025/26 capital outturn position of £81.948m and approves the requests for re-profiling totalling £58.432m from the 2025/26 programme to future years.
ii) Notes the adjustments to schemes increasing expenditure in 2025/26 by a net £1.346m.
iii) Recommends to Full Council the restated 2026/27 to 2029/30 programme of £441.313m as summarised in Table 3 and detailed in Annex 1 to the report.
iv) Approves the virement of £5.4m from Integrated Transport to fund the updated spend forecast on York Station Gateway.
Reason: To enable the effective management and monitoring of the council’s capital programme.
b) In relation to the Yorkshire Museum Capital Scheme
i) To authorise officers to commence work with York Museums and Gallery Trust (YMT) and Arts Council England (ACE) to identify and agree a lawful and deliverable form of security for ACE’s contribution to the Yorkshire Museum roof works, and to delegate authority to the Director of City Development, in consultation with the Executive Member for Economy and Culture, the Director of Governance and the Director of Finance, to negotiate and enter into any necessary agreements to give effect to the preferred form of security, including (where required):
· amendments to the 2009 Yorkshire Museum and Gardens Charitable Scheme, subject to Charity Commission approval;
· any documents required to create or support the agreed security for ACE;
· any lease or property arrangements required to facilitate the agreed form of security;
· any necessary landlord consents from the Council to YMT to facilitate the agreed form of security;
· any required applications to HM Land Registry, the Charity Commissioner, Companies House, or any other regulator; and
· any consents required to enable the roof works to proceed.
ii) Subject to the above, to approve the award of £200,000 match funding to the York Museums and Gallery Trust towards the improvement works for the roof and rainwater goods at the Yorkshire Museum, alongside the allocation of a further £300,000 for future match funding if successful and to delegate authority to the Director of City Development in consultation with the Director of Finance and the Director of Governance, to finalise and execute a grant funding agreement with the York Museums and Gallery Trust.
iii) Allocates the £500,000 match funding from Capital Contingency.
Reason: To ensure that any charge created at the Yorkshire Museum is in line with the existing arrangements the Yorkshire Museum between CYC and YMT.
To enable YMT’s acceptance of the grant funding, and all grant
funding arrangements, are in compliance with the Subsidy Control Act 2022, the Council’s Constitution, and the Council’s Financial Regulations.
c) In relation to the funding from the Local Authority Housing Fund (round 4) from MHCLG, are recommended to:
i) Accepts grant funding from the MHCLG of £888k, by delegating authority to the S151 Officer to sign the Memorandum of Understanding.
ii) Recommends to Full Council, the approval of additional borrowing up to £938k to match fund the scheme.
iii) Delegates authority to the Director for City Development to progress the purchase of 6 homes for the HRA.
Reason: To ensure the Council’s acceptance of the funding is in line with the Council’s Constitution and Financial Regulations.