Issue - meetings

This report highlights significant achievements from the Council’s capital programme for 2009/10, along with the final out-turn position, and seeks approval for any slippage and / or changes to the programme.

RESOLVED:(i)         That the 2009/10 capital out-turn position be noted and that the requests for slippage to and from the 2010/11 capital programme be approved.

                        (ii)        That the re-stated 2010/11 to 2014/15 programme, as summarised in Table 4 at paragraph 54 of the report and detailed in Annex 1, be approved.

                        (iii)       That the use of £25k contingency to support Strensall Parish Council in seeking to provide youth facilities in Strensall be approved, subject too the receipt by Officers of the business plan showing the scheme and partners.

REASON:      To allow the continued effective financial management of the capital programme from 2010/11 to 2014/15.

[See also under Part B Minutes]

Members considered a report which highlighted significant achievements from the Council’s capital programme for 2009/10, along with the final out-turn position, and sought approval for slippage and changes to the programme.

The current approved programme amounted to £62.956m, financed by £35.095m external funding and £27.861m internal funding. Capital expenditure during 2009/10 had totalled £58.480m, representing an underspend of £4.399m.  Effective management had meant there had been only minimal variations on specific schemes, resulting in an increase of £107k in Council resources required.  Successfully completed schemes had included the award-winning Joseph Rowntree Secondary school, the new Energise facility and the Fulford Road multi-modal scheme, providing bus priorities and cycle lanes. 

Requests had been received to carry forward to future years budgets totalling £4.905m.  Details were provided in Table 2, paragraph 9 of the report, and under the individual departmental headings in paragraphs 10 to 46.  In addition, Members were asked to approve the use of £25k contingency to support Strensall Parish Council in the provision of youth facilities, following the sale of the former Youth Club premises (paragraph 53), and to recommend to Council the use of Prudential Borrowing to fund the Equal Pay Capitalisation costs of £400k (paragraph 47).

Having noted the comments of the Labour Group Spokespersons on this item, and the comments made by Cllr Wiseman under Public Participation / Other Speakers, it was

RESOLVED: (i)         That the 2009/10 capital out-turn position be noted and that the requests for slippage to and from the 2010/11 capital programme be approved.¹

                        (ii)        That the re-stated 2010/11 to 2014/15 programme, as summarised in Table 4 at paragraph 54 of the report and detailed in Annex 1, be approved.

                        (iii)       That the use of £25k contingency to support Strensall Parish Council in seeking to provide youth facilities in Strensall be approved, subject to the receipt by Officers of the business plan showing the scheme and partners. ²

REASON:      To allow the continued effective financial management of the capital programme from 2010/11 to 2014/15.