Issue - meetings

The Chief Finance Officer to present a report which sets out the outturn position of the council’s 2020/21 capital programme and the overall funding of the programme, and provides an update on the impact on future years of the programme.

Resolved:  (i)      That the 2020/21 capital outturn position of £92.397m be noted, and that the requests for re-profiling from the 2020/21 programme to future years, totalling £37.575m, be approved.

(ii)      That the adjustments to schemes increasing expenditure in 2020/21 by a net £10.113m be noted.

(iii)     That approval be given to release an additional £73k from capital contingency to allow the construction of the new crematorium waiting room.

(iv)    That the revised leisure offer at the Community Stadium of a children’s play area be approved.

Reasons:   (a)     To enable the effective management and monitoring of the council’s capital programme.

                   (b)     To ensure that mourners attending the crematorium and waiting to enter can be treated with dignity through appropriate and proper waiting facilities.

[See also under Part B]

The Chief Finance Officer presented a report which set out the outturn position of the council’s 2020/21 capital programme and its overall funding, and provided an update on the impact of the programme on future years.

An outturn of £92.395m was reported on the approved 2020/21 budget of £119.859m; an overall variation of £27.462m.  This comprised requests to re-profile a net -£37.575 of schemes to future years and adjustment to schemes increasing expenditure by £10.113m.  The overall programme continued to operate within budget

Key areas of investment and outcomes were highlighted in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the report. Variances and re-profiling requests within each portfolio area were set out in Table 1 at paragraph 11 and detailed in the body of the report.  The capital programme for 2021/22 to 2025/26, re-stated as a result of the re-profiling, was shown in Table 3 at paragraph 104 and detailed in Annex 1.

Resolved:  (i)      That the 2020/21 capital outturn position of £92.397m be noted, and that the requests for re-profiling from the 2020/21 programme to future years, totalling £37.575m, be approved.

(ii)      That the adjustments to schemes increasing expenditure in 2020/21 by a net £10.113m be noted.

(iii)     That approval be given to release an additional £73k from capital contingency to allow the construction of the new crematorium waiting room.

(iv)    That the revised leisure offer at the Community Stadium of a children’s play area be approved.

Reasons:   (a)     To enable the effective management and monitoring of the council’s capital programme.

                   (b)     To ensure that mourners attending the crematorium and waiting to enter can be treated with dignity through appropriate and proper waiting facilities.