Decision details

The Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which provided details of the 2012/13 Capital Allocations received to date and their use in the development of a new starts programme for 2012/13.  The report also sought approval for the utilisation of additional allocations of Integrated Transport Block Grant and Disabled Facilities Grant in 2011/12.

This is a Key Decision and was included in the Council’s Forward Plan of Key Decisions.

RESOLVED:            That

(1)       the Council be recommended to approve the revised Capital Programme for 2011/12 as set out in the report;

(2)       the utilisation of £203,153 Aiming Higher for Disabled Children resources in 2011/12 as outlined in paragraph 2.2 of the report be confirmed;

(3)       it be noted that any revenue implications of the schemes reported to the Cabinet Member - Children, Schools and Families on 7 February 2012, as outlined in paragraph 2.3 of the report would be met from the schools’ delegated budgets;

(4)       the utilisation of the additional £163,000 Integrated Transport Block grant in 2011/12 for Transportation purposes be confirmed;

(5)       the utilisation of the additional £188,866 Disabled Facilities Grant in 2011/12 for the provision of such grants be confirmed;

(6)       the 2012/13 capital allocations received to date be noted;

(7)       the proposal for all 2012/13 capital allocations to be pooled and subject to a bidding process be accepted in principle and a further report on this issue be submitted to a future meeting of the Cabinet; and

(8)       that further to (7) above the Strategic Asset Management Group be requested to consider a detailed strategy for the 2012/13 Capital Programme and submit its proposals to a future meeting the Cabinet.