Decision details

The Capital Programme was approved by Council on 28 February, with Cabinet approving additional schemes in July 2013.

A further update of the 2013/14 Capital Programme will be considered by Cabinet in November. This will highlight additional schemes to be included in the programme and identify the allocation of part of the Adult Personal Social Services Grant (which was retained to support the transformation of Adult Social Services, including service remodelling and systems development).

The report will also provide further information on the timetable for determining schemes to be considered for inclusion within the 2014/15 Capital Programme.

Further to Minute No.61 of the meeting of the Cabinet held on 7 November 2013, the Council considered the report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which provided details of the latest capital projects that had been recommended for inclusion within the Capital Investment Plan for 2013/14 by the Strategic Capital Investment Group.The report also provided details of a proposal for the Council to grant delegated authority to the Cabinet to approve self financing schemes for inclusion in the Capital Investment Plan.

It was moved by Councillor P. Dowd, seconded by Councillor Maher and

RESOLVED:

That:

(1)                   approval be given the inclusion of the schemes detailed in paragraphs 2 to 6 of the report, within the Capital Investment Plan for 2013/14; and

(2)       the Cabinet be given delegated authority to approve self financing schemes for inclusion in the Capital Investment Plan as detailed in paragraph 9 of the report.