Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT

Further to Minute No. 107 of the Cabinet meeting held on 16 February 2012, the Council 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 Council also considered an addendum to the report which provided details of the revised Capital Programme for 2011/12.

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

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

RESOLVED:

That the revised Capital Programme for 2011/12 as set out in the addendum report be approved.

Report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT

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.