Issue - meetings

Joint report of the Strategic Director – Place and Head of Corporate Finance and ICT

Further to Minute No. 4 of the Cabinet meeting held on 24 May 2012, the Council considered the joint report of the Strategic Director - Place and the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which provided an update on the development of a single capital pot bidding process and detailed the recommendations for the acceptance of an interim Capital New Starts Programme for 2012/13.

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

RESOLVED:

That approval be given to:

(1)       the utilisation of the full 2012/13 Transportation capital allocation to meet existing capital new start proposals;

(2)       the utilisation of the full 2012/13 Disabled Facilities Grant capital allocation to meet the cost of statutory disabled grant awards; and

(3)       the interim allocation of £2,661,750 as a Children’s Services 2012/13 capital new starts programme in order to progress urgent and time constrained projects identified.

Joint report of the Strategic Director – Place and Head of Corporate Finance and ICT

Further to Minute No. 107 of the meeting held on 16 February 2012, the Cabinet considered the joint report of the Strategic Director - Place and Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which provided an update on the development of a single capital pot bidding process and detailed the recommendations for the acceptance of an interim Capital New Starts Programme for 2012/13.

RESOLVED: That

(1)       the confirmation of the Disabled Facilities Grant capital allocation for 2012/13 be noted;

(2)       the Council be recommended to approve:

            (a)       the utilisation of the full 2012/13 Transportation capital allocation to meet existing capital new start proposals;

            (b)       the utilisation of the full 2012/13 Disabled Facilities Grant capital allocation to meet the cost of statutory disabled grant awards;

            (c)        the interim allocation of £2,661,750 as a Children’s Services 2012/13 capital new starts programme in order to progress urgent and time constrained projects identified;

(3)       a further report detailing the outcome of the research and suggested appraisal methodology for the single capital pot bidding process be submitted to the Cabinet in June 2012 with the objective of having the appraisal methodology fully embedded for the 2013/14 financial year; and

(4)       it be noted that a further report will be presented later in the year, regarding Adult Social Care schemes to be included in the Capital Programme.