Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT

Further to Minute No’s 142 and 147 of the Cabinet meeting held on 25 April 2013, the Council considered the report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which provided an update on the capital allocations allocated to Sefton for 2013/14 by the Government and proposals for the development of a Capital Investment Plan for 2013/14 and details of the outturn figure for the Southport Cultural Centre Project.

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:

(1)       the Children’s Services capital allocations for 2013/14 for Devolved Formula Capital, Basic Needs, and Capital Maintenance as referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the report be noted;

(2)       the Disabled Facilities Grant allocation for 2013/14 as referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the report be noted;

(3)       the detailed profile of the Capital Priorities Fund of £1m as referred to in paragraph 3 of the report be noted;

(4)       the items recommended by the Strategic Capital Investment Group (SCIG) for inclusion within the Capital investment Plan be approved, including those items classed as pre-allocated, those funded from Direct Revenue Funding, and those recommended to the SCIG to be funded from the Single Capital Pot, as referred to in paragraph 4 of the report; and

(5)       approval be given to the inclusion in the Capital Programme of the additional spend on the Southport Cultural Centre Project, as set out in paragraph 5 of the report.

Report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT

Further to Minute No.122 of the meeting held on 28 February 2013, the Cabinet considered the report of the Head of Corporate Finance and ICT which provided an update on the capital allocations allocated to Sefton for 2013/14 by the Government and proposals for the development of a Capital Investment Plan for 2013/14.

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

Decision Made:

That the Council be recommended to:

(1)       note the Children’s Services capital allocations for 2013/14 for Devolved Formula Capital, Basic Needs, and Capital Maintenance as referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the report;

(2)       note the Disabled Facilities Grant allocation for 2013/14 as referred to in paragraph 2.2 of the report;

(3)       note the detailed profile of the Capital Priorities Fund of £1m as referred to in paragraph 3 of the report; and

(4)       approve the items recommended by the Strategic Capital Investment Group (SCIG) for inclusion within the Capital Investment Plan.  This includes those items classed as pre allocated, those funded from Direct Revenue Funding, and those recommended to SCIG to be funded from the Single Capital Pot as referred to in paragraph 4 of the report.

Reasons for Decision:

To inform Members of the additional 2013/14 Capital Allocations received that were not reported to Cabinet and Council on 28 February 2013, as they had not been received, and to allow Members to consider how these allocations should be utilised.

Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

The options available for the use of non ring-fenced capital grant allocations are included in the body of the report.