Purpose

To report any adjustments to the in-year
programme

Content

RESOLVED
 
KEY DECISION
 
That the Executive:
 
i)     
Approved the following changes into the capital programme:
 
a.            
Local Authority Treescape Fund (LATF) – budget approval for
£261.5k which will be profiled as £96.5k in 2023/24,
£55k in 2024/25, £55k in 2025/26 and £55k in
2026/27.  The scheme is to be funded
from external grant. 
 
b.            
Burton Latimer Multi Wheeled Sports Facility
– budget approval for £46.3k in 2023/24, £41.8k
to be funded from external grant and £4.5k to be funded from
S106 contributions/a virement from the Property Minor Works
Budget.
 
c.             
Local Highways Maintenance additional funding
– budget approval for an increase in the capital programme of
£2.138m, £1.069m in 2023/24 and £1.069m in
2024/25, to be funded from Department for Transport (DfT)
grant.
 
ii)    
Noted the following change of purpose to an
existing capital programme scheme:
  
a.            
Montsaye
Academy – amendment of scope of the
approved scheme with £135k originally approved for yard and
lift improvements to be re-purposed to fund a multi-use games
area.
 
iii)  
Noted the following budget virement approved by
Council on 7th December:
 
a.            
Isham Bypass – virement of budget of
£0.790m from Integrated Transport Block to facilitate the
next stage of the planning application process approved on 27th
November by the Leader of the Council, in consultation with the
Executive Member for Highways, Travel and Assets.
 
 
Reasons for Recommendations: These
are set out in greater detail within section 5 of the report, but
can be summarised as helping to meet the Council’s corporate
plan objectives:

-      
Active, fulfilled lives

-      
Safe and Thriving Places

-      
Green sustainable environment

-      
Connected Communities
 
Alternative Options Considered:
 

·       
For those schemes which
are grant funded, they are undertaken in accordance with the
requirements of the grant conditions and, therefore, there is no
alternative option proposed in this
report. 

·       
The budget virement in
support of the ICT equipment could have been released, however, the
replacement of end user devices is an important element of ensuring
that the Council has the appropriate equipment to support and
deliver services and further investment is required in this
area.

·       
Where individual schemes are over
£0.5m, separate reports are included elsewhere on this
agenda, and these set out the wider options that were considered
before reaching the proposals put forward.