Inert waste strategy feasibility assessment

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A decision made 8 March 2010 regarding: Inert waste strategy feasibility assessment - funding.

ecision Reference: MD-TR-2010-0035
Decision Summary Title:	Temporary Capital Transfer From Central Planning Vote to Transport and Technical Services		Date of Decision Summary:	25/02/2010
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transport and Technical Services Temporary Capital Transfer from Central Planning Vote		Date of Written Report:	25/02/2010
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager, Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Temporary Budget Transfer from Central Planning Vote to fund Inert Waste Strategy feasibility assessment.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the £300,000 capital budget transfer from the Central Panning Vote in 2010 to Transport and Technical Services Department to fund the Inert Waste Strategy assessment. The Department will replenish the Central Planning Vote from its Business Plan allocation of £750,000 for the project in 2011.
Reason(s) for Decision: The temporary budget transfer will enable the Inert Waste Strategy feasibility assessment to commence in 2010 to ensure a new site is operational before 2015.
Resource Implications: Other than those detailed in the report there are no further financial or manpower Implications
Action required: Head of Financial Planning to action budget transfers. Director, Municipal Services to progress the feasibility study.
Signature:		Position: Senator P.C.F Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Inert waste strategy feasibility assessment - funding

Treasury and Resources

Ministerial Report

transport and technical services department

temporary capital transfer from central planning vote

1. Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister to approve a temporary capital budget transfer of £300,000 from the Central Planning Vote to Transport and Technical Services to enable early commencement of the Inert Waste Strategy assessment.

2. Background

The Inert Waste Strategy is scheduled to receive £750,000 in 2011, as approved in the States Annual Business Plan 2010, to undertake a feasibility assessment to determine the most appropriate location for a new facility to safely dispose of the Island’s inert waste. The new site must be operational by 2015 as the current location is likely to be full by then.

3. Current Position

Annual disposal volumes of inert waste vary and a number of big basement dig outs have occurred since the initial bid leading the Transport and Technical Services Department to believe the operating life of the current location will be reduced further. Therefore the Department wish to commence the assessment early in 2010 to ensure completion before the current location is full.

To fund the early commencement of the assessment the Department’s Ministerial Decision requested permission to transfer £300,000 from the Sludge Thickening vote in 2010, and then replenish it in 2011 when the £750,000 for the Inert Waste Strategy becomes available. However, the Central Planning Vote has been used in the past to provide departments with advance monies to fund feasibility studies. The advance is then replenished back to the Central Planning Vote when the department receives the funding through the Business Plan process.

4. Recommendation

That the Minister approves the £300,000 capital budget transfer from the Central Panning Vote in 2010 to the Transport and Technical Services Department to fund the Inert Waste Strategy assessment. The Department will replenish the Central Planning Vote from its Business Plan allocation of £750,000 for the project in 2011.

5. Reason for Decision

Under Financial Direction 3.6 and the Public Finance (Jersey) Law 2005, the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources is required for any variations to heads of expenditure above £100,000.

6. Resource Implications

There are no manpower implications or increases in budgets or expenditure.