Budget Transfer from Central Contingencies: Fort Regent maintenance work

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A decision made on 2 August 2019

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2019-0069
Decision Summary Title:	Change of use of Contingency funding to allow essential maintenance work at Fort Regent		Date of Decision Summary:	26th July 2019
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Business Partner - GHE		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Change of use of Contingency funding to allow essential maintenance work at Fort Regent		Date of Written Report:	26th July 2019
Written Report Author:	Finance Business Partner - GHE		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Approval for £500,000 of funding allocated by MD-TR-2017-0149 to be used for essential maintenance works at Fort Regent in 2019.
Decision(s): The Minister decided that £500,000 of funding allocated by MD-TR-2017-0149 can be used for essential maintenance works at Fort Regent in 2019. The demolition works will come in sufficiently under budget to allow the repurposing of the funds held in contingency.
Reason(s) for Decision: MD-TR-2017-0149 allocated £4.55 million to Growth, Housing and Environment (GHE) to fund demolition work at Fort Regent. Now that this work has been tendered, it has been identified that sufficient funding from that allocation will be available to fund £500,000 of essential maintenance works at Fort Regent in 2019. This decision therefore redesignates that element of the amount allocated under Article 17(2) of the Public Finances Law 2005 for this purpose without the necessity of seeking additional funding.
Resource Implications: The amount held in contingency for Fort Regent demolitions to be repurposed to allow essential maintenance works at Fort Regent. This does not change the total amount held in contingency for Fort Regent as works on the demolitions will come in under budget.
Action required: The Head of Financial Governance to notify the Head of Finance Business Partnering for GHE once the decision has been signed.
Signature:		Position: Deputy S J Pinel, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Budget Transfer from Central Contingencies: Fort Regent maintenance work

Treasury and Exchequer

Ministerial Decision Report

Change of use of Contingency funding to allow essential maintenance at Fort Regent

Purpose of Report

To enable the Minister to give approval that £500,000 of funding allocated by MD-TR-2017-0149 can be used for essential maintenance works at Fort Regent in 2019. The demolition works will come in sufficiently under budget to allow the repurposing of the funds held in contingency.

Background

Fort Regent is one of Jersey’s key iconic assets and has the potential to again become an integral part of the Island’s community. There is a key aspiration to make the Fort more accessible for both local users and visitors and redevelop the Fort and its environs to meet the future needs of the both the local community and wider visitor economy.

In 2017 £4.55 million was identified as the amount required to demolish the cable car station and swimming pool building at Fort Regent. Drawdowns have been made from contingency and the cable car station has been demolished. The Swimming Pool demolition is due to commence in 2019. These demolition works will come in sufficiently under budget to allow funds held in contingency to be repurposed for essential maintenance works at Fort Regent in 2019.

A business case has been produced for the redevelopment of Fort Regent which includes the amount required for emergency work in 2019.

3. Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to approve that £500,000 of funding allocated by MD-TR-2017-0149 can be used for essential maintenance works at Fort Regent in 2019. The demolition works will come in sufficiently under budget to allow the repurposing of the funds held in contingency.

4. Reason for Decision

MD-TR-2017-0149 allocated £4.55 million to Growth, Housing and Environment (GHE) to fund demolition work at Fort Regent. Now that this work has been tendered, it has been identified that sufficient funding from that allocation will be available to fund £500,000 of essential maintenance works at Fort Regent in 2019. This decision therefore redesignates that element of the amount allocated under Article 17(2) of the Public Finances Law 2019 for this purpose without the necessity of seeking additional funding.

5. Resource Implications

The amount held in contingency for Fort Regent demolitions to be repurposed to allow essential maintenance works at Fort Regent, this does not change the total amount held in contingency for Fort Regent as works on the demolitions will come in under budget.

Report author : Finance Business Partner - GHE	Document date 26th July 2019
Quality Assurance / Review :Head of Financial Governance	File name and path: L:\Treasury\Sections\Corporate Finance\Ministerial Decisions\DS, WR and SD\2019-0069 - Change of use – Fort Regent Contingency funding
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