Economic stimulus: budget allocation to Economic Development

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A decision made 9 February 2010 regarding: Economic stimulus: budget allocation to Economic Development - St. Aubin's Pier repairs.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2010-0020
Decision Summary Title:	Discretionary Fiscal Stimulus – Jersey Harbours allocation via the Economic Development Department		Date of Decision Summary:	25 January 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Treasurer of the States		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Allocation of Discretionary Fiscal Stimulus Funding to the Economic Development Department in respect of an onward grant award to Jersey Harbours		Date of Written Report:	25 January 2010
Written Report Author:	Acting Programme Manager, Fiscal Stimulus		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Economic Stimulus Plan: budget allocation to the Economic Development Department in relation to funding of the St Aubin’s Pier repairs to be undertaken by Jersey Harbours.
Decision(s): The Minister approved the allocation of £80,000 to the Economic Development Department to be awarded to Jersey Harbours by way of onward grant to enable it to proceed with the St Aubins Pier project. He further instructed the civil infrastructure project team to report on spend of all stimulus monies, and project progress/performance, on a monthly basis in accordance with guidelines set by the Treasury.
Reason(s) for Decision: A discretionary fiscal stimulus allocation from the Stabilisation Fund of £44m has already been approved. The approved funding to Jersey Harbours via the Economic Development Department totalling £80,000 will enable the pre-construction process to proceed in accordance with the critical path for delivering this stimulus project on a timely basis.
Resource Implications: No resource implications other than those already approved at the States’ debate (P55/2009) on 19th May 2009.
Action required: Economic Development Department to be informed of approval which will result in its formal allocation of a grant to Jersey Harbours by way of ministerial decision of the Minister for Economic Development. Treasury to be informed of decision to release necessary funds to the Economic Development Department budget for the purpose of making an onward grant payment to Jersey Harbours for the project.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Economic stimulus: budget allocation to Economic Development - St. Aubin's Pier repairs

Allocation of Discretionary Fiscal Stimulus Funding to the Economic Development Department in respect of an onward grant award to Jersey Harbours

Report summarizing recommendations of the Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group

25 th January 2010

Background

9 civil infrastructure projects are included in the Treasury and Resources Minister’s “amber light” programme of fiscal stimulus projects.

Included within that programme of 9 projects is a scheme to undertake major repair works to St Aubins Pier, and Jersey Harbours requires further funding for the pre-construction works, and fund professional fees thereafter, in order to progress the project in accordance with the timetable.

Following initial environmental surveying, it was identified that the pier is inhabited by molluscs. Since this discovery the team at Jersey Harbours, and their advisers, have worked to identify alternative means of undertaking the repairs that will not disturb the species but still provide value for money and will result in the completion of the scheme no later than the end of August 2010 (in order to ensure that the economic benefit remains timely). The alternative methods to be adopted have been identified and are expected to deliver the entire scheme by 31st August 2010.

This project will provide work for local business and labour, and is schedule for completion by August 2010. It is a significant and necessary project which, if funded in full through the fiscal stimulus programme, will bring forward a project currently included in the capital programme for 2013.

Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group Recommendation

Following discussion at the Fiscal Stimulus Steering Group meeting on 22nd January 2010, the Steering Group recommend to the Treasury and Resources Minister that £80,000 is allocated to Jersey Harbours (via the Economic Development Department which will in turn make a grant to Jersey Harbours) to enable the civil infrastructure project group to proceed with the project, the money to be allocated to Jersey Harbours’ (via the Economic Development Department) 2010 budget.