Jersey Harbours: Capital Budget Transfer

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A decision made on 15 October 2010 regarding a capital budget transfer within Jersey Harbours

Decision Reference: MD-E-2010-0158
Decision Summary Title:	DS – Jersey Harbours – Capital Budget Variation (XY0905 & XY1008)		Date of Decision Summary:	22 September 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Director of Finance & Business Resources		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	WR –Variation to capital budgets (XY0905 &XY1008)		Date of Written Report:	22 September 2010
Written Report Author:	Director of Finance & Business Resources		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject Capital budget transfer within Jersey Harbours
Decision(s): The Assistant Minister approved the transfer of £150,000 from Civil Remediations (XY0905) to Elizabeth Harbour E.Pier project (XY1008)
Reason(s) for Decision: The Elizabeth East Pier Project was originally approved for 2013 in the 2010 Business Plan. Subsequent investigations meant that it was necessary to bring the project forward to 2010 and a Ministerial Decision was approved to this effect (MD-TR-2010-00091). The costs of these investigations have been posted to XY0905. As a separately identifiable budget has now been approved for this project it would seem appropriate the transfer the costs and equivalent budget from XY0905 to the XY1008 to aid in transparency of costs and a clear audit trail upon transfer to fixed assets at conclusion of the project.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: For the Finance Director to seek the Treasurer of the States approval for the transfer. Once approval is obtained, the Finance Director to action budget transfers.
Signature:		Position: Assistant Minister – Economic Development
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Jersey Harbours: Capital Budget Transfer

PUBLIC REPORT

Report Name: Variation of Capital Budget (XY0905 & XY1008)

Support for Ministerial Decision – Transfer of capital budget between Civil Remediations (XY0905) to Elizabeth Harbour E.Pier (XY1008)) – Economic Development Department – Jersey Harbours

Date: 22/09/2010

Purpose of Report

To approve the transfer of £150,000 from Civil Remediations (XY0905) to the Elizabeth Harbour, E.Pier capital project (XY1008) to allocate investigative and design fees to the specific project to which they relate.

Background

The States of Jersey have already approved capital allocations for 2010 in the 2010 Business Plan. The Elizabeth East Pier Project was originally approved for 2013 in the 2010 Business Plan. Subsequent investigations meant that it was necessary to bring the project forward to 2010 and a Ministerial Decision was approved to this effect (MD-TR-2010-00091).

As outlined in the report for MD-TR-2010-00091;The site investigations involved diver inspection of all foundations of the East Pier followed up by laboratory analysis of the concrete samples taken from the foundations. It is evident that Pier No 3 has undergone serious undermining due to scouring from Ferry movements with No 2 and No 4 suffering moderate scour damage. Laboratory testing has shown that the concrete is within specification. The scour damage will need to be rectified to ensure continued safe operation of the pier.

The costs of these investigations have been posted to XY0905. As a separately identifiable budget has now been approved for this project it would seem appropriate the transfer the costs and equivalent budget from XY0905 to the XY1008 to aid in transparency of costs and a clear audit trail upon transfer to fixed assets at conclusion of the project.

The following table identifies the effect of transfers between Jersey Harbours capital projects as a result of this decision.

	Capital Budget at 1st January 2010 £	Transfers (to)/from Jersey Harbours Trading Fund (MD-TR-2010-00091) £	Proposed transfer between heads of capital expenditure £	Re-stated Capital Budgets after transfer between head of capital expenditure £
Civil Remediations	350,000		(150,000)	200,000
Elizabeth Harbour, E.Pier	0	300,000	150,000	450,000

Recommendations

To approve the transfer of £150,000 budget from Civil Remediations (XY0905) to the Elizabeth Harbour, E.Pier capital project (XY1008).