2007 Capital Budget Transfers

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A decision made (16.03.07) to note and approve the 2007 Capital Budget Transfers

Subject:	2007 Capital Budget Transfers
Decision Reference:	MD-T-2007-0026	Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report (oral or written):	Written	Person Giving Report (if oral):		N/A
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	N/A	Report File ref:		I:Minister:2007:Ministerial Decisions MD 0026 2007 Capital Budget Transfers
Written Report Title:	2007 Capital Budget Transfers	Written report – Author:		Ellen Littlechild, Finance Director
Decision(s): The Minister: · noted the allocation of the infrastructure capital vote of £4.5 million to Sewers (£1m), Highways (£2.655m), Sea Defences (£0.405m) and Odour Control (£0.440m); · approved the Department’s 2007 Minor Capital Allocation of £350,000 and the Transport Section’s 2006 Minor Capital Allocation of £50,000 (Capital Vote C2685) be used to fund the fitting out of the Transportation Centre. · approved the closure of existing capital votes with the unspent balance being used to fund boiler tubes (£250k), traffic model (£113k) and Vaporisation area at La Collette (£50k); and · requested the Minister for the Treasury and Resources Department approves all the budget transfers as detailed in the body of this report.
Reason(s) for decision: To ensure compliance with Finance Direction 3.6.
Action required: The Finance Director: · to request the Minister for the Treasury and Resources Department to approve all transfers of the decisions referred to in this report.
Signature: (Minister/ Assistant Minister)			Date of Decision: