Discretionary Fiscal Stimulus – Transfer of grant to Jersey Harbours in respect of St Aubins Pier capital project.
- Background
A discretionary fiscal stimulus allocation from the Stabilisation Fund of £44m was approved by the States in 2009/P55, under which the authority for allocating those funds to specific schemes and projects is delegated to the Minister for Treasury and Resources.
One of the projects given provisional approval by the Minister for Treasury and Resources was a capital project proposed by Jersey Harbours to undertake significant repairs and restoration work on the pier at St Aubins Harbour. To enable the scheme to proceed through its early phases, such as detailed design, planning permission and environmental survey, an amount of £70,000 was approved to be allocated to the scheme by the Minister for Treasury and Resources in MD – TR – 2009 0142.
Funding has now been approved for the second stage of the scheme and an amount of £80,000 was approved to be allocated to the scheme by the Minister for Treasury and Resources in MD–TR–2010-0004.
In accordance with States financial procedures and controls applicable to the trading departments (of which Jersey Harbours is one), the budget cannot be transferred directly from the Treasury to Jersey Harbours and is required to pass through Economic Development. A budget allocation of £80,000 has been awarded to the Economic Development Department in relation to this capital project to be undertaken by Jersey Harbours in order for it to make the appropriate grant.
This decision is required in order to formally transfer the funding to Jersey Harbours and the St Aubins Pier project for which it was intended.
- Comments
As part of implementing the fiscal stimulus programme a Steering Group has been established to review the requests for budget transfers relating to the projects which passed an initial assessment process and were included in a provisional list approved by the Minister for Treasury and Resources and endorsed by the Council of Ministers. The Steering Group has established procedures for central oversight and monitoring of the progress (in both financial and non-financial terms) of projects and it is a term of this grant that Jersey Harbours, through its involvement in the fiscal stimulus project team for civil infrastructure projects, complies with these requirements.
- Recommendation
Further to consideration of the request for a transfer, the allocation of £80,000 to Jersey Harbours is recommended to the Minister for Economic Development.
- Reason for Decision
A discretionary fiscal stimulus allocation from the Stabilisation Fund of £44m has already been approved, as well as the award of £80,000 to Jersey Harbours in respect of its St Aubins Pier project.
This decision will allocate the budget to Jersey Harbours and give it authority in relation to the spend.
Finance Director – Corporate Group
17 February 2010