Budget Transfer: Central Contingency to Transport and Technical Services (Guernsey waste income shortfall)

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A decision made on 7 December 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2015-0098
Decision Summary Title :	Allocation of funds from Central Contingency to the Transport and Technical Services Department re Guernsey waste income shortfall		Date of Decision Summary:	03 December 2015
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Allocation of funds from Central Contingency to the Transport and Technical Department re Guernsey waste income shortfall		Date of Written Report:	03 December 2015
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: One-off budget transfer of £1,500,000 in 2015 from Central Contingency to the Transport and Technical Services Department (TTS) in relation to shortfalls against budget relating to Guernsey waste income.
Decision(s): The Minister accepted the transfer of £1,500,000 budget from Central Contingency to TTS Revenue head of expenditure.
Reason(s) for Decision: Due to the on-going consideration by Guernsey regarding its waste processing options, TTS will be unable to achieve the net income budget of £1,500,000 from the processing of Guernsey waste in 2015, which was included in the MTFP 2013-15. In order to meet its 2015 cash limit TTS requires an additional £1,500,000 budget to be transferred from Central Contingency to the TTS Revenue head of expenditure. In accordance with Financial Direction 3.6 paragraphs 5.1 and 5.3, and the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 Articles 18(1)(c) and 18(2)(c), the approvals of both the Minister for Treasury and Resources, and the Minister for Transport & Technical Services are required for these variations to heads of expenditure. Treasury & Resources Department have authorised this transfer in MD-TR-2015-0128.
Resource Implications: The TTS revenue head of expenditure will increase by £1,500,000 in 2015 and the Central Contingency will decrease by an identical amount.
Action required: The Finance Director to process these budget transfers.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Transport and Technical Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):