Town Park: Capital Budget Repayments

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A decision made 14 December 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2012-0099
Decision Summary Title :	Capital transfer from the Town Park Capital vote to the Infrastructure rolling and Housing rolling capital votes.		Date of Decision Summary:	06 December 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Capital Accountant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Capital transfer from the Town Park Capital vote to the Infrastructure rolling and Housing rolling capital votes.		Date of Written Report:	06 December 2012
Written Report Author:	Capital Accountant – TTS Finance		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Town Park Capital budget repayments.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a budget transfer of £250,000 from the Town Park Capital vote to the TTS Rolling Infrastructure Vote. The Minister also approved a budget transfer of £250,000 from the Town Park Capital Vote to the Housing Rolling Vote, subject to approval from the Housing Minister.
Reason(s) for Decision: The Town Park project had originally been lent £250,000 from the TTS infrastructure vote and £250,000 from the Housing Rolling Vote to act as an additional contingency should the project encounter significant issues. The project is now complete and did not encounter any significant issues. Therefore the budget should be returned to the TTS infrastructure rolling vote and Housing Rolling Vote
Resource Implications: The Town Park Capital Head of Expenditure (Q00BP10017) will decrease by £500,000. The TTS Infrastructure Rolling Vote Capital Head of Expenditure (Q00RL10011) will increase by £250,000. The Housing Rolling Vote Capital Head of Expenditure (H00RL10007) will increase by £250,000.
Action required: The Finance Director to seek approval from the Minister for Treasury and Resources and then to action the budget transfers in conjunction with the Head of Financial Performance Reporting.
Signature:		Position: Minister for Transport & Technical Services
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):