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):

Town Park: Capital Budget Repayments

TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

RETURN OF FUNDS FROM THE TOWN PARK CAPITAL VOTE TO THE

INFRASTRUCTURE ROLLING VOTE AND THE HOUSING ROLLING VOTE

Purpose of Report

To request the Minister to approve a capital budget transfer of £250,000 from the Town Park Capital Vote to the Infrastructure Rolling Vote and £250,000 to the Housing Department’s Rolling Vote as a return of capital funds upon the completion of the Town Park project.

Background

When the idea for the Millennium Town Park was originally conceived both TTS and Housing contributed £250,000 each from their rolling vote allocations to the project which was being undertaken by Jersey Property Holdings (JPH) for initial feasibility studies and concept designs. This was done under MD-TR-2008-0131.

When the additional funding was granted and the project was moved to TTS this funding was also transferred to act as an emergency contingency on the project. TTS completed the project to an extremely high level within their project budget and thus this £500,000 was left unspent.

Discussion

Given that TTS and Housing originally transferred this £500,000 from their rolling votes to the project it would be appropriate for this remaining budget to be repaid back to these rolling votes.

Recommendation

That the Minister approves a budget transfer of £250,000 from the Town Park Capital vote to the TTS Rolling Infrastructure Vote.

The Minister should also approve 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 for Decision

In accordance with Financial Direction 3.6 and the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005, the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources is required for any variations to heads of expenditure above £1,000,000. Authority to approve non-contentious budget transfers under £1,000,000 has been delegated to the Treasurer of the States.

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.

Written by:	Capital Accountant
Approved by:	Chief Officer