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A decision made 17 November 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2014-0118
Decision Summary Title :	Creation of a new capital head of expenditure for Solid Waste Minor Assets and associated budget transfer.		Date of Decision Summary:	12 November 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Capital Accountant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Creation of a new capital head of expenditure for Solid Waste Minor Assets and associated budget transfer.		Date of Written Report:	12 November 2014
Written Report Author:	Capital Accountant		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The creation of a new capital head of expenditure for Solid Waste Minor Assets and the transfer of funding into this newly created head of expenditure
Decision(s): The Minister approved the creation of a new capital head of expenditure called “Solid Waste Minor Assets” and approved the transfer of up to £450,000 from the EFW Replacement Asset Vote (Q00MF14036) to this new capital head of expenditure.
Reason(s) for Decision: The existing green waste shredder is now seven years old and although an asset life of 10 years was assigned in the replacement schedule, this was overly optimistic and increasing maintenance costs and breakdowns mean that a new shredder is required to ensure continuity of operation at the Green Waste site. As the current backup shredder is now subject to continual breakdown and uneconomic to repair, it is proposed to use the existing shredder as backup plant. As a result of the extended defects period imposed upon the EFW plant, some assets which were to have been replaced from the EFW replacement assets funding have been replaced under contract at nil cost to the States. As such, it is proposed to transfer these funds to a new head of expenditure “Solid Waste Minor Assets” to fund the shredder replacement. The “Replacement Assets” funding provided to TTS is insufficient to provide for the replacement of this asset which is essential for the continued operation of the Green Waste composting operation in accordance with Waste License requirements. Under Financial Direction 3.6 the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources is required for variations to heads of expenditure, although this power has been delegated to the Treasurer of the States for amounts under £1,000,000.
Resource Implications: The TTS capital head of expenditure EFW Replacement Assets (Q00MF14036) will decrease by up to £450,000 and a newly created capital head of expenditure called “Solid Waste Minor Assets” will increase by an identical amount.
Action required: The Minister to request the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources Department for the creation of this new head of expenditure and subsequent budget transfer.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Solid Waste Minor Assets - New Capital Head of Expenditure: Budget Transfer from Energy from Waste Replacement Asset Vote

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A decision made 17 November 2014: