2006 Budget Transfers

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A decision made (19.01.07) to request certain budget transfers.

Subject:	2006 Budget Transfers
Decision Reference:		Exempt clause(s):
Type of Report (oral or written):	Written	Person Giving Report (if oral):		N/A
Telephone or e-mail Meeting?	N/A	Report File ref:
Written Report Title:	2006 Budget Transfers	Written report – Author:		Ellen Littlechild, Finance Director
Decision(s): The Minister decided: a) to request that the Chief Minister transfers a budget of £300,000 to contribute towards the costs of preparing a Development and Regeneration Strategy for St Helier. b) to request that the Minister for Economic Development transfers a budget of £150,000 to contribute towards the cost of preparing the Island Plan. c) to request that the Minister for Treasury and Resources approves a budget transfer amounting to £17,900 from its contingency vote to contribute towards the legal costs incurred in relation to the modification of a planning permit identified. d) to request that the Minister for Treasury and Resources approves an internal budget transfer between capital and revenue amounting to £230,000 to fund the overspend caused by the decision of the Council of Ministers that the central contingency for VR/VER’s is no longer available, and all VR/VER’s to be funded henceforth from within the department’s cash limit.
Reason(s) for decision: a) to enable the Chief Minister to allocate funds in support of the St Helier Regeneration Strategy. b) to enable the Minister for Economic Development to allocate funds in support of the Island Plan. c) to enable the Minister for Treasury and Resources to allocate funds to meet the costs incurred by the modification of the planning permit. d) to enable the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve the internal virement between capital and revenue , for the amount of £230,000, to meet the revenue shortfall resulting from the decision of the Council of Ministers that the central contingency for VR/VER’s is no longer available, and all VR/VER’s to be funded from within the department’s cash limit.
Action required: The Finance Director: to notify the Chief Minister and Minister for Economic Development of the Minister’s approval of the transfers for St Helier Development and Regeneration Strategy and the Island Plan. to request the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve all transfers of the decisions referred to in this report.
Signature: (Minister)			Date of Decision: