Budget transfers for Energy from Waste capital project contingency funding

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A decision made 22 December 2010 regarding: Budget transfers for Energy from Waste capital project contingency funding.

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2010-0176
Decision Summary Title:	Transport and Technical Services – Budget Transfers for Energy from Waste capital project contingency funding		Date of Decision Summary:	21st December 2010
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Transport and Technical Services – Budget Transfers for Energy from Waste capital project contingency funding		Date of Written Report:	23rd November 2010
Written Report Author:	Decision Support Officer		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Exempt 3.2.1(a)(x)
Subject: Transport and Technical Services (TTS) – Budget Transfers for Energy from Waste (EfW) capital project contingency funding.
Decision(s): The Minister for Treasury and Resources approved a transfer of £10,779,051 from funds held for the EfW project in the central Capital Reserve to the TTS EfW capital head of expenditure. The Minister also approved transfers of £740,000 from the TTS Infrastructure Contingency capital head of expenditure and £160,000 from the TTS La Collette Roads and Services capital head of expenditure to the TTS EfW Contingency capital head of expenditure.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 15(1)(a) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that all or any part of the amount appropriated by a head of expenditure may, with the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources, be used for the purposes of another head of expenditure.
Resource Implications: The balance of the Treasury Capital Risk Reserve to decrease by £10,779,051; the TTS Infrastructure Contingency capital budget to decrease by £740,000 and the TTS La Collette Roads and Services capital budget to decrease by £160,000. The TTS EfW Contingency capital budget to increase by £11,679,051. There will be no increase to States net expenditure as a result of this decision.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to inform the Head of Financial Performance Reporting and the Acting Finance Director for TTS that the transfers have been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator P F C Ozouf, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: