Agenda item

To receive the Minutes of the meeting of the Strategic Planning and Capital Monitoring Panel held on 6 July 2020 and approve the following recommendations arising from the meeting:

RESOLVED

That the Executive Cabinet be RECOMMENDED to note the Capital outturn position and financing for 2019/20, and the capital financing risks for 20/21 and beyond as set out in appendix 1 to the report and to note that Executive Cabinet on 27 May 2020 had approved:

(i)         The re-profiling of £5.344m of Capital Budgets to reflect up to date investment profiles;

(ii)        The updated Prudential Indicator position which was approved by Council in February 2019

(iii)       Budget irements of £178k to Vision Tameside from Vision Tameside Public Realm; and

(iv)      Reprioritisation of corporate funded capital budget of £110k for Godley Green to be returned to the funding pot following approval of the £10m from Homes England.

RESOLVED

That the Executive Cabinet be RECOMMENDED to note progress and that:

(i)               2020/21 Engineers Capital Budget (Appendix 1) and Department for Transport Highways Maintenance Funding allocations (Appendix 2) are noted.

(ii)              Additional DfT Highways maintenance funding of £0.292m is added to the Capital Programme as set out in paragraph 2.2.

(iii)             The annual highway resurfacing programme is approved (Appendix 3).

(iv)            The status of the GM Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF) schemes is noted (Appendix 4).

(v)             The overall Operations and Neighbourhoods Capital programme outturn for 2019/20 and budget summary for 2020/21 is noted (Appendix 5) 

(vi)            Progress and impact of Covid 19 is noted with regards to Cremator Replacement and Mercury Abatement is noted.

(vii)           GMCA approved development costs of £0.906m for the Mayor’s Challenge Fund, as set out in Section 3.10 of this report, be approved and added to the Capital Programme.

(viii)          Emergency Active Travel Funding of £0.500m from the Greater Manchester Mayor’s Office as set out in section 3.17 of this report be approved and added to the Capital Programme.

(xi)         The LED street lighting scheme re-phasing proposal, as set out in section 2.25 report, be noted

RESOLVED

That Executive Cabinet be RECOMMENDED to note the following schemes that had been approved by Executive Decision on 5 March 2020 and 29 April 2020, and be added to the  Council Capital Programme:

(i)         £400,000 for the purchase of new property to provide in borough residential assessment unit. 

(ii)        £ 45,250 for the modification of existing property to provide in borough residential respite unit.

RESOLVED

That Executive Cabinet be RECOMMENDED to note the report and add the following to the Council Capital Programme that the budget for adaptations in 2020/21 is approved at £2.322m, funded from the Disabled Facilities grant and £0.100m of other external contributions.

RESOLVED

That it is RECOMMENDED TO EXECUTIVE CABINET to APPROVE the :

(i)            Budget slippage and proposed changes to the Education Capital Programme budgets for Basic Need Funding Schemes, Special Provision Fund and Healthy Pupils’ Capital Fund as outlined in Appendix 1 and School Condition Allocation Funding Schemes Appendix 2, to deliver the work outlined in sections 2 and 3 of this report.

(ii)           Approval for £336,339 of Devolved Formula Capital grant to be added to the Capital Programme for 2020/21.

(iii)          Approval of £1,168,720 of School Condition grant to be added to the Capital Programme for 2020/21. 2. That the 2019/20 Capital Expenditure Outturn position in Appendix 3 is noted