Issue - meetings

The Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Commercialisation, Education and Skills along with the Corporate Director of Finance and Assets submitted a joint report presenting the 2019/20 year end monitoring position for the Council’s capital programme and some proposed changes to the programme.

Councillor Holland, the Deputy Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Commercialisation, Education and Skills, drew Members’ attention to the additional money that had been received for highways maintenance as well as Section 106 developers’ contributions for Coate. 

Resolved: (1) That the 2019/20 year end position of the capital programme expenditure as set out in Tables 1 & 2 of the main report and Appendices 1 and 2 be noted.

(2) That it be noted that there are no new variances to the programme as they have all been reported to Cabinet at previous meetings;

(3) That the addition to the programme of a) £429k for Coate Water Country Park Improvements funded from S106 contributions and b) £2.016m for Highway maintenance including pothole repairs, carriageway resurfacing and traffic signal refurbishment funded through grant funding from the new Transport Infrastructure Investment Fund as detailed at paragraph 3.7 of the main report be approved.

The reasons for the decision and alternative options are as set out in the report to the meeting.