Decision details

·        To agree revenue carry forward requests to be recommended to Council for approval.

·        To seek approval from Council to rephase capital spending from 2011/12 into 2012/13.  

Matter for Decision: To consider the 2011/12 Revenue and Capital Outturn, Carry Forwards and Significant Variances for the Arts, Sport and Public Places Portfolio.

Decision of Executive Councillor for Arts, Sport and Public Places Portfolio:

The Executive Councillor resolved to:

i. Agree carry forward requests, totalling £34,170 as detailed in Appendix C of the committee report, are to be recommended to Council for approval.

ii. Seek approval from Council to carry forward capital resources to fund re-phased net capital spending of £789,000 from 2011/12 into 2012/13 and of £81,000 from 2012/13 into 2011/12 as detailed in Appendix D of the committee report.

Reason for the Decision:

As per the officer report

Any alternative options considered and rejected:

Not Applicable

Scrutiny Considerations:

The committee received a report from the Principal Accountant (Services) regarding the year end out-turn for the Arts, Sport and Public Places portfolio.

The committee made the following comments on the report

i.        In response to a number of questions, the Executive Councillor for Arts, Sport and Public Places confirmed that existing S106 schemes, which were currently in the capital plan, would be completed through the current process. Schemes and ideas, which were not on the capital plan, would be feed into the new process for prioritisation.

ii.          Councillor requested clarity on future reports on the status of S106 projects, and whether list could be differentiated between Area Committee and Executive Committee lead projects. The Executive Councillor re-iterated the previous comments, but also explained that there was no intention to shift the accountability for existing projects.

iii.          Further to the public question from Mrs Blair, an update was requested. Officers agreed to provide an update on the alleged discrepancies in the budget reports, regarding the amount of money allocated to the Pyes Pitch scheme. The committee were also advised that it was intention was for the project to be in place for the start of next season.

The Scrutiny Committee considered and endorsed the recommendations in the report by 4 votes to 0.

The Executive Councillor for Arts, Sport and Public Places approved the recommendations.

Conflicts of interest declared by the Executive Councillor (and any dispensations granted)

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