Issue - meetings

To receive and consider report 17/08 of the Strategic Director. 

Introduction and Report Summary

This report forms part of the continuing provision of financial information to allow Members to review the performance of their services.  Paragraph 4 of the report sets out the development of the capital budget during the year and Appendix A details capital expenditure in 2007/08 (subject to audit) on projects in the agreed capital programme and requests budget carry-forward where necessary.

Paragraph 5 refers to a list of budgets requested to be carried forward from the 2007/08 revenue budget.  The provisional outturn for the year is set out in the Fourth Quarter Corporate Governance Report for 2007/08 elsewhere on this agenda.

The contact officers for this report are Steve Lawrence, Principal Accountant (Technical) (01235 540321) email address steve.lawrence@whitehorsedc.gov.uk and Alice Brander, Chief Accountant (01235 520202) alice.brander@whitehorsedc.gov.uk or the responsible officers for each scheme as indicated.

Recommendations

(a)              That Members note the expenditure on capital projects in the financial year 2007/08

(b)              That Members agree the revised expenditure profile for capital projects and carry-forward of budgets to 2008/09 (net total £568,040) as shown in Appendix A.

(c)               That Members consider the revenue budget carry forward requests and approve the budgets to be carried forward from 2007/08 to 2008/09 (total £64,263).

(Time: 3.49pm to 3.51pm)

The Executive received and considered report 17/08 of the Strategic Director.  This formed part of the continuing provision of financial information to allow Members to review the performance of the Council's services.  The report set out the development of the capital budget during the year and detailed capital expenditure in 2007/08 (subject to audit) on projects in the agreed capital programme.  The Executive was asked to approve some budget carry-forward requests and the capital programme for 2008/09. 

Members were content with the proposals. 

RESOLVED

(a)              that the expenditure on capital projects in the financial year 2007/08 be noted;

(b)              that the revised expenditure profile for capital projects and carry-forward of budgets to 2008/09, net total £568,040, as shown in Appendix A to report 17/08, be agreed; and

(c)               that the revenue budget carry forward requests be carried forward from 2007/08 to 2008/09, totaling £64,263.