Budget transfer for Liquid Waste Strategy

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A decision made 17 November 2017:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2017-0119
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of budgets between the Department for Infrastructure Capital and Liquid Waste Strategy heads of expenditure		Date of Decision Summary:	13th November 2017
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Transfer of budgets between the Department for Infrastructure Capital and Liquid Waste Strategy heads of expenditure		Date of Written Report:	13th November 2017
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The transfer of £4,500,000 budget in 2017 from the Infrastructure capital head of expenditure (Q00RL10011) to the Liquid Waste Strategy capital head of expenditure (Q00BT14022).
Decision(s): The Minister approved the transfer of £4,500,000 in 2017 from the DfI capital head of expenditure for Infrastructure (Q00RL10011) to the DfI capital head of expenditure for Liquid Waste Strategy (Q00BT14022).
Reason(s) for Decision: Article (18)(c) 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 transferred from one head of expenditure to another head of expenditure for any purpose. The construction of a new Sewage Treatment Works (STW) at Bellozanne is required to replace the existing plant which was built in the 1950s. Anticipated costs were reduced from £75m to £68.9m by the deletion or reduction of certain elements of the Accommodation and Enabling Works and STW Development Phase, and their associated contingencies. The Minister for Infrastructure has written to the Treasury and Resources Minister to advise that the total costs of the project are now expected to be £73 million if the primary settlement tanks need to be covered or £68.9 million if not. In order to make up the difference between the current level of funding and the revised estimated cost, the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016-2019 proposed that the Department for Infrastructure Rolling Infrastructure Vote be used to provide future funding requirements beyond that already allocated to the Liquid Waste Strategy. The Minister for Infrastructure intends to transfer £7 million in 2018 and £4 million in 2019 from the Rolling Infrastructure Vote to fund some of the shortfall. A decision (MD-T-2017-0071) was signed by the Minister for Infrastructure on 4th September 2017.
Resource Implications: The Infrastructure capital head of expenditure (Q00RL10011) 2016 allocation will decrease by £4,500,000 and the Liquid Waste Strategy capital head of expenditure (Q00BT14022) will increase by £4,500,000.
Action required: The Head of Decision Support to notify the Finance Manager, Department for Infrastructure that the decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: