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A decision made 25 March 2011:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2011-0024
Decision Summary Title :	Transfer Between Revenue and Capital Heads of Expenditure for 2011 Jersey Harbours Repayment		Date of Decision Summary:	21 Feb 2011
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Management Accountant		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title :	Transfer Between Revenue and Capital Heads of Expenditure for 2011 Jersey Harbours Repayment		Date of Written Report:	21 Feb 2011
Written Report Author:	Senior Management Accountant		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Internal budget transfer between revenue and capital heads of expenditure amounting to £450,000 for the 2011 repayment of the Jersey Harbours temporary loan.
Decision(s): The Minister for Transport and Technical Services approved a budget transfer between revenue and capital totalling £450,000 as set out in the supporting document.
Reason(s) for Decision: To payback the monies temporarily loaned to Jersey Harbours for the building works required at La Collette and Bellozanne.
Resource Implications: Other than those detailed in the report there are no further financial or manpower implications.
Action required: The Finance Director to request the Minister for Treasury and Resources to approve the virement between revenue and capital as referred to in this report.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Budget transfer between revenue and capital - repayment of Jersey Harbours temporary loan

Transport and Technical Services

Department

Ministerial Decision Report

TRANSFER BETWEEN REVENUE AND CAPITAL HEADS OF EXPENDITURE FOR 2011 JERSEY HARBOURS REPAYMENT

Purpose of Report

The purpose of this report is to seek the Minister for Transport and Technical Services’ approval to an internal budget transfer amounting to £450,000 between revenue and capital head of expenditure.

Background

The previous Minister approved a business case supporting the transfer of responsibilities for engineering and municipal services from Jersey Harbours to Transport and Technical Services.

In order to facilitate the service transfer it was agreed that building works totalling £1.8 million would be required at La Collette and Bellozanne. The funding was to be taken from existing unspent TTS Capital Votes and paid back from future rental income generated from the letting of the vacated Harbours building. The agreed funding solution was as follows:

Create a new capital head of expenditure in TTS called ‘Harbours Transfer.’

Transfer a total of £1.8 million into this new head of expenditure from the following capital votes:

La Collette Phase II	£ 600,000
Sludge Phase 1 Thickener	£1,200,000
Total	£1,800,000

Require Jersey Harbours to make a capital repayment to TTS on the 1st January each year for the following amounts.

2008 - £450,000

2009 - £450,000

2010 - £450,000

2011 - £450,000

Transfer the capital repayments to the La Collette Phase II and Sludge Phase 1 Thickener over the four year period 2008 – 2011.

Discussion

As at 31 December 2010 a total of £1,350,000 had been repaid by Jersey Harbours. The Department has requested the 2011 repayment from Jersey Harbours and now requires the Minister to approve a budget virement between revenue and capital amounting to £450,000.

Finance Direction No.3.6 ‘Variations to Heads of Expenditure’ sets out the procedures for the transfers between revenue and capital heads of expenditure and states that budget transfers in excess of £100,000 require the approval of the Minister for Treasury and Resources and the relevant Minister party to the transfer.

Recommendation

To approve a budget virement totalling £450,000 from TTS revenue to TTS capital (Sludge Phase 1 Thickener £450,000) to facilitate the 2010 repayment by Jersey Harbours for the temporary loan which was made to accommodate the Jersey Harbours transfer.

Reason for Decision

To payback the monies temporarily loaned to Jersey Harbours for the building works required at La Collette and Bellozanne.

Resource Implications

Budget virement between revenue and capital amounting to £450,000. No further resource implications as a result of this decision.

7. Action Required

The Finance Director to request the Minister for the Treasury and Resources Department to approve the virement between revenue and capital as referred to in this report.