Budget transfer from Infrastructure Rolling Vote to Liquid Waste Strategy

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A decision made 31 May 2016:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2016-0022
Decision Summary Title:	Transfer of budgets between the Infrastructure Rolling Vote and Liquid Waste Strategy capital heads of expenditure		Date of Decision Summary:	18th May 2016
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 Infrastructure Rolling Vote and Liquid Waste Strategy capital heads of expenditure		Date of Written Report:	18th May 2016
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The budget transfer of £4,500,000 in 2016 from the Department for Infrastructure Rolling Vote capital head of expenditure (Q00RL10011) to the Liquid Waste Strategy capital head of expenditure (Q00BT14022).
Decision(s): The Minister approved the budget transfer of £4,500,000 in 2016 between the Department for Infrastructure Rolling Vote capital head of expenditure (Q00RL10011) and the Liquid Waste Strategy capital head of expenditure (Q00BT14022).
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 18(1)(c) of the Public Finances (Jersey) 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 used for the purposes of another head of expenditure. 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 have been reduced from £75m to £53.594m by the deletion or reduction of certain elements of the Accommodation and Enabling Works and STW Development Phase, and their associated contingencies. In order to make up the £17m difference between the current level of funding of £36.594m and the revised estimated cost of £53.594m, the Medium Term Financial Plan 2016-2019 is proposing that the Department for Infrastructure Rolling Vote be used.
Resource Implications: The Department for Infrastructure Rolling Vote 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. Once the transfer has taken place, the Liquid Waste Strategy capital head of expenditure (Q00BT14022) will hold a balance of £41,651,979.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Finance Manager - Department for Infrastructure once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: