Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Resources providing an update of the financial position for 2011/12 as at June 2011.  The report includes an update of capital resources; a summary of schemes which have been upgraded from ‘Amber’ status to ‘Green’ status since February and provides a summary of progress made on some major schemes.  In addition, the report seeks some specific approvals to allow some schemes to progress. 

The Director of Resources submitted a report providing an update on the financial position for 2011/12 as at June 2011, which included details of capital resources, a summary of schemes which had been upgraded from ‘Amber’ status to ‘Green’ since February and which provided a summary of progress made on some major schemes.  In addition, the report sought specific approvals to enable some schemes to progress. 

Responses were received to Members’ enquiries regarding the ICT related projects which were detailed within the submitted report.

RESOLVED –

(a)  That the latest position on the general fund and HRA capital programmes be noted.

(b)  That the transfer of schemes from the Amber to the Green programmes as set out in section 3.3 of the submitted report be noted.

(c)  That the bringing together of a number of ICT schemes within the approved capital programme to form the ICT Essential Services Programme(ESP), with a total value of £5,800,000, as set out in Appendix C of the submitted report,be noted.

(d)  That authority be given to incur expenditure of £2,130,000 on the migration to Microsoft technologies from Novell, as included in Appendix C to the submitted report.

(e)  That authority be given to incur expenditure of £950,000 on the Storage Consolidation element of the ESP as included in Appendix C to the submitted report.

(f)  That an injection into the capital programme of £4,389,500 to progress phase 1 of the Changing the Workplace programme be approved.

(g)  That approval be given to the promotion of £168,900 from the reserved to the funded capital programme, in order to allow the demolition of the former Parklees (ASC) building to proceed.

(h)  That an injection into the capital programme of £50,000 be approved in order to provide a grant to Clifford Parish Council.