Agenda item

The Commission considered a report of the Director of Resources concerning the Capital Programme for 2003/04 and 2005/06.  A copy of the report marked ‘B’ is filed with these minutes.

 

The Commission also considered a supplementary report of the Chief Executive setting out the decisions and comments of all the Scrutiny Committees, which had met in the previous week to consider the Capital Programme for 2003/04 and subsequent years.  A copy of the report marked ‘BB’ is filed with these minutes.

 

In response to questions the Commission was advised as follows:-

 

(a)       the Cabinet had yet to consider the schemes to be progressed in the second phase of the Better Access to Better Services Initiative;

 

(b)       the actual spend on the 2002/03 capital programme was 93%, with the slippage primarily in the Education Capital programme;

 

(c)        the focus of design work was on delivering the priority schemes included  in the expanded programme.  An increase in the minor works programme was likely to be the option that would be pursued in the event of  significant slippage;

 

(d)            consideration would be given providing more details about the highways capital programme at an earlier stage.

 

RESOLVED:

 

a)         That the comments made by the Scrutiny Committees in respect of the Capital Programme for  2003/04 and subsequent years be noted and drawn to the attention of the Cabinet.

 

b)         That the views now expressed in relation to the Capital Programme for 2003/04 and subsequent years be drawn to the attention of the Cabinet.