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Decision details

July Financial Monitoring Report

Decision Maker: Cabinet

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

To review the financial position of the authority and adjust financial information as appropriate

Decision:

RESOLVED:

 

A. That Cabinet note the financial reporting data for month 4, July 2022, relating to revenue budgetary control, showing a forecast net adverse variance at 31 July on service expenditure of £5.448m when corporate and funding items are included and £3.412m of reserves assumed to be used as agreed at the Cabinet meeting on the 18 July.

 

B. That CMT note the contents of Section 5 and approve the adjustments to the Capital Programme contained in Appendix 5b

That Cabinet note the contents of Section 5 and Appendix 5b of the report and approve the adjustments to the Capital Programme in the Table below:

 

 

 

Budget
2022-23

Budget
2023-24

Budget
2024-25

Narrative

£

£

£

 

Corporate Services

 

 

 

 

Customer Contact - Fix My Streets

(1)

50,000

 

 

Priority project from IT Implementation List

Business Systems - Parking System

(1)

 

95,110

 

Funded by the OCPB Reserve

Children, Schools and Families

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joseph Hood - Schools Capital Maintenance

(1)

(66,120)

66,120

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Dundonald - Schools Capital Maintenance

(1)

(12,000)

 

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Raynes Park - Schools Capital Maintenance

(1)

12,000

 

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Perseid Lower School - School Expansion

(1)

100,000

1,500,000

2,516,860

Splitting Perseid Lower Expansion from Perseid Upper

Perseid School - School Expansion

(1)

(100,000)

(1,500,000)

(2,516,860)

Splitting Perseid Lower Expansion from Perseid Upper

Mainstream SEN (ARP) - West Wimbledon ARP

(1)

40,000

(40,000)

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Environment and Regeneration

On Street Parking - P&D - Pay and Display Machines

(1)

(200,000)

 

 

As Emissions based Charging is not being progressed unspent budget being vired back to Car Park Upgrades

Off Street Parking - P&D - Car Park Upgrades

(1)

260,000

 

 

Virement of projected unspent budget back to Car P ark Upgrades from Pay and Display Machine Upgrade

Off Street Parking - P&D - Peel House Car Park*

(2)

700,000

 

 

Funding Required to undertake structural works

Off Street Parking - P&D - Pay and Display Machines

(1)

 

 

(60,000)

Reprofiled in line with projected spend pattern and vired to Car Park Upgrades

Highways and Footways - Bishopsford Bridge

(1)

35,000

 

 

Virement from Cycleway schme to fund projected outturn on the scheme

Highways and Footways - Cycle Lane Roadway Bishopsford Bridge

(1)

(47,000)

 

 

Virement to main Bishopsford Bridge Scheme and relinquish projected underspend

Mitcham Area Regeneration - Pollards Hill Bus Shelter

(1)

(100,000)

100,000

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Morden Area Regeneration - Morden Town centre Imp

(1)

(200,000)

200,000

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Parks - New water play feature wimb pk

(1)

(226,000)

226,000

 

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Parks - Multi Use Sports Areas

(1)

175,000

 

(175,000)

Reprofiled in line with projected spend

Parks - Figges Marsh Ward Allocation - Figges Marsh

(1)

10,020

 

 

Table Tennis Table funded by NCIL

Parks - Graveney Ward Allocation - Edenvale Rec

(1)

10,020

 

 

Table Tennis Table funded by NCIL

Parks - Lavender Fields Ward Alloc - Lavender Park

(1)

10,020

 

 

Table Tennis Table funded by NCIL

Parks - Longthornton Ward Alloc - Long Bolstead Rec

(1)

10,020

 

 

Table Tennis Table funded by NCIL

Parks - Colliers Wood Rec Playground

(1)

2,190

 

 

Additional NCIL Funding

Total

 

463,150

647,230

(235,000)

 

 

C. That Cabinet ask CMT to investigate and report back on measures to reduce the adverse variance.

Report author: Ellis Kelly

Publication date: 26/09/2022

Date of decision: 22/09/2022

Decided at meeting: 22/09/2022 - Cabinet

Effective from: 30/09/2022

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