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Thart the 2025 General Fund schemes set out at Appendix A to the report, as committed expenditure in the Capital Programme for 2025/26 to 2028/29, be recommended to the Full Council on 6 March 2025.

Reason for Decision:

To enable the Capital Programme to be considered by Cabinet in accordance with Financial Regulation 6.2.3 prior to its submission to Council.

Options Considered:

If the Council did not have a Capital Programme, this would result in not being able to deliver the schemes and not achieve the objectives in the Community Plan.

The Business Manager – Financial Services presented a report which detailed the proposed capital schemes over the medium term, together with the available resources to finance them.  In accordance with the Financial Regulations, Cabinet was required to consider the Capital Programme and recommend to the Council the final Programme for approval on 6 March 2025.

In respect of the general fund capital expenditure, the Council intended to spend £50.190m from 2025/26 to 2028/29 on the schemes set out in Appendix A to the report. 

AGREED      (with 7 votes for and 1 abstention) that the 2025 General Fund schemes set out at Appendix A to the report, as committed expenditure in the Capital Programme for 2025/26 to 2028/29, be recommended to the Full Council on 6 March 2025.

Reason for Decisions:

To enable the Capital Programme to be considered by Cabinet in accordance with Financial Regulation 6.2.3 prior to its submission to Council.

Options Considered:

If the Council did not have a Capital Programme, this would result in not being able to deliver the schemes and not achieve the objectives in the Community Plan.