Contact: Anne Hibbert, 01962 847533; [email protected]

1 Summary

1.1 The following decisions are sought:

1 That the capital programme for Policy and Resources for 2006/07 to 2009/10 as set out in Appendix 1 be approved for submission to the Cabinet.

2 Reasons

2.1 Cabinet has requested that executive members prepare proposals for:

· a locally-resourced capital programmes for the four-year period from 2006/07 to 2009/10 within the guidelines of the current capital programme adjusted for inflation

· capital schemes supported by Government grants or supported borrowing in 2006/07 and those expected to be supported in 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10.

· proposals for the use of unsupported borrowing in accordance with the County Council's policy on prudential borrowing

· proposals for supported credits for any Private Finance Initiative schemes.

2.2 Decisions on the capital programme will support the range of Corporate Strategy Aims covered by the Policy and Resources services. The Corporate Aim(s) met by individual schemes are indicated in the detailed capital programme attached as Appendix 1.

3 Other options considered and rejected - not applicable

4 Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or other executive member consulted - not applicable

5 Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - not applicable

6 Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent - not applicable

Approved by: (signature) Date: (date of decision)

Councillor T K Thornber

Executive Member for Policy and Resources