Issue - meetings

(Leisure and Young People Portfolio Holder) To consider the attached report (C/011/2007-08).

That the carry forward of an £11,000 underspend from North Weald Airfield Maintenance Budget 2006/07 be recommended to the Council for approval.

The Leisure and Young People Portfolio Holder presented a report regarding the North Weald Airfield Maintenance Budget. In order for essential survey works on the infrastructure of North Weald Airfield to be undertaken, sufficient provision had been set aside within the maintenance budget for the airfield in 2006/07. The engineers appointed to co-ordinate the project had to engage a specialist sub-contractor who could not practically undertake some aspects of the work until May 2007. The final survey report was due to have been completed during May 2007 and, as a result, whilst the order had been raised in the 2006/07 financial year, the Council had not received the services until the 2007/08 financial year. It was therefore requested that a carry forward of £11,000 within the North Weald Airfield Maintenance Budget 2006/07 be approved, to fund the final payment of the works. The carry forward was to be treated as a DDF and would be included in the 2006/07 outturn report.

            Decision:

That the carry forward of an £11,000 underspend from North Weald Airfield Maintenance Budget 2006/07 be recommended to the Council for approval.

Reasons for Decision:

Although it was possible to underspend in 2006/07, the airfield required ongoing maintenance to ensure its safe and efficient management.

Other Options Considered and Rejected:

To have declined the request for a carry forward.