Decision details

Received a report seeking approval to correctly identify Amenity Greens and to subsequently re-apportion costs for maintenance of Amenity Greens from the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) to the General Fund.

Agreed, in order to ensure that revenue costs are funded from the appropriate budgets where Amenity Greens are a key part of the public domain, to:

1.  Reapportion £142,817 from the HRA to the General Fund for 2004 / 2005 (being effective from 1st January 2005) and £571,265 for the full year commencing 2005 / 2006 through the process of administrative rectification;

2.  Note that the sum of £71,265 is in addition to the provisional sum of £500,000 set aside in the budget setting process for 2004 / 2005; and

3.  Note that this additional sum needs to be considered as part of the budget setting process for 2005 / 2006.