Democracy Spraffa

Item 16 app 5 - IRED Budgetary Control Report 2022_23 to Period 3 (30 June 2022)

West Dunbartonshire Council · 17 August 2022
Back to Infrastructure, Regeneration & Economic Development Committee — 17 August 2022 and its agenda

Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.

Original council PDF · Download plain text

Page 1

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6
GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME
ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS AT RED ALERT STATUS
PERIOD END DATE
PERIOD 3
Budget Forecast
Spend
£000 £000 % £000 £000 %
Project Life Financials 61 3 5% 61 (0) 0%
Current Year Financials 55 0 0% 58 3 5%
Project Description
Project Manager Steven Milne/ John McKenna
Chief Officer Peter Hessett
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-23 31-Mar-23
Project Life Financials 342 237 69% 347 5 1%
Current Year Financials 110 0 0% 16 (94) -85%
Project Description
Project Manager Steven Milne/ John McKenna
Chief Officer Peter Hessett
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-24
Project Life Financials 80 19 24% 80 0 0%
Current Year Financials 61 1 1% 30 (31) -51%
Project Description
Project Manager Steven Milne/ John McKenna
Chief Officer Peter Hessett
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-24
30 June 2022
Budget Details
Project Life Financials
Spend to Date Variance
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Replace obsolete boilers (plant greater than 30 years old).
Replace obsolete boilers (plant greater than 30 years old).
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Technical scope currently being compiled and will be passed to procurement in July for tender issue. Anticipate works to start October
2022.
Mitigating Action
Opportunities to mitigate are limited at this stage. 
Anticipated Outcome
Complete in 2022/23.
Anticipated Outcome
Retention for St Mary's Primary School and design fees this year. Insufficient budget available to carry out Hub works.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Await chimney inspection report and appointment of consultant for HUB CEC. Due to complications in installing heat pump anticipate
only design fees spend this year and release of the retention for works at St Marys Primary School, Alexandria.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Further orders have been raised and await invoices. Total expenditure this financial year estimated to be £0.030m with the rest of the
funding to be carried forward into next financial year.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time
Energy Projects quick wins
Spend to Save projects.
Anticipated Outcome
Anticipate some spend this year and the remainder to be rephased into 2023/24.

Page 2

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6
GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME
ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS AT RED ALERT STATUS
PERIOD END DATE
PERIOD 3
Budget Forecast
Spend
£000 £000 % £000 £000 %
30 June 2022
Budget Details
Project Life Financials
Spend to Date Variance
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre
Project Life Financials 344 86 25% 344 0 0%
Current Year Financials 258 0 0% 80 (178) -69%
Project Description
Project Manager Steven Milne/ John McKenna
Chief Officer Peter Hessett
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-24
Project Life Financials 160 0 0% 160 0 0%
Current Year Financials 152 0 0% 50 (102) -67%
Project Description
Project Manager Steven Milne/ John McKenna
Chief Officer Peter Hessett
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-24
Zero Carbon Fund
Zero Carbon Fund.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Works initiated to install a heat pump to complement HUB CEC boiler. Liasing with BAM FM and Asset Management to decide which
site to install solar PV following successful installation at St Peters. Works will cross into next financial year.
Upgrade obsolete heating controls (BEMS) across Council estate
Upgrade obsolete heating controls (BEMS) across Council estate.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Mitigating Action
None available at this time
Anticipated Outcome
Project delivered within budget.
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Tender documentation currently being prepared. Work scheduled between October 2022 and March 2023 but suspect it will carry
forward into the new financial year due to necessary disruption to heating in the buildings.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
Delivery of project within budget.

Page 3

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6
GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME
ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS AT RED ALERT STATUS
PERIOD END DATE
PERIOD 3
Budget Forecast
Spend
£000 £000 % £000 £000 %
30 June 2022
Budget Details
Project Life Financials
Spend to Date Variance
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre
Project Life Financials 750 0 0% 0 (750) -100%
Current Year Financials 750 0 0% 0 (750) -100%
Project Description
Project Manager Gillian McNamara/ Michael McGuinness
Chief Officer Peter Hessett
Project Lifecycle 31-Dec-22 30-Jun-23
Project Life Financials 22,100 1,806 8% 22,100 (0) 0%
Current Year Financials 7,465 38 1% 2,851 (4,614) -62%
Project Description
Project Manager Gillian McNamara/ Michael McGuinness
Chief Officer Peter Hessett
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-23 31-Mar-23
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Due to factors outwith the Council's control, progress couldn’t be made on a timeline that would be acceptable to funders and as a
result Scottish Government will withdraw the grant offer. Therefore the project cannot be progresses at this time.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
Repurposing and restoration of B listed former St Andrew's church in Alexandria for community arts uses.
Viresco Studios and Arts Centre
Viresco Studios and Arts Centre in Alexandria, aimed to encourage wider participation in the arts,
creative enterprises and cultural activity in West Dunbartonshire.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
LUF
Year one LUF spend includes acquisition cost of Artizan Centre, and design development for
Glencairn House and Connecting Dumbarton
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Connecting Dumbarton and Glencairn House are progressing per the agreed programme. A future programme for the Artizan Centre
based on the Redevelopment Options consultancy will be reported to IRED, after which proposed in year spend may be adjusted.
Costs will continue to be monitored by the LUF Project Board. Costs are being reported as per the first Programme Management
Update (Nov 2021) and may not represent the current projections.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
Redevelopment of the Dumbarton Town Centre

Page 4

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6
GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME
ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS AT RED ALERT STATUS
PERIOD END DATE
PERIOD 3
Budget Forecast
Spend
£000 £000 % £000 £000 %
30 June 2022
Budget Details
Project Life Financials
Spend to Date Variance
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre
Project Life Financials 382 388 102% 388 6 2%
Current Year Financials 0 6 0% 6 6 0%
Project Description
Project Manager Michelle Lynn/ Craig Jardine
Chief Officer Angela Wilson
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-21 31-Mar-21
Project Life Financials 400 44 11% 400 0 0%
Current Year Financials 357 0 0% 100 (257) -72%
Project Description
Project Manager Ian Bain
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Oct-23 31-Oct-23
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Project completed over budget due to ground conditions on site.  Final costs now charged.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
New sports changing facility completed.
New Sports Changing Facility at Duntocher
New Sports Changing Facility at Duntocher
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Two sites are being developed at Dillichip Loan Bonhill and Overburn Dumbarton. These sites will provide eighty traditional allotment
plots together with community food growing facilities. It is anticipated that project works will commence in February 2023 with a
completion date of October 2023.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Allotment Development
To develop an allotment site.
Anticipated Outcome
Two new allotment sites with 80 plots and community growing space.

Page 5

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6
GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME
ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS AT RED ALERT STATUS
PERIOD END DATE
PERIOD 3
Budget Forecast
Spend
£000 £000 % £000 £000 %
30 June 2022
Budget Details
Project Life Financials
Spend to Date Variance
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre
Project Life Financials 2,646 2,847 108% 3,210 565 21%
Current Year Financials 844 480 57% 741 (103) -12%
Project Description
Project Manager Ian Bain
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-22 31-Mar-23
Project Life Financials 817 263 32% 817 (0) 0%
Current Year Financials 553 0 0% 150 (403) -73%
Project Description
Project Manager Ian Bain
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-22 30-Sep-22
Posties Park Sports Hub - New sports hub to include Gym & running track
Creation of a sports hub at Posties/Marinecraft to include a new changing pavilion/Gym, new all-
weather 6 lane running track, conversion of blaze sports pitch to grass, new fencing, upgrade of
existing floodlights and additional car parking.  This combines the budget approved by the Council
in February 2015 for Community Sports Facilities at Posties Park, draw down of budget from the
generic sports facilities budget line. No match funding from Sport Scotland was received.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Vale of Leven Cemetery Extension
Extension of existing cemetery in Vale of Leven.
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Project start was delayed due to planning issues and COVID-19 restrictions. Work commenced January 2021 with a proposed
completion date of March 2022 which has been extended to October 2022 due to design changes required by Planning. There is still a
significant amount of work to be undertaken to complete the project and the cost of this work has been affected by Brexit and supply
chain issues. A forecast is uncertain at this time pending discussions and negotiations with the contractor.
Mitigating Action
None required at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
New all weather running track and gymnasium.
Anticipated Outcome
Extension to existing cemetery providing a sustainable burial environment.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Project is now being developed for tendering, with project commencing February 2023 and completion expected by 31 October 2023. 
It is anticipated that £0.150m will be spent this financial year mainly on consultant costs and enabling works.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.

Page 6

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6
GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME
ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS AT RED ALERT STATUS
PERIOD END DATE
PERIOD 3
Budget Forecast
Spend
£000 £000 % £000 £000 %
30 June 2022
Budget Details
Project Life Financials
Spend to Date Variance
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre
Project Life Financials 217 3 1% 217 0 0%
Current Year Financials 214 0 0% 0 (214) -100%
Project Description
Project Manager Derek Barr
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-24
Project Life Financials 400 358 90% 400 0 0%
Current Year Financials 42 0 0% 0 (42) -100%
Project Description
Project Manager Derek Barr
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-23 31-Mar-23
Project Life Financials 500 11 2% 500 0 0%
Current Year Financials 220 0 0% 0 (220) -100%
Project Description
Project Manager Raymond Walsh
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-24
Bus Rapid Deployment Fund
Funding has been awarded from Sustrans to assist with social distancing measures required as a
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Officers working with external partners to identify projects to support funding. Investigation on going however unlikely works will be able
to progress this financial year.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
To improve journey times and reliability of bus services.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
To complete remaining civil works required.
Auld Street Clydebank - Bond
Completion of roadworks associated with Auld Street housing development. Creation of a footpath
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Road construction works completed in previous years. Remaining funds are insufficient to complete footpath construction. Works on
hold until such time as additional funds can be secured.
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Awaiting Scottish Government recommendations.
Mitigating Action
None available at this time.
Anticipated Outcome
Project to be delivered within budget.
Mandatory 20mph Residential communities
Mandatory 20mph Residential communities.
Planned End Date Forecast End Date

Page 7

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL APPENDIX 6
GENERAL SERVICES CAPITAL PROGRAMME
ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS AT RED ALERT STATUS
PERIOD END DATE
PERIOD 3
Budget Forecast
Spend
£000 £000 % £000 £000 %
30 June 2022
Budget Details
Project Life Financials
Spend to Date Variance
Installation of Solar PV at Clydebank Leisure Centre
Project Life Financials 1,000 0 0% 1,000 0 0%
Current Year Financials 1,000 0 0% 0 (1,000) -100%
Project Description
Project Manager Kenny Lang
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-25 31-Mar-25
Project Life Financials 2,817 0 0% 2,817 0 0%
Current Year Financials 2,817 0 0% 600 (2,217) -79%
Project Description
Project Manager Kenny Lang
Chief Officer Gail MacFarlane
Project Lifecycle 31-Mar-24 31-Mar-24
Vehicle Replacement Strategy
Replacement of refuse collection vehicles.
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Vehicles are being ordered for delivery in this financial year but larger vehicles will be delayed into financial year 2023/2024.
Mitigating Action
None Required.
Anticipated Outcome
Replacement of fleet within budget.
Anticipated Outcome
Replacement of refuse collection vehicles.
Vehicle Replacement
Replacement of vehicles which have reached end of programmed lifespan (7 year heavy vehicles,
10 year light vehicles).
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Planned End Date Forecast End Date
Main Issues / Reason for Variance
Larger vehicles will be delayed due to supply chain issues. Delivery timescales anticipated at 18 months.
Mitigating Action
None available.