Item 15 Appendix 3
West Dunbartonshire Council · 30 October 2024
Back to West Dunbartonshire Council — 30 October 2024 and its agenda
Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.
Page 1
Changes to Capital Plan and Implications Appendix 3 RR12 Project - RR12 Current Year 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 Future Years Total Capital Plan District Heating 1,500,000 5,000,000 3,595,000 1,009,000 - 11,104 District Heating - Revised 250,000 5,000,000 3,595,000 2,259,000 11,104 Explanation RN Project - RN 16 Current Year 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 Future Years Total Capital Plan Vehicle Replacement 2,865 1,939 1,040 1,040 5,335 12,219 Vehicle Replacement - Revised 3,065 1,939 1,040 1,040 5,135 12,219 Explanation The West College Scotland Clydebank Campus district heating connection is not likely to commence before the summer break in 2025, to avoid disruption of teaching. The Golden Jubilee is still in the negotiation stage so even if agreement and approval can be reached in the next 3 months the spending is not going to be very substantial. The acceleration of budget will facilitate the purchase of vehicles required by services due to age of vehicles and to reduce reliance on hire vehicles therefore reducing revenue implications.
Page 2
Changes to Capital Plan and Implications Appendix 3 HSCP Project - HSCP 1 Current Year 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 Future Years Total Capital Plan Aids & Adaptations - Special Needs Adaptations & Equipment - Original 629 767 767 767 3835 6,765 Aids & Adaptations - Special Needs Adaptations & Equipment - Revised 867 767 767 767 3597 6,765 Explanation P&T Current Year 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 Future Years Total Capital Plan ICT Modernisation HSCP - Original 125 397 397 125 625 1,668 ICT Modernisation HSCP - Revised 63 459 397 125 625 1,668 Explanation The aids and adaptations budget in 2023/24 was insufficient resulting in an overspend of £0.115m at the end of the financial year which has been reduced from the initial approved 2024/25 budget. We require the 2024/25 budget to be profiled from future years to the projected outturn level and future years budgets to be increased accordingly. The increase in the budget is required due to the numbers of clients requiring aids and adaptations of a capital nature, the increasing cost of OT recharges to The Digital Strategy was approved at the HSCP Board Meeting on 20 August. Spend plans have still to be agreed but will be clearer once prioritisation planning meeting has taken place. Some of the focus will be internal around framework to support digital skills development. It is likely that spend will be incurred towards the latter part 2024/25.