That this Council:
(a) is deeply concerned by reports in the Budget Outturn Report 2012/13 that the total slippage in last year’s capital programme was £87 million;
(b) understands that this slippage represents an astounding 43% of the Council’s capital spend;
(c) highlights the comments of finance officers in the report that the slippage is “the highest annual level of slippage recorded to date”;
(d) believes the failure to proceed with approved projects will have cost jobs across Sheffield;
(e) considers the Administration responsible for this historic failure and laments the Administration’s staggering indifference to the potential damage to jobs and businesses across Sheffield; and
(f) calls on the Administration to take immediate action to ensure this failure is not repeated.
Minutes:
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At the request of Councillor Andrew Sangar (the mover of the motion) and with the consent of the Council, the Notice of Motion Numbered 9 on the Summons for this meeting was withdrawn. |
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