Decision details

To seek approval for amendments to the Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) budget within the General Fund Capital Programme.

To approve:

1.       The addition of £1,858k to the existing MUGA budget within the General Fund Capital Programme, financed from the Football Foundation grant funding.

2.       The use of £705k of existing MUGA budget as match-funding, to enable acceptance of the Football Foundation grant.

3.       The addition of £443k to the existing MUGA budget within the General Fund Capital Programme, financed from S106 contributions.

4.       The addition of £28k to the existing MUGA budget within the General Fund Capital Programme, financed from OPCC grant funding.

To add additional funding to the Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) budget within the General Fund Capital Programme, which includes the addition of Football Foundation grant awards, funds from Section 106 agreements and an award to refurbish MUGAs from the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner (OPCC). This decision will ensure there is sufficient budget to enter into contracts to deliver the proposed works to refurbish and construct 11 x ball courts.

•           To not proceed with the additional funding and retain the original budget allocation, thereby reducing the number of ball courts being built or refurbished.

•           To only partially proceed with the additional funding such as S106 funding and/or the OPCC funding, thereby not proceeding with the Football Foundation funded projects.

To only partially proceed with the additional funding such as the Football Foundation funded projects, thereby not proceeding with the S106 funded projects