That:

(a)   the proposed capital programme for 2018/19 attached at appendix 3 be recommended to Council for approval; and

(b)   authority be delegated to the chief finance officer, in consultation with the cabinet member finance and the leader to make technical amendments (grammatical, formatting, and consistency) as necessary to finalise the appendix 3 for publication for council.

1.    It is open to Cabinet to recommend that some, all or none of the proposed new capital investment options are taken forward, the opportunities identified in the report are recommended due to the needs detailed in this report.

2.    It is open to Cabinet to recommend alternative capital investment options. No alternative options have been made to date and suggestions would require review, including consideration by general scrutiny committee, in line with the review completed on the options presented in this report as detailed in the body of this report.