ROUTINE EXPENDITURE definition

ROUTINE EXPENDITURE means any costs or expenses incurred by or on behalf of Gascor in performing or carrying out any Routine Functions (including without limitation a reasonable allocation of overheads).
ROUTINE EXPENDITURE means any item or series of items of expenditure in aggregate that is routine in nature which an Officer is authorised to incur and for which provision has been made in the Authority’s annual estimates or capital programme and includes expenditure on: wages and salaries, books, periodicals, subscriptions, printing and stationery, postages, advertising, office telephones, purchase or hire of vehicles, plant or equipment (including specialist equipment and ICT), works of routine maintenance, repair or minor improvements of any highway or of any premises owned or occupied by the Authority or maintained by the Authority under an approved agreement, payment of professional or consultancy fees, the payment of costs awarded by a Court or tribunal, purchase of stores, housing improvement grants and grants for the adaptation of homes for those with disabilities and the maintenance, upkeep or care of any child or other person for whom the authority has a responsibility (including services purchased from outside the Borough).