2020-07-13 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                           13 JULY 2020


Figure 2: Operating Revenue Position by Type (Excluding Rates)

$12.0
                                            $10.1
                                                                                      YTD Budget ($m)
                                                                                      YTD Actual ($m)
$10.0
                                                    $8.5

  $8.0   $6.6
                $6.2
                                                                                                            $5.7 $5.6
  $6.0                                                                                    $5.0
                                                                                                     $5.4


  $4.0
                                     $1.5
  $2.0                 $1.4                                $1.3 $1.0
                                                                          $1.0 $1.1

  $0.0
                                              Goods &




                                                            Income




                                                                              Other




                                                                                                              Unitywater
                                                                                            Grants
            Charges




                                              Services
                                              Sales of




                                                             Rental
                          Interest
            Fees &




                                                                                                               Share of
Operating Expenditure (Annual Benchmark 100%)
Actual operating expenditure for 2019/20 is 98% ($98.0 million) of full year budget ($99.8 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

 Category              Summary                                        Comments
 Employee Costs        $32.6 million (97%) of the                         Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                       annual budget of $33.5                              and wages ($2.4 million) partially offset by
                       million has been expended                           additional spend on casual staff and external
                                                                           labour hire ($1.1 million)
                                                                          Employee overtime and allowances $345k
                                                                           above annual budget (129% or $1.2 million of
                                                                           $953k budget spent) in part due to bushfire
                                                                           events
                                                                          Staff training $147k below budget (56% or
                                                                           $190k of $337k budget spent) – impacted on
                                                                           staff travel restrictions due to the COVID-19
                                                                           pandemic
 Materials and         $41.7 million (91%) of the                         Expenditure of constrained levy funds $1.2
 Services              $45.9 million annual budget                         million below budget (Tourism and Economic,
                       has been expended.                                  Noosa Waters, Noosa Junction, Hastings
                                                                           Street, Main Beach, Environment as well as
                                                                           Sustainable Transport levies). Unspent funds
                                                                           constrained in reserve for allocation in future
                                                                           years.
                                                                          Waste Management materials and services
                                                                           $908k below annual budget (91% or $9.7 million
                                                                           of $10.6 million budget spent) primarily due to
                                                                           landfill  and    collection   contract     under
                                                                           expenditure
                                                                          Holiday Parks $402k below annual budget (71%
                                                                           or $973k of $1.4 million budget spent) – delay in
                                                                           planned opening of North Shore Campground
                                                                           and cost savings from closure due to COVID-19
                                                                           pandemic (offset by lower revenue)




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