2021-07-15 Ordinary Meeting Agenda

ORDINARY MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                 15 JULY 2021


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

 $14.0
                                                      $11.6
 $12.0                                                                            YTD Budget ($m)
                                              $10.0                               YTD Actual ($m)
 $10.0
                $7.8
  $8.0   $7.0
                                                                                            $6.2 $6.1
                                                                                                        $5.7 $5.7
  $6.0

  $4.0

  $2.0                                 $0.8                   $1.2 $1.4       $0.9 $1.1
                         $0.9

  $0.0
            Charges




                                                               Income




                                                                                  Other




                                                                                               Grants
                                                Goods &




                                                                                                          Unitywater
                                                Services
                                                Sales of




                                                                Rental
                            Interest
            Fees &




                                                                                                           Share of
Operating Expenditure (Annual Benchmark 100%)
Actual operating expenditure is 97% ($99.5 million) of full year budget ($102.1 million). Detailed
commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

 Category              Summary                                           Comments
 Employee              $34.5 million (99%) of the                           Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
 Costs                 annual budget of $34.9                                and wages ($2.7 million) partially offset by
                       million has been expended                             additional spend on casual staff and external
                                                                             labour hire ($1.4 million) as well as overtime and
                                                                             allowances ($339k)
                                                                            61% or $201k of $330k training budget spent
 Materials and         $41.9 million (90%) of the                           Expenditure of levy funds $1.0 million below
 Services              $46.6 million annual budget                           budget (Tourism and Economic, Noosa Waters,
                       has been expended                                     Noosa Junction, Hastings Street, Main Beach,
                                                                             Environment, Heritage as well as Sustainable
                                                                             Transport levies). Unspent funds constrained in
                                                                             reserve for allocation in future years.
                                                                            Development appeal costs $465k below annual
                                                                             budget (68% or $989k of $1.5 million budget
                                                                             spent) – timing of scheduled appeal proceedings.
                                                                             Noting this is still within the original budget
                                                                             estimate of $1.1 million.
                                                                            Community Development $404k below annual
                                                                             budget (69% or $909k of $1.3 million budget
                                                                             spent) – bushfire recovery grant projects and
                                                                             annual community grants program
                                                                            Natural Areas $393k below annual budget (70%
                                                                             or $939k of $1.3 million spent) - bushfire recovery
                                                                             grant projects
                                                                            Disaster management $345k below annual
                                                                             budget (38% or $211k of $556k budget spent) -
                                                                             bushfire recovery grant projects
                                                                            Waste management costs $292k below annual
                                                                             budget (97% or $9.7 million of $10 million budget
                                                                             spent) – lower costs for collection services and
                                                                             bin purchases which are offset by lower revenue



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