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Attachment 4 - Summary of Key Materials and Services Expenditure


Noosa Council
Summary of Key Materials and Services Expenditure
For the Year Ended 30 June 2025
As at 31 March 2025
                                                         Prior Year          Current         Current
                                                            Actuals          Budget          Budget            Actual         Variance     Annual
                                                               2024             2025             YTD              YTD              YTD     Budget
                                                             ($'000)          ($'000)         ($'000)          ($'000)          ($'000)      %

   Materials and services
   Advertising and Marketing                                    373              240             162              208              (46)      87%
   Administration Supplies and Consumables                      786              790             582              561               21       71%
   Audit Expenditure                                            200              295              47               51               (4)      17%
   Communications and IT                                      1,103            1,337           1,003              651              352       49%
   Commission Paid                                            1,706            1,855           1,357            1,390              (33)      75%
   Consultancy Services                                       1,660            2,093           1,151            1,482             (330)     70.8%
   Contract Services                                         28,729           30,365          20,182           20,138               44       66%
   Contributions, Donations, Sponsorship and Prizes           4,004            3,757           3,621            3,562               60       95%
   Electricity                                                1,683            1,843           1,400            1,464              (65)      79%
   Internal Fleet Costs and External Plant Hire               2,219            2,167           1,595            1,931             (336)      89%
   Grants Paid to Community Organisations                     1,511            1,633           1,330            1,377              (47)      84%
   Insurance                                                    845              943             913              918               (5)      97%
   Legal Expenses                                             3,528            1,284           1,080            1,170              (91)     91.2%
   Operating Leases and Rentals                                 472              721             541              536                5       74%
   Software and Maintenance                                   2,642            2,863           2,083            2,198             (115)      77%
   Subscriptions and Registrations                              365              370             283              341              (58)      92%
   Waste Levy Payments                                        2,110            2,608           1,956            2,036              (79)      78%
   Water and Sewerage Charges                                 1,363            1,222             918              916                2       75%
   All Other Materials and Services                           5,137            6,423           4,082            3,942              140       61%
                                                             60,436           62,809          44,285           44,870             (585)      71%




Materials & Services variance by funding mechanism
As at 31 March 2025
                                                         Prior Year          Current         Current
                                                            Actuals          Budget          Budget            Actual         Variance     Annual
                                                               2024             2025             YTD              YTD              YTD     Budget
                                                             ($'000)          ($'000)         ($'000)          ($'000)          ($'000)      %

   General rates                                             40,378           39,796           28,617           29,126            (509)      102%
   Commercial operations *                                   16,122           17,378           12,638           12,649             (11)      100%
   Levy funded                                                3,394            4,531            2,688            2,640               48       98%
   Grant funded programs                                        542            1,104              342              455            (113)      133%
                                                              60,436          62,809           44,285           44,870            (585)       71%




   Notes:
   The above amounts may included levy and grant funded programs. Where budgeted expenditure is unspent these funds will be constrained in reserve
   for future utilisation in accordance with the relevant levy guideline or grant agreement.
   * includes Holiday Parks & Waste Management operations




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