2018-07-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                            16 JULY 2018


Operating Expenditure (Benchmark 100%)

Actual operating expenditure is 97% ($90.2 million) of full year budget ($93.2 million). Detailed
commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

Category        Summary                         Comments
Employee        $30.1 million (99%) of the          Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries and
Costs           annual budget of $30.4                wages ($1.0m) offset by additional spend on
                million has been expended             casual staff ($567k) and external labour hire
                                                      ($374k)
                                                    Staff training underspend of $82k (71% or $203k of
                                                      $286k budget expended)
Materials and   $39.0 million (94%) of the          Expenditure of constrained levy funds $1.7m under
Services        $41.7 million annual budget           budget (Tourism and Economic, Noosa Waters,
                has been expended.                    Noosa Junction, Hastings Street, Environment and
                                                      Sustainable Transport levies). Environment levy
                                                      funds were utilised for capital purposes for the
                                                      purchase of the Johns Landing site.
                                                    Waste management $544k below budget (93% or
                                                      $7.5m of $8.1m budget spent)
                                                    ICT maintenance, licences and telecommunication
                                                      charges $394k below budget (88% or $2.9m or
                                                      $3.3m budget spent)
                                                    Community Development $174k below budget
                                                      (87% or $1.1m of $1.3m budget spent)
                                                    Environmental Services $140k below budget (83%
                                                      or $664k of $804k budget spent)
                                                    Libraries and Galleries $81k below budget (95% or
                                                      $1.6m of $1.7m budget spent)
                                                    Fleet and Plant $83k below budget (96% or $2.3m
                                                      of $2.4m budget spent)
                                                    Holiday parks $74k above budget (106% or $1.4m
                                                      of $1.3m budget spent) ) – offset by increased
                                                      revenue
                                                    Community facilities operating costs $146k above
                                                      budget (107% or $2.3m of $2.2m budget spent) –
                                                      offset by increased revenue
                                                    Parks mowing and landscaping $159k above
                                                      budget (104% or $4.5m of $4.3m budget spent)
                                                    Development Assessment appeal costs $481k
                                                      above budget (151% or $1.4m of $0.9m budget
                                                      spent) partly offset by additional development
                                                      revenue
Finance Costs   $2.4 million (100%) of the      Nil
                annual budget of $2.4 million
                has been expended
Depreciation    On track however road and           Final year reporting will include revaluation and
                bridge asset revaluations             capitalisation impacts on depreciation
                may have impacts
Other           $158k (116%) of the annual          Emergency Management Fire and Rescue Levy
Expenses        budget of $136k has been              charges above budget
                expended




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