2018-12-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                     11 DECEMBER 2018


Operating Expenditure

Council spent $87 million on its operating expenditure compared to the budget of $93 million for
the full year. A breakdown on each of Council’s expenditure sources is outlined below:


Table 3: Operating Expenditure Performance by Type
  Revenue Type                Budget           Actual        Variance
                                 $m               $m               $m
  Employees                    $30.4            $30.4               $-
  Materials                    $41.7            $39.3           ($2.3)
  Finance Costs                 $2.4             $2.3           ($0.1)
  Depreciation                 $18.6            $15.1           ($3.5)
  Other                         $0.1             $0.2             $0.1
  Total                        $93.2            $87.4           ($5.8)
Note: Some rounding



  Category            Summary                          Comments
  Employee            $30.4 million (100%) of the         Employee costs aligned with budget
  Costs               annual budget of $30.4 million
                      was expended
  Materials and       $39.3 million (94%) of the          Expenditure of constrained levy funds $1.7m under
  Services            $41.7 million annual budget           budget (Tourism and Economic, Noosa Waters,
                      was expended                          Noosa Junction, Hastings Street, Environment as
                                                            well as Sustainable Transport levies)
                                                          Waste management $513k below budget (94% or
                                                            $7.6m of $8.1m budget spent)
                                                          ICT maintenance, licences and telecommunication
                                                            charges $373k below budget (89% or $2.9m or
                                                            $3.3m budget spent)
                                                          Community Development $158k below budget
                                                            (88% or $1.1m of $1.3m budget spent)
                                                          Libraries and Galleries $53k below budget (95% or
                                                            $1m of $1.1m budget spent)
                                                          Fleet and Plant $64k below budget (95% or $1.2m
                                                            of $1.3m budget spent)
                                                          Holiday parks $84k above budget (106% or $1.4m
                                                            of $1.3m budget spent) – offset by increased
                                                            revenue
                                                          Community facilities operating costs $250k above
                                                            budget – offset by increased revenue (111% or
                                                            $2.6m of $2.4m budget spent) – offset by increased
                                                            revenue
                                                          Parks mowing and landscaping $177k above
                                                            budget (104% or $4.5m of $4.3m budget spent)
                                                          Development Assessment appeal costs $561k
                                                            above budget (159% or $1.5m of $0.9m budget
                                                            spent)
  Finance Costs       $2.3 million (96%) of the $2.4      Finance costs aligned with budget
                      million annual budget was
                      expended




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