2019-11-18 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                         18 NOVEMBER 2019



 Category                    Summary                                      Comments
 Employee Costs              $9.8 million (29%) of the                         Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                             annual budget of $33.9                             and wages ($1.2 million) partially offset by
                             million has been expended                          additional spend on casual staff and external
                                                                                labour hire ($379k).
                                                                               Employee overtime $93k above YTD budget
                                                                                (54% or $245k of $456k budget spent).
                                                                               Staff training $5k under budget (17% or $58k of
                                                                                $337k budget spent)
 Materials and               $14.5 million (32%) of the                        Waste Management materials and services
 Services                    $45.5 million annual budget                        $134k below YTD budget (32% or $3.4 million
                             has been expended.                                 of $10.6 million budget spent.
                                                                               Fleet fuel, tyre and maintenance costs $138k
                                                                                below YTD budget (27% or $436k of $1.6 million
                                                                                budget spent).
                                                                               Parks & Gardens operations and maintenance
                                                                                programs $118k below YTD budget (25% or
                                                                                $1.1 million of $4.3 million budget spent).
                                                                               Art Gallery $71k below YTD budget (31% or
                                                                                $161k of $520k budget spent) – timing of
                                                                                exhibitions and programs.
                                                                               Public amenity materials and services $65k
                                                                                below YTD budget (21% or $105k of $495k
                                                                                budget spent).
                                                                               Council insurance premiums $33k above full
                                                                                year budget of $438k.
                                                                               Development assessment legal appeals costs
                                                                                $146k above YTD budget (46% or $480k of $1.1
                                                                                million budget spent).
 Finance Costs               On track                                     Nil
 Depreciation                On track                                     Nil
 Other Expenses              On track                                     Nil

Figure 3: Operating Expenditure Position by Type

$18.0
                                   $15.4
$16.0                                        $14.5
                                                                         YTD Budget ($m)
$14.0
                                                                         YTD Actual ($m)
$12.0       $10.3 $9.8
$10.0
 $8.0                                                                               $6.2 $6.2
 $6.0
 $4.0
 $2.0                                                $0.5 $0.5                                        $0.1 $0.0
 $0.0
                                                         Finance Costs
                                        Materials




                                                                                       Depreciation
                 Employees




                                                                                                         Other




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