2022-04-19 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                   19 APRIL 2022


 Category                    Summary                                      Comments
 Employee Costs              $26.7 million (70%) of the                   •     YTD under expenditure for permanent staff
                             annual budget of $38.1 million                     salaries and wages ($2.8 million) due to position
                             has been expended                                  vacancies, partially offset by additional spend on
                                                                                casual staff and external labour hire ($1.2 million).
                                                                          •     Training costs $87k below YTD budget (31.7% or
                                                                                $105k of $332k annual budget spent)
 Materials and               $35.3 million (69%) of the                   •     Environment Services costs $320k below YTD
 Services                    $51.1 million annual budget                        budget (32% or $1.15 million of $3.6 million
                             has been expended.                                 annual budget spent) – COVID-19 impacts on
                                                                                staff have delayed project delivery YTD.
                                                                          •     Libraries & Galleries $165k below YTD budget
                                                                                (53% or $961k of $1.8 million annual budget
                                                                                spent) – timing of heritage programs and
                                                                                contracted services
                                                                          •     Waste Management operating contracts $154k
                                                                                below YTD budget (72% or $8.1 million of $11.3
                                                                                million annual budget spent)
                                                                          •     Asset management investigations $96k below
                                                                                YTD budget (27% or $286k of $1.1 million annual
                                                                                budget spend)
                                                                          •     Holiday Parks $492k above YTD budget (101% or
                                                                                $1.7 million of $1.6 million annual budget spent) –
                                                                                offset by additional revenue
                                                                          •     Civil Operations $233k above YTD budget (79%
                                                                                or $3.2 million of $4.1 million annual budget
                                                                                spent). This variance relates predominately to
                                                                                flood remediation works undertaken to date and
                                                                                will be funded via disaster recovery grants
 Finance Costs               On track                                     Nil
 Depreciation                On track                                     Nil
 Other Expenses              On track                                     Nil

Figure 3: Operating Expenditure Position by Type

$40.0
                                     $35.1 $35.4                                YTD Budget ($m)
$35.0
                                                                                YTD Actual ($m)
$30.0       $27.5 $26.7
$25.0
$20.0                                                                                    $14.7 $14.7
$15.0
$10.0
 $5.0                                                   $0.8 $0.9                                            $0.2 $0.2
 $0.0
                                                              Finance Costs
                                         Materials




                                                                                             Depreciation
                 Employees




                                                                                                                 Other




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