2021-04-12 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                           12 APRIL 2021


Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 75.0%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 72% ($72.0 million) of full year budget ($99.9 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

 Category          Summary                        Comments
 Employee          $24.8 million (71%) of the          Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
 Costs             annual budget of $34.8               and wages ($2.3 million) partially offset by
                   million has been expended            additional spend on casual staff and external
                                                        labour hire ($969k) as well as overtime and
                                                        allowances ($195k)
                                                       Training expenditure $56k below YTD budget
                                                        (21% or $69k of $330k budget spent)
 Materials and     $31.8 million (71%) of the          Libraries services $102k below YTD budget
 Services          $44.5 million annual budget          (51.6% or $558k of $1.1 million budget spent) –
                   has been expended                    primarily due to timing of library collection
                                                        purchases and programs
                                                       Parks and Landscape $65k below YTD budget
                                                        (71% or $3.3 million of $3.4 million budget spent)
                                                        – timing of maintenance and utilities
                                                       Council buildings and facilities $58k below YTD
                                                        budget (53.9% or $560k of $1.0 million budget
                                                        spent) – timing of utilities as well as scheduled
                                                        maintenance and cleaning services
                                                       Waste Management costs $54k below YTD
                                                        budget (73.6% or $7.2 million of $9.8 million
                                                        budget spent) – collection bin purchases lower
                                                        than forecast (offset by lower revenue recovery)
                                                       Development application costs $53k above YTD
                                                        budget (100% or $210k of $210k budget spent) –
                                                        offset by additional application revenues
                                                       Noosa Aquatic Centre $106k above YTD budget
                                                        (89.5% or $575k of $643k budget spent) –
                                                        variable operating costs from facility reopening
                                                        earlier than budgeted following COVID-19
                                                        pandemic related closures - offset by additional
                                                        revenues
                                                       Schoolies event related costs $80k unbudgeted
                                                       Governance legal fees $260k unbudgeted
                                                       Holiday parks $489k above YTD budget (130%
                                                        or $1.1 million of $861k budget spent) – variable
                                                        operating costs (including commissions) from
                                                        parks reopening earlier than budgeted following
                                                        COVID-19 pandemic related closures - offset by
                                                        additional revenues
 Finance Costs     On track                       Nil
 Depreciation      On track                       Nil
 Other Expenses    On track                       Nil




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