2021-09-07 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  7 SEPTEMBER 2021


6       NOOSA LEISURE CENTRE (NLC) – FULL YEAR REPORT TO 30 JUNE 2021

Author               Noosa Leisure Centre Coordinator, Cathy Simon
                     Community Services Department

Index                ECM /Subject / 72.03 Noosa Leisure Centre

Attachments          Nil

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Noosa Leisure Centre Coordinator to the Services &
Organisation Committee meeting dated 7 September 2021, providing an update on the activities
of the Noosa Leisure Centre for the 2020/21 financial year.

REPORT
The purpose of this report is to advise Councillors of the Noosa Leisure Centre’s (NLC) activities
for the year ending 30 June 2021.
The NLC caters for badminton, futsal (indoor soccer), netball, basketball, volleyball, pickleball, kids’
playroom, group fitness classes, indoor rock climbing, corporate training, including Council
programs and school sessions, special events and venue hire. Meeting and conference rooms are
also available for hire. The indoor rock climbing wall is managed by an external contractor.

1.      FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
The objective of all services within the Community Facilities branch is to balance the demands of
access, equity and community service obligations with sound financial management and to
improve revenue through innovative and entrepreneurial approaches, whilst minimising operational
costs.
It is important to note that Covid-19, its associated operating restrictions and the general
uncertainty around how facilities would be able to operate throughout the year had a significant
impact on the reported financial performance of all of Council’s community facilities in 2020/21. A
large component of this impact related to the difficulty of setting accurate budgets prior to the
commencement of the year, given the high level of operating uncertainty at the time. Despite
making some budget adjustments following completion of the third quarter there was ultimately still
a level of variability between budgeted and actual financial performance. Given this situation it may
be more meaningful to gauge the year’s performance by comparing to previous years’ results than
against budget.

NLC interim financial performance as at 30 June 2021

    Statement of Income and Expenses       2020-21        2020-21       2020-21        %
                                           Original        YTD            YTD        Current        YTD
                                           Budget         Budget        Actuals      Budget       Variance

 Total Revenue                                313,698       475,698      555,997       116.9%         80,299
 Total Expenditure                          1,069,419     1,083,419    1,127,210       104.0%       (43,791)
 Net Result - Surplus/(Deficit)              (755,721)    (607,721)     (571,213)                     36,509



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