2021-09-07 Services & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                 7 SEPTEMBER 2021


8     BICENTENNIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE (BCC) – FULL YEAR REPORT TO 30 JUNE 2021

Author            The J & BCC Coordinator, Scott Braby
                  Community Services Department

Index             ECM/ Subject/ 72.01 BCC

Attachments       Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not Applicable

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


REPORT
The purpose of this report is to advise Councillors of Bicentennial Community Centre’s (BCC)
activities for the financial year ending 30 June 2021.
The BCC comprises the Main Hall, Annexe and Demountable buildings. The BCC is permanently
occupied by two community groups, being Noosa Gymnastics Club (Main Hall) and Montessori
Noosa (Demountable and Annexe).

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. Given this situation it may be more
meaningful to gauge the year’s performance by comparing to previous years’ results than against
budget.




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