Financial Performance Report – Jun 2025 · Financial Performance Report

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING                                                            14 JULY 2025




Figure 4: Legal Costs (including legal consultancy) over time




Figure 5: Legal Expenditure by Department – 5 year trend




Consultancy Cost Summary
An update on consultancy costs is provided on a quarterly basis.

Consultancy costs are $194.3k over budget YTD (109.3% or $2.3 million of $2.1 million annual
budget spent). Consultancy expenditure varies across Council and is generally of a specialist nature
to supplement or complement existing resources or is required in order to undertake specific project
works, as a result expenditure may fluctuate at different times.