2015-06-23 Planning & Organisation Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 23 JUNE 2015


Property and Facilities
11                       NOOSA HOLIDAY PARK AND CAMPGROUNDS - UPDATE REPORT TO 31 MAY
                         2015
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




Author                           Property and Facilities Manager, Clint Irwin
                                 Corporate Services Department

Index                            ECM/ Subject/ 8.16 Camping And Caravan Facilities (General)

Attachments                      Nil


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Property and Facilities Manager to the Planning and
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 23 June 2015 providing an update on operations of
the Noosa River Holiday Park, Boreen Point Campground and Noosa North Shore Beach
Campground for the period 1 July 2014 to 31 May 2015.


REPORT
Noosa Shire Council operates one holiday park and two campgrounds which offer a wide
variety of unique experiences for visitors. These Council business activities operate under a
management agreement with varying terms to suite the scale of the operation. These
agreements are administered by Council’s Property and Facilities unit.

Financial Performance

The business activities are required to operate on a competitively neutral basis with the
private sector in accordance with the Local Government Act 2009. The following tables
outline the operating financial performance for each activity as at the end of May 2015.
Overall business activity performance for the 11 months is better than YTD budget and it is
expected that full year budget profitability will be achieved.

                                        Boreen Point Campground YTD 31 May 2015
                                                Actual YTD    Budget YTD   Variance (YTD) Budget Full Year
   Total Revenue                                     $370,301     $363,000          $7,301       $380,000
   Total Expenditure                                 $289,391     $252,732        -$36,659       $274,723
   Operating Surplus                                  $80,910     $110,268        -$29,358       $105,277

                                         Noosa River Holiday Park YTD 31 May 2015
                                                 Actual YTD     Budget YTD    Variance (YTD) Budget Full Year
   Total Revenue                                    $1,702,765     $1,779,292        -$76,527    $1,938,500
   Total Expenditure                                $1,054,535     $1,122,458         $67,923    $1,215,021
   Operating Surplus                                  $648,230       $656,834         -$8,604       $723,479




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