2014-02-25 Infrastructure & Services Committee Meeting Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                             25 FEBRUARY 2014


Passenger fares are: Adult $2.00 per single trip; and Child or Concession $1.00 per single trip.
These fares are collected by the operator and deducted from the service fee payable.

The average monthly cost for the nine months ending 31 December 2013 was $673.22 (inc
GST), equating to:

   cost per run = $39.60
   average monthly cost per passenger of $30.60
   estimated average monthly cost per individual of $67.32.

The Public Transport Levy budget for the half year ending 30 June 2014 has $5,000 allocated to
the service. It is anticipated for the period ending 31 March 2014 that $2,000 of this allocation
will have been utilised. Should the service be discontinued, a budget review adjustment will be
required to hand back the savings resulting from discontinuing the service.

CONSULTATION

External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder
Community consultation was undertaken prior to the service commencing, and has continued
since implementation. Of particular significance was the Forest Star Newsletter, which is
distributed to 220 households in the Forest Acres area. Refer section 2 – History of service for
more details on external consultation.


Internal Consultation
Council’s Financial Services team has been advised that should the service be discontinued, a
budget review adjustment will be required.

Council’s Community Services section has been advised of the recommendation contained in the
report. Based on the number of community members affected by discontinuation of the service,
Community Services has recommended that appropriate consultation occurs with Lake
Macdonald residents prior to the ceasing of this service.

Departments/Sections Consulted:

X   Community Infrastructure                  X   Community & Development
    Asset Planning & Delivery                     Community Services
    Civil Operations                              Planning & Development
    Environmental Services                        Health & Regulatory Services
    Waste Management                              Business Facilitation
                                                  Community Resilience & Disaster Management


    Executive Office                          X   Organisational Services
    Communications & Governance                   Financial Services
    Human Resources                               ICT
    De-amalgamation Coordination                  Property & Contracts




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