2014-08-19 Infrastructure and Services Committee Agenda

INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                19 AUGUST 2014


                                                                                           Estimated
                              Amount
    Easter 2014                                  Detail             Potential Saving        Amount
                             (exc GST)
                                                                                           (exc GST)
Distribution of          $850                                   -                      0
brochures.
Sign writing x 1 bus.    $1,080           5 weeks               Maintain.              $1,080

500 face to face         $3200                                  Online only.           0
intercept surveys.                                              Note: It will be
                                                                difficult to obtain
                                                                as many survey
                                                                responses online.
                                                                Of the 432 surveys
                                                                from Easter 2014,
                                                                only 72 were
                                                                received online.
Survey Analysis.         $2850                                  Survey monkey          0
                                                                report.
Survey Prize.            $250             Visa gift card        Reduce gift card       $100
                                                                value.
1x Sunbus Driver         $4,288           Hourly Rate (exc      Only roster on         $3,304
Passenger Assistant                       GST)                  week-ends and
at Noosa Heads                            M-F $47               public holidays.
Station. Answers                          Sat $68               Could have
passenger questions                       Sun $78               volunteers but may
as well as                                Pub Hol $90           be difficult to find
coordinates the                                                 people with in-
dispatch of additional                                          depth knowledge
shuttles.                                                       of the network.
Passenger Assist         $147             Two sets of shirts    Wear Sunbus            0
staff uniform.                                                  driver uniform.
Media Launch             $112                                   Reduce.                $80
catering & Easter
rabbit costume hire.
TOTAL (exc GST)          $24,638                                                       Est $7,893

Previous Council Consideration
•     Public Transport Levy adopted in 2014/15 Budget.
•     Infrastructure & Services Committee Meeting Report, 20 May 2014. Easter Free Holiday
      Buses.
•     General Committee Agenda, 3 February 2014. Easter Free Holiday Buses.
•     Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda, 28 January 2014. Easter Free Holiday
      Buses.

Finance

The exact cost to deliver the Christmas and Easter Free Holiday Buses initiative is not available
until approval and quotes are obtained from TransLink and Sunbus. (In the past it has taken
between 3–8 weeks to obtain the Free Holiday Buses quote from TransLink). An indicative
amount can be estimated based on Christmas 2013/14 and Easter 2014 with a 10% increase to
account for potential increased costs. There is currently no official information regarding a fare
increase but according to a TransLink customer service operator, as occurred on 6 January
2014, there is likely to be another 7.5% fare increase in 2015.




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