2022-05-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                        16 MAY 2022


   Figure 2: Operating Revenue Position by Type (Excluding Rates)




   Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 83.3%)
   Actual operating expenditure is currently 78% ($85.9 million) of full year budget ($110.1
   million). Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

    Category           Summary                    Comments
    Employee Costs     $29.6 million (78%) of        YTD under expenditure for permanent staff
                       the annual budget of           salaries and wages ($3.03 million) due to
                       $38.1 million has been         position vacancies, partially offset by additional
                       expended                       spend on casual staff and external labour hire
                                                      ($1.3 million).
                                                     Training costs $116k below YTD budget
                                                      (36.19% or $120k of $332k annual budget
                                                      spent)
    Materials and      $38.9 million (76%) of        Environment Services costs $455k below YTD
    Services           the $51.1 million annual       budget (39.9% or $1.43 million of $3.6 million
                       budget has been                annual budget spent) – COVID-19 impacts on
                       expended.                      staff have delayed project delivery YTD.
                                                     Economic Development $255k below YTD
                                                      budget (87.76% or $3.0 million of $3.5 million
                                                      annual budget spent)
                                                     Beaches and Canals $147k below YTD budget
                                                      (30.5% or $272k of $891k annual budget
                                                      spent)
                                                     Holiday Parks $544k above YTD budget
                                                      (113.5% or $1.9 million of $1.67 million annual
                                                      budget spent) – offset by additional revenue.
                                                     Libraries & Galleries $159k below YTD budget
                                                      (59% or $1 million of $1.8 million annual
                                                      budget spent) – timing of heritage programs
                                                      and operational contract services
                                                     Waste Management $99k below YTD budget
                                                      (82.3% or $9.3 million of $11.3 million annual
                                                      budget spent)
                                                     Civil Operations $305k above YTD budget
                                                      (82.7% or $2.6 million of $3.1 million annual
                                                      budget spent). This variance relates
                                                      predominately to flood remediation works
                                                      undertaken to date and will be funded via
                                                      disaster recovery grants.


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