2018-11-12 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                           12 NOVEMBER 2018


Category              Summary                               Comments
Operating             $1.8 million (36%) of the $5.2           Operating grants are in line with budget
Grants,               million budget has been                    expectations at this stage.
Subsidies             received                                 50% or $1 million of the financial assistance
                                                                 grant was prepaid in June 2018 and may
                                                                 impact on Council’s 2018/19 final operating
                                                                 position (if the prepayment approach is
                                                                 discontinued by the Australian government).

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

  $3.5
                                                                      YTD Budget ($m)
  $3.0
                                                                      YTD Actual ($m)
  $2.5

  $2.0

  $1.5

  $1.0

  $0.5

  $0.0
                                                                   Income




                                                                                Other
            Charges




                                                                                            Grants
                                                 Goods &
                         Dividend




                                                 Services
                                                 Sales of




                                                                    Rental
                                      Interest
            Fees &




                          & Tax




Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 33.3%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 31% ($29.8 million) of full year budget ($95.7 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

Category              Summary                               Comments
Employee Costs        $9.3 million (29%) of the                Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                      annual budget of $32.3                     and wages ($476k) partially offset by additional
                      million has been expended                  spend on casual staff and external labour hire
                                                                 ($285k)
                                                               Staff training underspend of $93k (7% or $25k
                                                                 of $363k budget expended)
Materials and         $13.2 million (32%) of the               Civil operations contract services $226k below
Services              $41.2 million annual budget                YTD budget (28% or $1.5m of $5.4m budget
                      has been expended.                         spent)
                                                               Lease management for maintenance of
                                                                 Council properties $75k below YTD budget
                                                                 (27% or $559k of $2.1 million budget spent)
                                                               Council fleet and plant operating costs $28k
                                                                 below YTD budget (33% or $469k of $1.4
                                                                 million budget spent)
                                                               Development assessment legal appeals costs
                                                                 $190k above YTD budget (66% or $374k of
                                                                 $568k budget spent)
                                                               Asset management consultancy fees $125k
                                                                 above YTD budget (110% or $155k of $142k
                                                                 budget spent)

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