2019-05-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                     13 MAY 2019


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

   $9.0
                                                                           YTD Budget ($m)
   $8.0
                                                                           YTD Actual ($m)
   $7.0

   $6.0

   $5.0

   $4.0

   $3.0

   $2.0

   $1.0

   $0.0




                                                                           Income
                Charges




                                                                                          Other
                                                             Goods &




                                                                                                        Grants
                               Dividend




                                                             Services
                                                             Sales of




                                                                            Rental
                                             Interest
                Fees &




                                & Tax




Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 83%)

Actual operating expenditure is currently 80% ($75.1 million) of full year budget ($93.7 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

Category              Summary                           Comments
Employee              $25.4 million (79%) of the           Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries and
Costs                 annual budget of $32.1                 wages ($2.0 million) partially offset by casual staff,
                      million has been expended              external labour hire ($865k), sick / other leave
                                                             ($455k), allowances, overtime and penalty rates
                                                             ($155k).
                                                           Staff training underspend of $45k YTD (noting that
                                                             a further $58k is committed to suppliers for future
                                                             training)
Materials and         $31.6 million (75%) of the           Waste management contract services $240k below
Services              $42.3 million annual budget            YTD budget (80% or $6.5 million of $8.1 million
                      has been expended.                     budget spent) – waste collection and landfill
                                                             operation
                                                           Waste education program $66k below YTD budget
                                                             (38% or $48k of $126k budget spent)
                                                           Fleet costs for fuel and tyres $134k below YTD
                                                             budget (63% or $416k of $660k budget spent)
                                                           Maintenance of Council buildings and amenities
                                                             $108k below YTD budget due to timing of
                                                             scheduled work (66% or $529k of $798k budget
                                                             spent)
                                                           Community Development grants $101k below
                                                             budget due to timing of grant allocations (83% or
                                                             $820k of $984k budget spent)
                                                           Parks and Gardens maintenance costs $93k below
                                                             YTD budget due to timing of mowing and arborist
                                                             works (82% or $3.5 million of $4.3 million budget
                                                             spent)


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