2020-02-17 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                 17 FEBRUARY 2020


Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 58.3%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 54% ($53.8 million) of full year budget ($99.8 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.
Category           Summary                       Comments
Employee Costs     $18.4 million (55%) of the        Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                   annual budget of $33.5              and wages ($1.9 million) partially offset by
                   million has been expended           additional spend on casual staff and external
                                                       labour hire ($633k)
                                                     Employee overtime and allowances $290k
                                                       above YTD budget (90% or $855k of $953k
                                                       budget spent) in part due to recent fire events
                                                     Staff training $39k below budget (25% or $86k
                                                       of $337k budget spent)
Materials and      $23.4 million (45%) of the        Waste Management materials and services
Services           $45.8 million annual budget         $338k below YTD budget (52% or $5.5 million of
                   has been expended.                  $10.6 million budget spent)
                                                     Library services $124k below YTD budget (43%
                                                       or $462k of $1.1 million budget spent) – timing
                                                       of library collection purchases and programs
                                                     Parks & Gardens operations and maintenance
                                                       programs $108k below YTD budget (50% or
                                                       $2.2 million of $4.3 million budget spent) –
                                                       timing of arborist work and park maintenance
                                                       pending wet weather events
                                                     Holiday Parks $90k below YTD budget (52% or
                                                       $712k of $1.4 million budget spent) – delay in
                                                       planned opening of North Shore Campground
                                                       offset by lower revenue
                                                     Community Properties $75k below YTD budget
                                                       (32% or $143k of $444k budget spent) – timing
                                                       of maintenance and utility charges
                                                     Public Amenity materials and services $68k
                                                       below YTD budget (49% or $241k of $495k
                                                       budget spent)
                                                     Public Utility costs $67k above YTD budget
                                                       (128% or $122k of $95k spent) – emergent
                                                       lighting works on David Low Way and at Noosa
                                                       Woods
                                                     Disaster Management $100k above YTD budget
                                                       (419% or $100k of $27k budget spent) – staff,
                                                       traffic control and other contract costs
                                                       associated with recent fire events. QRA grant
                                                       claim has been submitted to partially recover
                                                       costs.
                                                     Hasting Street Maintenance Levy $162k above
                                                       YTD budget (171% or $384k of $225k budget
                                                       spent) – tree lighting replacement program to be
                                                       funded from reserve in BR3
                                                     Development assessment legal appeals costs
                                                       $249k above YTD budget (76% or $836k of $1.1
                                                       million budget spent) – slightly offset by
                                                       increased revenue
Finance Costs      On track                      Nil
Depreciation       On track                      Nil
Other Expenses     On track                      Nil

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