2018-10-15 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                             15 OCTOBER 2018


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

 $3.0
                                                       YTD Budget ($m)

 $2.5                                                  YTD Actual ($m)


 $2.0

 $1.5

 $1.0

 $0.5

 $0.0



                                                            Income
           Charges




                                                                         Other




                                                                                    Grants
                                            Goods &
                      Dividend




                                            Services
                                            Sales of




                                                             Rental
                                 Interest
           Fees &




                       & Tax




Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 25.0%)

Actual operating expenditure is currently 24% ($22.9 million) of full year budget ($95.7 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

Category             Summary                           Comments
Employee Costs       $6.9 million (22%) of the               Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                     annual budget of $32.3                    and wages ($382k) partially offset by additional
                     million has been expended                 spend on casual staff and external labour hire
                                                               ($172k)
                                                             Staff training underspend of $71k (4% or $16k
                                                               of $363k budget expended)
Materials and        $10.5 million (25%) of the              Community development $35k below YTD
Services             $41.2 million annual budget               budget due to timing of community grants
                     has been expended.                        (57% or $558k of $978k budget spent)
                                                             Cemeteries $23k below YTD budget (11% or
                                                               $19k of $177k budget spent)
                                                             Waste management collection and landfill
                                                               contract costs $36k below YTD budget (25% or
                                                               $2.0 million of $7.9 million budget spent)
                                                             Civil operations contract services $126k below
                                                               YTD budget (20% or $1.1m of $5.4m budget
                                                               spent)
                                                             Asset management consultancy fees $116k
                                                               above YTD budget (99% or $140k of $142k
                                                               budget spent)
Finance Costs        On track                          Nil
Depreciation         On track                          Nil
Other Expenses       On track                          Nil




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