2023-01-16 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    16 JANUARY 2023


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




Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 50.0%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 46.7% ($55.6 million) of full year budget ($119.1 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

 Category            Summary                        Comments
 Employee Costs      $19.6 million (46.4%) of the      YTD under expenditure for permanent staff
                     annual budget of $42.3             salaries and wages ($1.4 million) due to position
                     million has been expended          vacancies, partially offset by additional spend on
                                                        casual staff and external labour hire ($773.1k).
                                                       Training costs $62.6k under YTD budget (30.0%
                                                        or $112.1k of $374.0k annual budget spent)
                                                       Council’s Certified Agreement annual salary
                                                        increase is due in February 2023 and is linked to
                                                        the CPI Brisbane Dec Qtr index. Council’s current
                                                        budget has made provision for a 5.0% CPI
                                                        increase however if the actual CPI is higher this
                                                        shortfall will need to be offset against current year
                                                        employee cost savings.
 Materials and       $25.4 million (45.6%) of the      Civil Operations $479.9k over YTD budget
 Services            $55.7 million annual budget        (53.7% or $4.5 million of $8.4 million annual
                     has been expended.                 budget spent)
                                                       Holiday Parks $210.0k above YTD budget
                                                        (54.5%% or $2.5 million of $4.5 million annual
                                                        budget spent) – offset by additional revenue.
                                                       Environment & Sustainable Development
                                                        Management $150.6k over YTD budget (655.6%
                                                        or $154.0k of $23.5k annual budget spent)
                                                       Infrastructure Services $107.3k above YTD
                                                        budget (22.8% or $270.1k of $1.2 million annual
                                                        budget spent)
                                                       Community Facilities $84.5k over YTD budget
                                                        (54.1% or $1.2 million of $2.3 million annual
                                                        budget spent)
                                                       Insurance Costs $50.9k over YTD budget
                                                        (101.8% or $743.9k of $730.9k annual budget
                                                        spent)
                                                       Waste Management $165.6k below YTD budget
                                                        (44.7% or $6.0 million of $13.1 million annual
                                                        budget spent)


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