2023-02-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    13 FEBRUARY 2023


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




Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 58.3%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 54.0% ($64.3 million) of full year budget ($119.1 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

 Category            Summary                        Comments
 Employee Costs      $22.4 million (52.8%) of the      YTD under expenditure for permanent staff
                     annual budget of $42.3             salaries and wages ($1.8 million) due to position
                     million has been expended          vacancies, partially offset by additional spend on
                                                        casual staff and external labour hire ($782.9k).
                                                       Training costs $30.1k under YTD budget (44.9%
                                                        or $167.9k 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 includes provision for a 5.0% CPI increase
                                                        however the actual CPI for the Dec Qtr was 7.7%.
                                                        As such the actual financial impact will be higher
                                                        than originally forecast. This shortfall will be offset
                                                        against current year employee cost savings.
 Materials and       $29.6 million (53.2%) of the      Civil Operations $271.8k over YTD budget
 Services            $55.7 million annual budget        (59.8% or $5.0 million of $8.4 million annual
                     has been expended.                 budget spent)
                                                       Holiday Parks $195.3k above YTD budget (73.6%
                                                        or $1.5 million of $2.0 million annual budget
                                                        spent) – offset by additional revenue.
                                                       Environment & Sustainable Development
                                                        Management $149.7k over YTD budget (683.7%
                                                        or $160.7k of $23.5k annual budget spent)
                                                       Community Facilities $142.9k over YTD budget
                                                        (64.3% or $1.5 million of $2.3 million annual
                                                        budget spent)
                                                       Infrastructure Services $61.9k above YTD budget
                                                        (49.2% or $581.6k of $1.2 million annual budget
                                                        spent)
                                                       Insurance Costs $50.3k over YTD budget
                                                        (106.2% or $776.2k of $730.9k annual budget
                                                        spent)



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