2020-05-18 General Committee Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                    18 MAY 2020


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

  $9.0                                 $8.4
  $8.0                                        $7.5
                                                                          YTD Budget ($m)
  $7.0
            $5.7 $5.6                                                     YTD Actual ($m)
  $6.0
  $5.0
                                                                                              $3.8   $3.8 $3.8
  $4.0                                                                            $3.5

  $3.0
  $2.0
                         $1.2 $1.4                   $1.1 $0.9
                                                                     $0.8 $1.0
  $1.0
  $0.0




                                                                                     Grants
                                        Goods &
              Charges




                                                                         Other
                                                      Income




                                                                                                       Unitywater
                                        Services
                                        Sales of




                                                       Rental
                            Interest
              Fees &




                                                                                                        Share of
Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 83.3%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 78% ($78.2 million) of full year budget ($99.8 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

Category                Summary                                 Comments
Employee Costs          $26.2 million (78%) of the                 Under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                        annual budget of $33.5                       and wages ($2.2 million) partially offset by
                        million has been expended                    additional spend on casual staff and external
                                                                     labour hire ($966k)
                                                                   Employee overtime and allowances $320k
                                                                     above YTD budget (118% or $1.1 million of
                                                                     $953k budget spent) in part due to recent fire
                                                                     events
                                                                   Staff training $74k below budget (44% or $149k
                                                                     of $337k budget spent) – impacted on staff
                                                                     travel restrictions due to the COVID-19
                                                                     pandemic
Materials        and    $34.9 million (76%) of the                 Waste Management materials and services
Services                $45.9 million annual budget                  $441k below YTD budget (76% or $8.1 million of
                        has been expended.                           $10.6 million budget spent) primarily due to
                                                                     landfill and collection contract under expenditure
                                                                   Holiday Parks $231k below YTD budget (65% or
                                                                     $901k of $1.4 million budget spent) – delay in
                                                                     planned opening of North Shore Campground
                                                                     and cost savings from closure due to COVID-19
                                                                     pandemic (offset by lower revenue)
                                                                   Community Properties $203k below YTD budget
                                                                     (39% or $172k of $444k budget spent) –
                                                                     Tinbeerwah        Hall   and     Wallace    House
                                                                     maintenance projects delayed due to emerging
                                                                     issues
                                                                   Community Facilities (NAC, NLC and The J)
                                                                     $177k below YTD budget (73% or $1.1 million of
                                                                     $1.5 million budget spent) – cost savings from
                                                                     closure due to COVID-19 pandemic (offset by
                                                                     lower revenue)


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