2022-07-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                18 JULY 2022


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

 $14.0                                      $13.0
                                    $11.1                                 YTD Budget ($m)
 $12.0
                                                                          YTD Actual ($m)
 $10.0
         $8.2 $8.9                                                                       $8.4
  $8.0
                                                                                 $5.9
  $6.0                                                                                          $5.7 $5.7


  $4.0
                                                    $1.9 $1.8
  $2.0                $0.7 $0.8                                     $1.2 $1.0

  $0.0


                                                      Income




                                                                        Other
            Charges




                                      Goods &




                                                                                     Grants




                                                                                                   Unitywater
                                      Services
                                      Sales of




                                                       Rental
                         Interest
            Fees &




                                                                                                    Share of
Operating Expenditure (FY Benchmark 100.00%)
Actual operating expenditure is currently 87% ($95.9 million) of full year budget ($110.1 million).
Detailed commentary for each expenditure category is provided below.

 Category             Summary                                   Comments
 Employee Costs       $34.0 million (89%) of the                   FY under expenditure for permanent staff salaries
                      annual budget of $38.1                        and wages ($3.8 million) due to position
                      million has been expended                     vacancies, partially offset by additional spend on
                                                                    casual staff and external labour hire ($1.93
                                                                    million).
                                                                   Training costs $91k below FY budget (72.7% or
                                                                    $241k of $332k annual budget spent)
 Materials and        $42.6 million (83%) of the                   Environment Services costs $1.6 million below FY
 Services             $51.1 million annual budget                   budget (56% or $2.0 million of $3.6 million annual
                      has been expended.                            budget spent) – COVID-19 impacts on staff have
                                                                    delayed project delivery
                                                                   Community Development $351k below FY budget
                                                                    (78.62% or $1.3 million of $1.6 million annual
                                                                    budget spent)
                                                                   Development Assessment $491k below FY
                                                                    budget (70.4% or $1.1 million of $1.7 million
                                                                    annual budget spent). This underspend relates o
                                                                    lower than forecast expenditure on legal and
                                                                    associated consultancy costs.
                                                                   Strategic Land Use Planning costs $305k below
                                                                    FY budget (38.0% or $188k of $493k annual
                                                                    budget spent)
                                                                   Beaches and Canals $515k below FY budget
                                                                    (42% or $375k of $891k annual budget spent)
                                                                    $444k of this underspend relates to levy funded
                                                                    activities which are restricted funds and transfer
                                                                    to reserves for future programs
                                                                   Libraries & Galleries $332k below FY budget
                                                                    (81.59% or $1.47 million of $1.8 million annual
                                                                    budget spent) –$101k relates to heritage levy
                                                                    projects which are restricted funds and transfer to
                                                                    reserves for future programs

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