2022-07-18 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                    18 JULY 2022


Tourism and economic development activity is funded through the general rate, with 5.8% of the
annual general rate committed towards tourism and economic development. Should actual general
rate revenue fall below budget, this does not impact Council’s contractual commitment to fully fund
all tourism and economic development activity. Any general rate revenue shortfall is funded
through other general revenue sources to ensure all planned activities are undertaken in full.
Legal Cost Summary
An update on legal costs and associated expenditure is provided on a quarterly basis. Expenditure
as at 30 June 2022 is outlined below.

                          Legal Costs (inc consultancy) over time
     $2,400,000

     $2,000,000

     $1,600,000

     $1,200,000

      $800,000

      $400,000

            $0




Legal and associated costs are $321k below budget (85.2% or $1.85 million of $2.16 million of
annual budget spent). This is due largely to lower than forecast Development Assessment and
Planning costs associated which has offset legal expenses associated with the Kin Kin Quarry.
Disaster Recovery Works
To date Council has incurred $889k in cost associated with remediation works and counter disaster
operations resulting from the February 2022 flood event with a further $264k in commitments.
Erscon Consulting have been engaged to assess and quantify the damage to infrastructure and
other Council assets and once complete Council will be provided with a report outlining the works
required.
$1.4 million in disaster recovery funding has been received to date and additional funding will be
sought once assessments are completed and the program of works finalised.




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