2022-06-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda PUBLIC

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                             13 JUNE 2022


Operating Expenditure (YTD Benchmark 91.67%)
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       •     YTD under expenditure for permanent staff
                    annual budget of $38.1 million         salaries and wages ($3.6 million) due to position
                    has been expended                      vacancies, partially offset by additional spend on
                                                           casual staff and external labour hire ($1.9 million).
                                                     •     Training costs $119k below YTD budget (41.7%
                                                           or $138k of $332k annual budget spent)
 Materials and      $42.6 million (83%) of the       •     Environment Services costs $421k below YTD
 Services           $51.1 million annual budget            budget (45.5% or $1.6 million of $3.6 million
                    has been expended.                     annual budget spent) – COVID-19 impacts on
                                                           staff have delayed project delivery YTD.
                                                     •     Economic Development $257k below YTD budget
                                                           (90.0% or $3.1 million of $3.5 million annual
                                                           budget spent)
                                                     •     Development Assessment $193k below YTD
                                                           budget (63.3% or $1.0 million of $1.7 million
                                                           annual budget spent)
                                                     •     Strategic Land Use Planning costs $188k below
                                                           YTD budget (38.0% or $188k of $493k annual
                                                           budget spent)
                                                     •     Beaches and Canals $153k below YTD budget
                                                           (32.7% or $291k of $891k annual budget spent)
                                                     •     Holiday Parks $571k above YTD budget (124.3%
                                                           or $2.1 million of $1.7 million annual budget
                                                           spent) – offset by additional revenue.
                                                     •     Libraries & Galleries $130k below YTD budget
                                                           (66.5% or $1.2 million of $1.8 million annual
                                                           budget spent) – timing of heritage programs and
                                                           operational contract services
                                                     •     Waste Management $127k above YTD budget
                                                           (92.3% or $10.4 million of $11.3 million annual
                                                           budget spent)
                                                     •     Civil Operations $215k above YTD budget
                                                           (89.49% or $2.8 million of $3.1 million annual
                                                           budget spent). This variance relates in part to
                                                           flood remediation works undertaken to date and
                                                           will be funded via disaster recovery grants.
 Finance Costs      On track                         Nil
 Depreciation       On track                         Nil
 Other Expenses     On track                         Nil




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