Noosa Holiday Parks Update

Karen Finzel5:42

Thank you then. So we'll put the motion forward to note the report by the Governance Manager, award the contract. To Comensura, delegate the CEO the power to negotiate, finalise, execute and do all the things necessary to administer the contract on behalf of Council and delegate to the CEO to extend the contract for a period of up to three years from the 1st May 2027 at Council's discretion. Do we have a mover? Thank you, that's Councillor Finzel, Wilson, seconded by Jessica Phillips. My apologies. We'll take that to the vote. That's all in favour, that's unanimous. Thank you, and thank you to the staff, and thanks, Steve. Thank you, everyone. Take care. Bye. Thank you. Yeah, that was good. So, now we're up to item 8, reports for noting by the committee. We've got item 8.1. Noosa Holiday Parks Update. We welcome the staff to the table and seek a review of the report, which I might add was very comprehensive and gave some good reading. So, thank you.

Thank you. Marg, and good afternoon, Councillors. This report provides you with an update on the Noosa Holiday Parks Business Unit for the period from 1 July 2024 to 31 December 2024. Noosa Council operates three campgrounds and caravan park across the region at Boreen Point, Noosa North Shore and Noosa River. In summary, the program is performing as expected, meeting both revenue and surplus requirements year to date, including $2.46 million in revenue you. And an operational surplus. Of $545,000. Visitation numbers are tracking well with almost 32 guests during the first six months of this financial year. This is in line with previous year's performance and is a positive indicator of utilisation of these facilities and market awareness of our campgrounds and holiday parks. This is important to ensure that we uphold the designated land use for these sites and maintain their intended purpose for camping and caravan recreation. Additionally forward bookings through to the end of financial year remain strong. It's over 3.9 million in forward revenue booked and to achieve the expected budget operational service surplus. Sorry thank you. I will also quickly draw your attention to a typing error in section 2 visitation. The second sentence the start of the sentence isn't capitalised. Apologies. Thank you.