Complete agenda for October 2009 Council Meeting (pdf, 1610KB)

Northland Regional Council - 21 October 2009 Page 105 Item 14Monthly Report for September 09September 09YEAR TO DATETotal Environmental Monitoring Actual Budget Variance Var % YTD Actual YTD Budget Variance Var % Annual BudgetRevenueRates 127,733 127,124 609 0% 383,199 381,372 1,827 0% $ 1,525,486.44User Fees and Sundry 77,275 80,796 (3,521) -4% 666,779 679,880 (13,102) -2% $ 1,407,008.40Grants and Subsidies 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 - $-$205,008 $207,920 $(2,912) -1% $1,049,978 $1,061,252 $(11,274) 6% $2,932,495ExpenditureState of the Environment Monitoring $154,203 $195,944 $41,741 21% $357,617 $492,986 $135,368 27% $1,905,118Resource Consent Compliance $217,241 $182,905 $(34,336) -19% $436,477 $481,414 $44,936 9% $1,818,512Environmental Incidents Response $85,922 $78,593 $(7,329) -9% $201,742 $194,518 $(7,224) -4% $750,342Hazardous Substances & Contaminated Sites $39,992 $44,481 $4,489 10% $115,319 $115,573 $254 0% $450,281$497,358 $501,923 $4,565 1% $1,111,156 $1,284,491 $173,335 13% $4,924,253Net Cost/(Surplus) of Service $292,349 $294,003 $1,654 1% $61,178 $223,239 $162,061 73% $1,991,758Capital Expenditure $6,221 $6,221 $225,703RevenueMonth resultsUser fees and sundry is marginally behind budget for the month due to management fees revenue being less than expected,partially offset by increased revenue from infringement charges.Year to Date resultsRevenue is principally tracking to budget for the year to date.ExpenditureMonth resultsState of the Environment Monitoring is under budget due to staff vacancies in the department at present and expenditure onconsultants not coming on stream as budgeted.Resource Consent Compliance is overspent on consultants due to an unbudgeted payment to Fonterra to part fund a SustainableDairying Advisor, and, to a lesser extent, on other areas due to budget phasing.Environmental Incidents Response is overbudget for the month due to tincreased vehicle costs and legal fees.Hazardous Substances & Contaminated Sites variance is due to retirement of a long serving staff member.Year to Date resultsState of the Environment Monitoring is under budget due to staff vacancies in the department at present and expenditure onconsultants not coming on stream as budgeted.Resource Consent Compliance ends the quarter 9% under budget primarily due to commercial testing and air quality testing costsnot coming on stream as budgeted. These are timing differences that are expected to even out in future periods.Hazardous Substances & Contaminated Sites - variance not significant.