City of Melbourne Annual Report 2008-09
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City of Melbourne
Financials 2008-09
Prepared in accordance with the Local Government Act 1989, Local Government Regulations 2001, and applicable Australian Accounting Standards.
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Five year statistics
For the year ended 30 June 2009
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Rates
Number of assessments (rateable) number 47,665 52,742 57,191 66,737 71,923
Rate in $
- residential cents 5 5.15 5.13 5.3 4.58
- commercial cents 5.82 6 5.98 6.17 5.38
Increase in rate revenue % 2.00% 3.00% 3.80% 3.20% 3.50%
Net rate Income $ millions 119.2 127.8 139.2 156.8 170.6
Financial1
Total revenue $ million 247.9 264.1 269.6 312.2 325
Total operating expenditure $ million 230.4 247.3 275 276.6 293
Total capital works expenditure $ million 65.4 94.7 57.5 63 78
Surplus/(deficit) for the year2 $ million 14.2 14.8 174 94 25
Debt service cost % 0 0 0 0 0
CPI increase % 2.50% 2.80% 2.70% 3.50% 2.80%
Human resources1
Total number of employees number 1,101 1,147 1,120 1,134 1,211
Staff turnover - permanent staff % 11.50% 15.00% 14.50% 12.70% 7.90%
City development
Building applications received number 223 170 181 68 103
Planning applications received number 1,241 1,234 1,166 1,122 1,077
Transport and traffic
Construction and resurfacing sq. mtr asphalt laid 131,528 152,099 162,942 na 125,221
Bluestone footpath sq metre laid 3,716 2,275 na na 1,143
Parking revenue * $ million 26.4 27.7 27.9 28 28.8
Refuse
Weight of refuse collected 000 tonnes 17.6 18.4 21.1 23.6 22.1
Mass of material recycled 000 tonnes 5.1 4.2 4.9 5.4 5.4
Parks and gardens
Parks and gardens maintained hectares 482 482 482.5 470.6 466.05
Child care
Number of full-time child care places number 167 167 167 178 225
Home delivered meals
Number of meals delivered number 35,362 37,516 32,974 35,789 36,484
Recreation
Attendance at recreation centres number 962,201 865,630 861,575 826,617 789,862
Attendance at golf course number 41,343 38,335 35,271 35,314 36,424
Notes

*includes parking meters and car parks
1: Council only
2: Prior to asset revaluations, surplus 2007 includes Docklands Transition, 2008 includes Kensington/Nth Melbourne transfer to council
na: Information not available

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