Commonwealth Specific Purpose Grants Revenue in 2007/08 and 2008/2009.
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WRITTEN QUESTIONS
11th Assembly
18/03/2009
61. Commonwealth Specific Purpose Grants Revenue in 2007/08 and 2008/2009.
Mr Mills to MINISTER for Education and Training
QUESTION
ANSWER
Answered on 08/01/2010
WRITTEN QUESTIONS
11th Assembly
18/03/2009
61. Commonwealth Specific Purpose Grants Revenue in 2007/08 and 2008/2009.
Mr Mills to MINISTER for Education and Training
QUESTION
According to the 2007/08 Annual Report, the Department of Employment, Education and Training Received $146.6M in Commonwealth Specific Purpose Grants Revenue in 2007/08:
1. What programs are covered by the Specific Purpose Grants.
2. What is the purpose of each of these programs.
3. What is the funding allocation to each of these programs from the Commonwealth and from the Northern Territory.
4. Please itemise how much was spent on each of these programs in 2007/08 and how much remains to be spent.
5. What guidelines, operating practices and reporting have been developed in conjunction with the Commonwealth to expend the received funds.
6. What performance indicators or markers are in place from the Commonwealth or Territory that relate to these monies.
7. What was our performance against these performance indicators or markers in 2007/08.
8. Was any payment returned to the Commonwealth or carried over from 2007/08 to 2008/09.
9. If payments were returned or carried over, in what areas and how much were they.
Commonwealth Specific Purpose Grants Revenue in 2008/09.
10. What is the budgeted amount of Commonwealth Specific Purpose Grants to be received in 2008/09 by the Department of Employment, Education and Training.
11. What programs are covered by the 2008/09 budgeted Specific Purpose Grants.
12. What is the allocation to each of these programs for 2008/2009.
13. How much of this allocation has been spent by 1 March 2009.
14. What guidelines, operating practices and reporting have been developed in conjunction with the Commonwealth to expend the received funds.
15. Is the Department expecting to expend all the funding allocated.
16. If not, in what areas will funding expenditure not be met.
17. Are there any areas within Education, Employment and Training where Commonwealth funding has been provided for either in 2007/08 or 2008/09 where monies have not been allocated to specific purposes.
18. What performance indicators or markers are in place from the Commonwealth or Territory that relate to these monies.
19. What was our performance so far this year against these.
ANSWER
Answered on 08/01/2010
1. How many PWC and contract personnel are permanently stationed in Palumpa?
Power and Water does not have any employees stationed at Palumpa.
Power and Water has awarded a 5 year contract, which commenced on 1 July 2008, to the Victoria Daly Shire Council for Essential Services Operations. Under this contract, the Victoria Daly Shire Council provides services for day to day operations and maintenance for the provision of electricity supply, water supply and sewerage for nominated Indigenous communities within the Shire including Palumpa, Wudapuli and Nama. These 3 communities are supplied with electricity from the Palumpa power station through a regional power grid. Each community has separate water supply and sewerage systems. The Victoria Daly Shire Council employs an Essential Services Operator based at Palumpa in order to undertake the contract works, and provides additional support as required.
2.
How many persons, in any capacity and described by the task undertaken, attended Palumpa on behalf of PWC.
Orders were placed for work at Palumpa from October 2008 until the end of February 2009 with the following companies:o Powercorp Pty Ltd
o AA Electrical Pty Ltd
o ITT Water & Wastewater Aust Ltd T/As ITT Flygt Limited
o MG Electrical Services P/L
o AG Drilling NT P/L
o David Reddy (Wadeye Essential Services Operations Contractor)
o Victoria Daly Shire Council
o Crom Pty Ltd T/As Dig Hard Excavations
o Hardy Aviation (NT) Pty Ltd
o ABB Australia (Darwin)
o MTU Detroit Diesel Australia Pty Ltd
o Direct Air Charter
Given the nature of the contracts where orders are placed for work to be performed, services required and materials or goods to be provided; and paid for on the same basis; the total number of people who “attended Palumpa” over the period under the orders is not recorded.3. What activities were undertaken?
The activities undertaken involve the day to day operations and maintenance for the provision of electricity supply, water supply and sewerage undertaken by the Victoria Daly Shire Council. In addition orders were placed for unforseen maintenance and cyclic maintenance on the power, water and sewerage systems.
4. What was the value of work undertaken?
The value of the work is best described by the estimate cost of the work to be undertaken for the day to day operations and maintenance for the provision of electricity supply, water supply and sewerage by the Victoria Daly Shire Council for Palumpa, Wudapuli and Nama, over a 12 month period.
Palumpa $114,434.71 Wudapuli / Nama $44,557.81
Power $48,637.56 Power $963.12
Water $48,517.17 Water $36,628.12
Sewer $17,279.98 Sewer $6,966.57
In addition the following capital works have been undertaken, for the 2008-09 financial year to the end of February, 2009:-
Capital Works $2,027965.60
New Service Connections (electricity) $24,846.04
Replacement Pumps (water and sewer) $16,856.56
Palumpa – Installation of 500kw Generating Unit $ 84,368.00
Wudapuli/Nama – HV Grid Connection and LV Network $ 1,901,895.00
It should be noted that funding for the Wudapuli/Nama – HV Grid Connection and LV Network was provided by the Australian Government through the Department of Planning and Infrastructure to Power and Water as a Recoverable Works programme item.
In addition orders were placed for the following works or services; for the 2008-09 financial year to the end of February, 2009:-
Unforseen Maintenance $ 79,610.11
Power (Electrical and Distribution infrastructure ) $ 18,167.48
Power (Generation infrastructure) $ 4,454.77
Water supply $ 16,496.18
Sewerage $ 40,491.68
Cyclic Maintenance $ 45,678.61
Power (Electrical and Distribution infrastructure ) $ 11,132.04
Power (Generation infrastructure) $ 4,981.99
Water supply $ 16,094.38
Sewerage $ 13,470.20
5. What recommendations have been made in regard to the repair, maintenance or replacement of PWC and associated infrastructure?
The ground level and elevated water storage facilities are recommended for replacement with larger capacity facilities. A concept plan is being developed considering the options for location of the facilities, water reticulation design and possible expansion of serviced areas.
Power and Water has recommended that existing septic tanks, the assets of the facility owner, be serviced through pumping out using specialized pumping equipment to remove the sullage, inspected, and that any necessary rectification works from the inspection be undertaken consistent with plumbing standards and good practice.
Power and Water will prepare an options study to improve sewerage facilities in the area of the community impacted by flooding, including the school, health clinic and council facilities.
Last updated: 04 Aug 2016