❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the financial justification for transferring Fremantle Cemetery's management to the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, focusing on cost savings, fee structures, and operational efficiencies.
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Some notice of this question was given yesterday. I refer to the minister’s announcements that management of Fremantle Cemetery will transfer to the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board from 1 July. (1) Will the minister table the evidence on which he bases his expectation that $600 000 a year in operating and administration costs will be saved through such a move? (2) What are the respective fees charged by the Fremantle Cemetery Board and Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for their services? (3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS
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(1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
I refer to the minister’s announcements that management of Fremantle Cemetery will transfer to the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board from 1 July. (1) Will the minister table the evidence on which he bases his expectation that $600 000 a year in operating and administration costs will be saved through such a move? (2) What are the respective fees charged by the Fremantle Cemetery Board and Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for their services? (3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(1) Will the minister table the evidence on which he bases his expectation that $600 000 a year in operating and administration costs will be saved through such a move? (2) What are the respective fees charged by the Fremantle Cemetery Board and Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for their services? (3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(2) What are the respective fees charged by the Fremantle Cemetery Board and Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for their services? (3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries.
savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries.
integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries.
Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710
Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710
Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710
(4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
I refer to the minister’s announcements that management of Fremantle Cemetery will transfer to the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board from 1 July. (1) Will the minister table the evidence on which he bases his expectation that $600 000 a year in operating and administration costs will be saved through such a move? (2) What are the respective fees charged by the Fremantle Cemetery Board and Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for their services? (3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(1) Will the minister table the evidence on which he bases his expectation that $600 000 a year in operating and administration costs will be saved through such a move? (2) What are the respective fees charged by the Fremantle Cemetery Board and Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for their services? (3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(2) What are the respective fees charged by the Fremantle Cemetery Board and Metropolitan Cemeteries Board for their services? (3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(3) How much will it cost the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board to remove the ashes collection fee of $85, and how will this lost revenue be recovered? (4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(4) What is the ashes collection fee at Fremantle Cemetery? (5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(5) Is it true that the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board performs approximately 5 500 funerals per annum and has a staff of about 73, while the Fremantle Cemetery performs approximately 2 700 per annum with a staff of 26? Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
Hon TOM STEPHENS replied: (1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(1) The Functional Review Taskforce, in identifying merits in amalgamating the Fremantle Cemetery and Metropolitan Cemeteries Boards, included the prospect of generating savings of $600 000 per annum. The prospective savings identified by the task force include - potential to reduce debt levels of the Fremantle Cemetery Board and annual interest incurred. Fremantle has a debt equity ratio of 31.64 per cent compared with the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board debt equity ratio of 0.03 per cent; reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries. There will be further savings through the elimination of duplication in the provision of services. (2) The following fees apply for core burial and cremation services provided by the respective boards - Metropolitan Cemeteries Board Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710 (3) The removal of the ashes collection fee is estimated to cost the MCB $160 000 in 2003-04, and this will be recovered from accumulated funds. (4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
reduced operating cost from greater economies of scale, aggregated purchasing power and rationalisation of office technology; savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries.
savings through a reduction in the total number of board members and reduced reporting costs; integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries.
integration of the FCB and MCB to provide for more efficient use of assets and a coordinated approach to planning and project management across all the metropolitan cemeteries.
Burial interment fee $710 Cremation fees $612 to $729 Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710
Fremantle Cemetery Board Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710
Burial interment fee $680 Cremation fees $620 to $710
(4) The ashes collection fee was removed from the Fremantle fee schedule from 1 July 2000. (5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
(5) The MCB manages approximately 6 100 funerals per annum at five cemetery sites throughout the metropolitan area and maintains 330 hectares of cemetery land. The MCB is also developing a new regional cemetery at Rockingham, and planning and coordinating present and future metropolitan cemetery needs. The staff is 73 full-time equivalents. The Fremantle Cemetery Board manages approximately 2 700 funerals per annum and maintains 46 hectares of land within the Fremantle Cemetery reserve. The staff is 26 FTEs.
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