Asset Management Asset Management

The Cassowary Coast Regional Council manages assets with an approximate replacement value of AU $1 billion that span all traditional local government types, including roads, bridges, footpaths, water, sewerage, parks, community facilities, marine facilities, fleet, I.T. and ancillaries.

Summary asset information:

• Road Transport - 1232km of roads.
• Bridges - 162 bridges and 127 major road culverts
• Buildings  - 398 buildings and structures
• Pathways  - 55 km of off road pathways
• Marine - 347 marine assets
• Stormwater - 85km of stormwater network
• Water - 4 systems (1 treatment plant) with 756km of supply network
• Sewerage - 3 systems (2 treatment plants) with 215km of collection network
• Waste - 3 landfills and 7 transfer stations
 

Council adopted an Asset Management Policy on the 17th of December 2009, which commenced the implementation of dedicated Asset Management Plans and systems targeted at optimising asset services for the community. All first round Asset Management Plans were adopted during 2010/11 with numerous improvement projects resulting. 

On the 12th of July 2012, council approved the annual revision of all core Asset Management Plans into a single Asset Management Portfolio.
 
The Asset Management Portfolio includes the following major components:
 
1. Asset Management Plans (all asset classes)
2. Service Level Framework, inc
a. Service Level Targets; and
b. Intervention Level Targets
3. Capital Project Assessment Framework
a. Ranking and prioritising (forward works - year)
b. Ranking and prioritising (Annual budget - scoring)
4. Priority Infrastructure Plan, including:
a. Transport Network Plan
b. Water Network Model
c. Sewerage Network Model
d. Stormwater Model (Master Drainage Planning)
e. Parks and Open Space Plans (Recreation Planning)
5. Capital Forward Works Program (Minimum 10 years)
a. Listing of all capital for renewal, upgrade and new assets
6. 100 Year Asset Replacement Forecast (modelled projection)
 
 The Asset Classes managed by council are:
 
1. Corporate Facilities
2. Community Housing
3. Parks and Open Spaces
4. Playgrounds and Activity Centres
5. Aerodromes
6. Bridges
7. Off roads pathways
8. Roads
9. Marine
10. Stormwater
11. Water Supply
12. Sewerage
13. Landfills
14. Transfer Stations
15. Fleet
16. Information Technology
 
Currently, council has approved nine (9) core Asset Management Plans covering all above classes at the group level:
 
1. Buildings & Facilities
2. Bridges
3. Pathways
4. Roads
5. Marine
6. Stormwater
7. Water Supply
8. Sewerage
9. Waste Management

 

Next Steps 2012-2014

The next priority for council is to prepare Asset Management Plans for Fleet and Information Technology, closely followed by the separation of the Buildings and Facilities plan into several detailed plans (inc: Aerodromes, playgrounds, parks, community housing, etc).
There are numerous improvement projects occurring across council to optimise services and costs to ensure the public infrastructure is maintained to a desirable level, whilst not negatively impacting long term sustainability.
 

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