Video – What is Asset Management (Saskatchewan – 5:33 min)
Asset management asks and answers the following questions:
Video – What is Asset Management (Saskatchewan – 5:33 min)
Asset management asks and answers the following questions:
It is an ongoing system that includes an asset’s entire lifecycle from design/ planning, procurement/ construction, operation/ maintenance and replacement/ disposal.
Ontario municipalities follow asset management legislation O. Reg. 588/17 Asset Management Planning for Municipal Infrastructure which was approved under the Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015, c. 15.
Video – Why Invest in Asset Management (Federation of Canadian Municipalities – 4:05 min)
Good asset management involves a complete, long-term approach where input from all levels of the municipality and stakeholders is included in asset decision-making activities.
This allows the County to make the right decisions at the right time while managing costs/ risks and maintaining levels of service, in order to achieve the best value from its public assets.
Haldimand County’s Asset Management Policy was approved in June, 2019.
It outlines the County’s commitment to good stewardship of its physical assets and states that asset management practices will be legislatively compliant, performed in a safe and environmentally sustainable manner and are aligned with the County’s strategic mission, vision and objectives.
Haldimand County’s updated Asset Management Plan was approved in December 2022. It includes both core (eg: road, water, sanitary and stormwater networks; bridges & culverts) and non-core assets (eg: buildings; land improvements; vehicles; machinery & equipment).
Non-core asset data is still under development in preparation for the next O. Reg. 588/17 legislative compliance date of July 1st, 2024.
Haldimand County is developing a Strategic Asset Management Plan.
This document will contain the County’s asset management objectives, strategies and processes to be used for asset management activities.
For example, it will specify how the County determines and applies levels of service, key performance indicators, financing strategies, resources and processes for capital projects and operation/ maintenance of its assets.