ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008 CITY OF GREATER GEELONG

Asset Management
Activities for 2007-2008 included:
Citizenship
CITY OF GREATER GEELONG ANNUAL REPORT 2007-2008
The City’s infrastructure consists of networks of local
roads, footpaths, bridges, drains, parks and gardens and
civic and community buildings. Council creates, holds,
maintains and renews these assets on behalf of the
community. Infrastructure contributes to the City’s
transportation and recreational goals as well as
providing civic amenity.
The City’s Asset Management effort is considerable,
using a large proportion of Council’s financial and other
resources. It integrates with Council’s corporate, financial
business, budgetary, operational, human resources and
information technology plans.
Strategic Asset Management recognises the enduring
nature of infrastructure assets and ensures that the
community’s long-term investment can be realised over
its lifecycle. Asset management decisions are formed by
evaluation of alternative means of service provision, full
life cycle costing, and performance measurement and
monitoring. Such work enables Council to determine
appropriate infrastructure to be provided and the level
at which assets need to be maintained.
The phases of an asset’s life cycle are:
> Acquisition, involving the specification of asset type
and the timing, financing and means of procurement.
> Operation and maintenance, requiring performance
levels, operating and maintenance schedules to be
specified.
> Development of 3-year renewal programs for
pavements, road surfaces, footpaths and bus shelters.
> Condition assessment of engineering networks
including:
> Sealed roads, using state-of-the-art digital video
technology,
> Footpaths,
> Kerbs and Channel.
> Administration and revision of the City’s Municipal
Road Management Plan as required by the Road
Management Act 2004, including routine and
reactive inspections.
> Administration of the City’s infrastructure data
including input of $8.6 million worth of subdivisional
assets into the Hansen asset register.
> Upgrade of the City’s asset management software.
Asset management will continue to evolve and mature.
The City will strive to be at the forefront of asset
management through participation in the MAV’s “Step
Programme”. This initiative provides guidance to Victorian
councils on their asset management effort.
From the 2007-2008 review, the areas identified
for improvement were:
> Defining levels of service for infrastructure-based
services.
Acquiring Australian Citizenship enables people to
participate fully in our inclusive society, realise aspirations
and achieve their full potential, regardless of their race,
background, gender, religion, language or place of birth.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2008, the City hosted
twelve major ceremonies and several private ceremonies.
Certificates of Australian Citizenship were presented by
the Mayor of the City to 608 residents of Geelong, many
of whom shared the occasion with the support of relatives
and friends. A special ceremony was also conducted on
the Geelong Waterfront as part of celebrations to mark
Australia Day (26 January).
> Renewal, rehabilitation and replacement schedules
to be specified.
> Validating current and future levels of services
with the community.
These are priority actions for the City’s 2008-2009 Asset
Management Improvement Program.
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