Community Excellence Awards
Operationalizing the City of Courtenay Asset Management Policy
Contributor: Courtenay (City)
Year: 2018
Category: Asset Management
Short Description:
The objective was to implement the AM Policy by Operationalizing Asset Management to achieve Sustainable Service Delivery.
Last Reviewed: April 24, 2019, 3:44 pm
Detailed Description:
Courtenay City Council adopted an Asset Management Policy in mid-2015. It was substantially influenced by acknowledging the responsibility for stewardship of the community's assets (Community Charter s. 7); the notion that a local government is in the business of delivering public services with consideration for social, economic and environmental value; that the services we deliver depend upon a broad spectrum of expensive tangible capital assets; and that sound Asset Management practices (following the International Infrastructure Management Manual) were the means to
achieve Sustainable Service Delivery (as expressed in the BC Framework). See the Policy attached:
The objective was to implement the AM Policy by Operationalizing Asset Management to achieve Sustainable Service Delivery. The challenge was to demonstrate a sound understanding that this was an all encompassing endeavour and the organization had to be realigned with sound asset management practices. The project outcome was a successful organization-wide restructuring implemented by an extensive change management undertaking.
