Cassowary Coast Regional Council manages assets with an approximate replacement value of AU $1 billion spanning all traditional local government types including roads, bridges, footpaths, water, sewerage, parks, community facilities, marine facilities, fleet, information technology and ancillaries.
Roads - 1232km of roads.
Council adopted an Asset Management Policy in December 2009 and began implementating dedicated asset management plans and systems targeted at optimising asset services for the community. All asset management plans were adopted during 2010/11, resulting in numerous improvement projects.
In July 2012, council approved the annual revision of all core Asset Management Plans into a single Asset Management Portfolio.
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.