Maintaining Council’s assets is important as it ensures that our assets reach their expected useful life and mitigates the likelihood of early failure and costly renewal or replacement.
Council’s Maintenance Service Levels (MSL) summarises the maintenance activities, both proactive and reactive, for transport, stormwater, recreation and open space, and building assets.
Reactive maintenance occurs when Council assets breakdown, have wear and tear, are accidentally damaged or are affected by storm damage. Planned maintenance ensures assets meet their expected lifespan and legal requirements, preventing early failures and costly replacements.
MSL summaries are not designed to provide exact details of schedules for maintenance activities but to give the community an understanding of Council’s asset classes and some of the key activities that Council provides for their maintenance and operation.
| Asset Class | What we have | Example | Cost (per annum) |
|---|
| Building Assets | - Commercial buildings
- Corporate buildings
- Community halls
- Public conveniences
- Shelters
- Community sport and recreation buildings
| - Pest control
- Cleaning of the buildings
- Gutter cleaning
- Essential safety provision maintenance
| $2 million |
| Recreation and Open Space Assets | - Playgrounds
- Fitness equipment
- Hard courts
- Sports grounds
- Cemeteries
- Park and street furniture
- Bike tracks and skate parks
- Drinking fountains
- Parks and reserves
| - Mowing grass, frequency depending on the park hierarchy
- Cleaning and sanitising street bins
- Weed control several times a year
- Trimming trees
| $6 million |
| Stormwater Assets | - Underground pipes and culverts
- Stormwater pits
- Creeks and wetlands
- Stormwater pump stations
- Stormwater pipes
- Detention basins
- Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) technologies
| - Cleaning of creeks
- Cleaning of gross pollutant traps
- CCTV inspection of pipes
- Inspect, clean and servicing storm pump stations
| $1 million |
| Transport Assets | - Roads (unsealed and sealed)
- Footpaths
- Kerbs
- Traffic signals and signs
- Arterial roads maintained by DIT such as Adelaide Road, Flaxley Road, Junction Road etc
- Bridges
- Bus stops
- Street lighting
- Pedestrian crossings
| - Patching a pothole on a road
- Bitumen treatment or grinding footpath trip hazards
- Street sweeping on a 10 week schedule, addition sweeping during high leaf fall
- Line marking on a 5 year rolling program
| $4 million |
