Parks & Sporting Grounds Asset Management Plan 2022-2032

recognises that Council will need to progressively review and complete PoM for all parks and reserves.

2.3.1 Operations & Maintenance Plan

Operational activities can be described as actions that are delivered on a day-to-day basis necessary to meet the levels of service delivery requirements. These activities can include service delivery items such as mowing sporting grounds and park areas. The activities can also include proactive and reactive inspections, undertaken by inhouse technical staff and/or specialist contractors. Operational activities do not improve the condition of assets.

Over time, minor faults can occur within the open space asset portfolio. Council addresses the repairs and maintenance of these faults (i.e. faulty BBQ or broken swing) based on defined intervention levels and response times. The intervention level defines the condition, state or risk level associated with an asset/component, i.e. the point in time at which the asset is considered to be below an acceptable level of service. Maintenance is scheduled as soon as the asset reaches this point.

Operations and maintenance activities do not improve the condition of the open space assets, but rather enable the open space asset to deliver its expected service levels as related to its function

For the Levels of Service delivered on a day-to-day nature (i.e. responding to customer requests for maintenance faults and responding to localised asset failures), these intervention levels4 are currently documented in Council’s maintenance management system. Grass mowing standards and weed content standards are documented on Council’s website. At present, Council considers that these current operations and maintenance service levels meet the community’s needs and expectations.

The Improvement Plan identifies that Council will undertake a formal review of these operations and maintenance activities which will be formally documented in a Parks and Sporting Grounds Service Framework