Assets and Public Spaces Strategies

Asset Management Planning allows Council to understand the condition of current assets and ensures effective decision-making regarding new assets as well as overall long-term asset management. It also promotes accountability for the potential impacts on future generations, regional growth and financial requirements.

When looking at asset management there are three interrelated planning processes:

• Rolling 10-year forecast, which is linked to the Long Term Financial Plan and the Community Strategic Plan
• Four-year review to guide asset based projects and programs of work as identified in the Delivery Program
• Annual review of actions to be implemented in the Operational Plan.

Assets include but are not limited to road, water and sewerage infrastructure, drains, bridges, footpaths, buildings, recreational facilities, parks and open spaces.

This Asset Management Strategy identifies how Council will manage and maintain infrastructure assets valued at $1.39 billion. It outlines a pathway to improve asset management practices and highlights the current gap between lifecycle funding needs and available revenue.

It is also supported by an Asset Management Policy, available for viewing here.

This Buildings Strategy has been developed in response to the need to plan for the provision and maintenance of buildings right across our region.

It assesses how well our existing buildings will meet the needs of the future Murray River Council population, covering facilities such as public halls, offices, libraries, public toilets and sports pavilions.

This Strategy takes a long-term strategic view and recognises that decisions made today about facility provision have significant and enduring management and operational implications.

It also seeks to plan for the delivery of new facilities, and identifies which facilities are to be retained, replaced and consolidated or rationalised over the next 10 years.

This Parks and Open Spaces Strategy will guide how we sustainably manage, protect and invest in the open space network across Murray River Council.

It covers management of council-owned parks, open spaces, sportsgrounds, cemeteries, drainage reserves and road reserves.

The Strategy outlines different categories of open space, along with the corresponding hierarchies and inclusions. It provides a framework for the ongoing monitoring and management of existing spaces, as well as clear guidance for future open space development.

A detailed Service Delivery Plan sits underneath this Open Space Strategy.

The Pesticide Use Notification Plan has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Pesticides Regulation 2017.

The aim of this plan is to meet the community’s general right to know about pesticide applications made to outdoor public places that are owned or controlled by Murray River Council. The plan allows members of the community to take action to avoid contact with pesticides if they wish. Council ensures that pesticides are applied to public places in a safe, responsible manner, minimising harm to the community and the environment.

The plan sets out how Council will notify members of the community of pesticide applications made by Council to public places.