Meeting papers

2.11 Maintenance and Operations Management Approach

 Activity       Activity examples       Prioritisation Factors   Challenges/deficiencies    Improvement strategy
 category                                                        with current practices
 Operations     •   Inspections         •   Maintaining the      •    There is parks and    •   Develop
                •   Vegetation              amenity and               playground                maintenance and
                    control                 appearance of             operating                 operational
                    (overhanging            parks, open               management plan,          schedules and plan
                    vegetation)             space and street          and therefore the         that are aligned to
                •   Debris/litter           scapes                    management of             the hierarchy of the
                    removal             •   Continued asset           these asset classes       park and
                •   Response to             functionality             is based on safety        playgrounds assets.
                    incidents           •   The health and            related matters to
                •   Watering                safety of the             mitigate risk to
                    gardens                 community or              Council.
                                            Council staff has    •    The current
                                            the potential to          schedules are not
                                            be compromised            aligned to asset
                                                                      hierarchy.

 Reactive       •   Responding to       •   Prioritising and     •   The current            •   Development of the
 maintenance        issues raised via       planning                 response to reactive       T1 asset system for
                    customer                according to             maintenance is not         more defect and risk
                    requests                severity of              documented or              management
                •   Repair of               hazard                   aligned to asset           practices across the
                    watering            •   Responding in a          hierarchy.                 parks and
                    systems Interim         timely matter to     •   There is a lack of         playgrounds
                    repairs made to         restore water            documented                 infrastructure.
                    preserve safety         systems and              knowledge around       •   Develop priority
                    until further           other structures         the maintenance            assessments for the
                    works are               into operation           responsibilities on        response to reactive
                    undertaken                                       individual                 maintenance
                •   Fallen branch                                    playground                 activities.
                    removal                                          equipment.             •   Development of a
                                                                                                maintenance and
                                                                                                operating plan for
                                                                                                parks and
                                                                                                playground
                                                                                                infrastructure.
 Planned or     •   Lawn mowing,        •   Maintenance of       •   No preventive          •   Implement cyclic
 preventative       edging and              assets for safety        maintenance                condition
 maintenance        slashing                and amenity              strategies or plans        assessments across
                •   Weed control        •   Meeting                  have been                  all parks.
                    and eradication         community                documented or          •   Develop an asset
                    Leaf and general        expectations             developed.                 renewal program
                    litter removal                               •   The current                across all parks and
                    Tree                                             schedules are not          playgrounds assets.
                    maintenance                                      aligned to asset       •   Develop well defined
                •   Vandalism                                        hierarchy.                 proactive and
                    maintenance                                  •   No condition               preventative
                •   Maintenance of                                   assessments have           maintenance
                    playground                                       been recorded for          schedules for all
                    equipment, park                                  the development of         parks and
                    furniture, BBQ                                   renewal plans.             playgrounds asset
                    cleaning, and                                                               management plans.
                    park structures


Regardless of any specific intervention standard or guideline nominated, Council will take
reasonable actions necessary to maintain safety and compliance of its parks, open space and
streetscape assets.




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