 Amendments to LG Act
 Rate capping
 Accountability & Transparency
 Networked Society
 Transformative shift to digital government
 Financial Sustainability
 Service Driven Customer focused organisations
 Management of Services
 Impacts of reduced financial resources
 Need for
o Integrated Planning
o Organisational Agility
o Community/Stakeholder Engagement
o Customer Centric culture
o Regional Collaboration
o Confidence in Data & Information Systems
o Sound financial management systems – LTFP etc.
o Comprehensive knowledge of assets and services
o Repositioning of reporting capacity
Doing more with less without staff burnout
Services
Service Plans
Programs & Operational
Projects
Management
Framework
Capital New, Expansion &
Upgrade Programs
LTFP
Assets
AM Plans
Capital Renewal
Programs
Component
Cost (Ex GST) Comment
2017/18 STEP Program
membership
$4,500
All Councils
Site visits (per visit)
$1,950
As requested by
Council
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Regional & State wide Meetings
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Benchmarking – Asset Management, Services and
Financial Sustainability;
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Resources - Access to resources and templates;
Support/help desk – Access to expert advice in the fields
of asset management, financial management and service
planning;
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Communication and sharing of information
NAMAF - Self-managed NAMAF competency program;
SPAF - Self-managed Service Planning (SPAF) competency
program;
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VAGO - Review and support to address hot spots; and
Other issues that arise during the year.
As determined by each Council
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Asset Management
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Service Planning
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Financial Sustainability
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Asset Register reviews
Asset Management Policy
Asset Management Strategy and action plan
NAMAF Review and/or Audit
Mapping Assets to Services
NAMAF, skills etc.
Asset Management Plans – Focus on financial aspects
Levels of Service
Alignment between Asset Management and Financial Management
Enhanced Asset Management to support councils moving towards Advanced NAMAF
maturity
Asset data levels of confidence
Asset handover – data, financial information and maintenance management
information
Financial Management of landfills
Addressing any outstanding audit requirements
Advanced long-term renewal modelling methodologies and systems
Support and guidance on how to prepare a good “State of the Asset” report
Using asset data to add value to strategic decisions
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Capturing service information
Range and levels of service – cost and management implications
Linking Services to Assets
Service Planning - including various stages and methodology to
incorporate financials of each Service Plan into the Long Term
Financial Plan
Service plans and templates
Comparative choice filters
Examples and methodologies used to consolidating the financial
plans associated with each service plan into the corporate LTFP
Review of the SPAF scorecard.
Service Planning policies
Service Planning strategies
Integrated Planning – services & assets
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Long Term Financial Plans
Preparation of ESC Rate Variation
Rating Strategies
Revenue – Fees and Charges
Developer Contributions
Asset Revaluation policy
Depreciation methodology and assumptions
Alignment between asset management and financial
management
Chart of Account structure to enhance reporting and
monitoring
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Identify Strategic Freight Routes/Roads on the Local
Road Network within the Region
Determine Strategic Importance – State, Regional, First
Klm-Last Klm
Identify any impediments which impede efficient freight
movements
Identify projects to reduce impediments
Prioritise improvement projects across Region
Prepare a Regional Local Road Investment Plan