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Training Course: The Learning Path to Asset Management Readiness
  • This is an awareness building activity focused on municipalities in Saskatchewan with a population of 1000 or less. Its a high level overview of the asset management context, hits all the basics and covers the FCM Asset Management Readiness Scale.

What is Asset Management?

Asset management (AM) is a business approach that involves bringing together planning, finance, engineering, and operations to effectively manage existing and new infrastructure.  AM helps to maximize benefit, reduce or transfer risk, and provide appropriate levels of service to the community in a socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable manner. 
AM involves:
  • Understanding the assets managed by a municipality: what assets a municipality owns and what condition are they in through the development of an asset inventory.
  • Understanding the life cycle costs of what a municipality owns: what costs a municipality anticipates to occur during the ownership of the assets – such as costs of operating, maintenance, major repair or renewal, disposal.
  • Understanding the level of service currently provided and future requirement: what is expected, what it costs and what are ratepayers willing to pay for, what are risks associated with not providing.
  • Understanding the cost and timing of future expenditures: which may include the need to prioritize assets that need to be fixed or replaced first or if a different asset should be obtained to better meet the need.
  • Understanding the availability of funding for all life cycle costs: what is affordable and sustainable, what are the funding sources.
  • Plan coordination: Incorporating asset management into other corporate plans.
  • Informing the public: Reporting publicly the status and performance of implementing asset management policies.​

Asset Management Resources

  • Asset Management: Making Progress
  • Asset Management and your Official Community Plan
  • Funding, Finances and Asset Management
  • Municipal Asset Management Program
  • Integrating Asset Management into Official Community Plans
  • Municipal Information Dataportal
  • Getting Started | Toolkit User Guide
  • Asset Management | Getting Started Guide
  • FCM | Asset Management Readiness Scale

Gas Tax Fund Info Videos

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  • Home
  • Northern Municipal Services
    • About Northern Municipal Services
    • About the District (municipality)
    • About the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
    • Northern Municipal Trust Account Programs >
      • About the NMTA & Board
      • Circuit Rider Program (ATAP)
      • Northern Capital Grants Program
      • Northern Municipal Revenue Sharing
      • Northern Water and Sewer Program
      • Planning for Growth North
      • Wildfire Mitigation Project
  • Northern Municipalities
    • Towns >
      • La Ronge
      • Creighton
    • Northern Villages >
      • Air Ronge
      • Beauval
      • Buffalo Narrows
      • Cumberland House
      • Denare Beach
      • Green Lake
      • Ile-a-la Crosse
      • La Loche
      • Pelican Narrows
      • Pinehouse
      • Sandy Bay
    • Northern Hamlets >
      • Black Point
      • Cole Bay
      • Dore Lake
      • Jans Bay
      • Michel Village
      • Patuanak
      • St. George's Hill
      • Stony Rapids
      • Timber Bay
      • Turnor Lake
      • Weyakwin
    • 2021 Population
  • District Communities & Areas
    • Northern Settlements >
      • About
      • Bear Creek
      • Brabant
      • Camsell Portage
      • Descharme Lake
      • Garson Lake
      • Missinipe
      • Sled Lake
      • Southend
      • Stanley Mission
      • Uranium City
      • Wollaston Lake
    • Resort Subdivisions >
      • About
      • East Trout Lake
      • Jan Lake
      • Keeley Lake
      • Lac La Plonge
      • Little Amyot Lake
      • Little Bear Lake
      • Michel Point
      • Napatak
      • Ramsey Bay
      • Sturgeon Weir
      • Tower Beach
      • Tyrrell Lake
      • Waden Bay
      • Whelan Bay
    • Northern Subdivisions >
      • Deschambault Lake
      • Eagle Point
      • English Bay
      • Kinoosao
      • Lamp Lake
      • Lloyd Lake
      • Moose Horn
      • Nemeiben Lake
      • Potato Lake
      • Sturgeon Landing
    • Lac La Ronge Planning Area >
      • About
      • Development in the Planning Area
      • Planning Bylaws & Maps
      • Advisory Northern Planning Commission
    • 2021 Population
  • District Services
    • District Services
    • Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
    • Assessment Notice FAQ
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Development Permits & Subdivision
    • Land Sales and Leases
    • Public Notices & Fire Bans
    • Tax Certificate Requests
  • NSAA
    • NSAA Conferences >
      • May 2024
      • September 2024
      • April 2025
  • Toolkits & Resources
    • Legislation
    • Bylaw Guides
    • Governance and Administration
    • Assessment & Taxation
    • First Nations & Métis Engagement
    • Community Health, Safety and Wellbeing
    • Land Use Planning
    • Emergency Preparedness and Community Safety
    • Maps & Databases
  • Contact Us