The City of North Battleford receiving national recognition for its work involving asset management planning. (File photo/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By battlefordsNOW Staff

City Honoured

City honoured with national recognition for “innovative” asset management efforts

Jan 30, 2020 | 6:08 PM

The City of North Battleford has been honoured with national recognition for its efforts in asset management planning work.

The city announced in a release Wednesday the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) requested city representatives share North Battleford’s asset management “innovation story” at two provincial and national conferences coming up.

The City of North Battleford was recently commended by the FCM for its work implementing asset management initiatives within city operations. The FCM acknowledged the city’s new approach to “building asset management capacity” by asking the city to serve as a national case study for this type of work for other municipalities across Saskatchewan and Canada.

The city will give its first presentation on the initiative at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) annual conference from Feb. 2 to 5, and discuss its work at two education sessions accessible to all urban municipalities in Saskatchewan.

Then, the city will give another presentation at a conference in Ottawa from Feb. 24 to 26. The city said municipal asset management organizations from across Canada will be present to collaborate and “develop better asset management capacity.” Mayor Ryan Bater and Finance Director Steve Brown will represent the city, one of three municipalities invited to attend. The city noted FCM will cover all expenses related to the conference.

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According to the release, the city made great strides in 2019 to undertake a corporate asset management initiative with 15 people, including two elected officials attending provincial training. The city’s asset management manager also completed a professional certificate in the field in 2019 with support from federal funding provided through FCM.

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angela.brown@jpbg.ca

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