What level of service do you want from the municipality? Do you have ideas on how the municipality can improve community assets?
Have your say on these questions and more by completing the County of Prince Edward’s asset management plan survey. Your feedback will help guide the municipality as it delivers safe and sustainable services in a predictable and cost-effective way for years to come.
The survey has 15 questions and will take approximately 8-10 minutes to complete. Information obtained through this survey will remain anonymous.
The survey is posted online on the municipality’s online engagement site, Have Your Say. Hard copies are available at Shire Hall. They will also be available at public library branches next week. If you would like to receive this survey in an alternative format, please email communications@pecounty.on.ca.
Participants who complete the survey can enter to win a prize associated with enjoying some of the municipality’s assets and infrastructure.
The County of Prince Edward, like municipalities across Ontario, is currently updating and expanding its asset management plan as required under Ontario Regulation 588/17.
Asset management planning involves identifying the resources and activities needed for maintaining, updating, or replacing the infrastructure in Prince Edward County.
The municipality is working toward an asset management plan that includes proposed levels of service and a sustainable long-term financial strategy to achieve those levels.
- Assets are everything the County of Prince Edward owns, such as roads and bridges, vehicles, parks, buildings, and equipment. These assets allow municipal staff to deliver services across the municipality. The performance and condition of the assets directly impacts service quality.
- Levels of service are defined by the quality and extent of services the municipality provides. Levels of service incorporate a variety of factors such as safety, customer satisfaction, quality, reliability, and cost.
Council and staff have held three working sessions where the different asset classes have been discussed in depth. Visit Have Your Say, the County’s online engagement platform, to read the discussion papers and watch the recordings of the sessions.
The public is invited to participate in the working session on Thursday, August 28 where Council and staff will consider the preferred Levels of Service and associated financing strategy for the Asset Management Plan. The final draft of the Asset Management Plan will come before Committee of the Whole on Thursday, September 25.
If you have questions or require further information, please contact Arryn McNichol, Director of Finance and Information Technology, at amcnichol@pecounty.on.ca.
Background
Municipalities across Ontario must have asset management plans as per Ontario Regulation 588/17. In 2022, County Council approved a Strategic Asset Management Plan Policy and updated its plan for core infrastructure services. In 2024, County Council approved an update to the Asset Management Plan to include non-core municipal assets.
The municipality must expand its Asset Management Plan to include proposed levels of service and a sustainable 10-year capital financial strategy. Visit the Government of Ontario website to learn more about municipal asset management planning.