Asset Management

Government Initiatives in Asset Management

Your constituents depend on you to make the best use of their taxpayer dollars, so it’s important to craft an asset management program that leads to the best possible outcomes. How are you tracking, scheduling and maintaining your community's assets? American City and County wants to learn more about how you use and deploy your resources and what tools you have at your disposal for staying on top of your assets.

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* 1. Does your community have a dedicated asset management office (officer/team)?

Yes

Don't know

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* 2. How often do you inspect your city’s assets?

Annually

Bi-annually

The inspection process is continuous

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* 3. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being not very costly to 5 being very costly, please rank the total costs of maintaining the following assets as they relate to your annual budgets.

	Least Costly	Somewhat Costly	Average Cost	More Costly	Most Costly
Bridges and roads	Bridges and roads Least Costly	Bridges and roads Somewhat Costly	Bridges and roads Average Cost	Bridges and roads More Costly	Bridges and roads Most Costly
Public buildings/facilities	Public buildings/facilities Least Costly	Public buildings/facilities Somewhat Costly	Public buildings/facilities Average Cost	Public buildings/facilities More Costly	Public buildings/facilities Most Costly
Sewers	Sewers Least Costly	Sewers Somewhat Costly	Sewers Average Cost	Sewers More Costly	Sewers Most Costly
Fleets	Fleets Least Costly	Fleets Somewhat Costly	Fleets Average Cost	Fleets More Costly	Fleets Most Costly
Construction equipment	Construction equipment Least Costly	Construction equipment Somewhat Costly	Construction equipment Average Cost	Construction equipment More Costly	Construction equipment Most Costly
Computer equipment/software	Computer equipment/software Least Costly	Computer equipment/software Somewhat Costly	Computer equipment/software Average Cost	Computer equipment/software More Costly	Computer equipment/software Most Costly

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* 4. How do you prioritize asset management projects?

Level of critical dependence

Budgeting

Citizen requests

State of repair

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How do you maintain the data needed for asset management (choose all that apply)?

Existing databases

Paper files/maps

Spreadsheets

Asset management software program

Employee memories

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How often is the data reviewed and updated?

Continuously updated

Weekly

Monthly

Annually

Don't know/not sure

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* 7. Does your office use an asset management software program?

Yes

Not sure

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* 8. If answer to 7 was Yes, which software program does your office use?

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* 9. Has the recently approved federal infrastructure funding altered your planned maintenance/upkeep schedule for community assets?

Yes

Don't know

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* 10. What is the general population of your community?

Under 50,000

50,000-99,999

100,000-249,999

250,000-499.999

500,000-1,000,000

1,000,000+

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* 11. If you would like to receive your own copy of this survey results when tablulated, please include your contact information below.

Name

Title

Department

City/Town

State/Province

Email Address

Phone Number