A Council's transformational journey to allow improved asset management by Anna Scott

Abstract

In 2017 a number of reviews identified that Gladstone Regional Council needed to transform the way it operated in order to remain relevant and, as required by the Act, financially sustainable.

As an asset intensive organisation, it was imperative that Council's transformational journey centred on implementing a new operating model aligned with asset management principles. A new operating model meant a new organisational structure to ensure the right people are available to carry out the right tasks in order to get the desired outcomes.

This paper will look at the drivers for transformational change in how Council's asset are managed, how we will be setting ourselves up for success and the lessons that we are learning along the way.