Practice Notes

• Guidance for the preparation of a long-term financial plan
   
• Valuable for local government organisations that need to manage long life infrastructure assets to provide services for their communities
   
• Enable decision makers to be properly informed now and into the future ensuring equity and informed prioritisation so that the organisation can deliver its variety of services to a desired, affordable and sustainable level
   
• Practice Note 6 has been developed by IPWEA in partnership with the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government. It has been funded through the Australian Government Local Government Reform Fund
   

LTFP Toolkit

• To assist organisations to prepare a LTFP without use of proprietary software, IPWEA has devloped a simple excel based LTFP model
• By using this model you can input financial projections and generate outputs in the form of Appendix 1 of the Practice Note
• The model can be used as is, or may be adapted to specified requirements
• The model consists of 15 worksheets
• Requires only basic familiarity with Excel to
• Included in the Toolkit is a 'How to Guide' to assist with the setup

 
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Included in the download is the LTFP Toolkit & (Excel) How to Guide (pdf).
 

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• Assist practitioners in applying best practice for Asset Management, Condition Assessment and Performance Inspection for various asset classes
   
• Applicable for SWD systems including traditional underground conduit systems (pipes, culverts) and lined open channel systems. These systems include the various collection mechanisms such as gully pits and field inlets and structures for access to buried assets

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• Provides full guidance to produce Asset Management Plans suitable for Small Communities
   
• Online templates and tools can be tailored for individual council needs.
  This provides the ability for councils to :
  - Review and update plans for sustainable infrastructure and service delivery
  - Manage assets with much greater knowledge, understanding & commitment
   
• Developed with the support of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG). ACELG is providing all councils in Australia that have a population less than 5,000 with 2 complimentary copies. These Councils will be separately advised               

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2 Complimentary Copies are available for all AU Councils with population < 5,000

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• Is applicable for typical local government, public works or other organisations

• It provides guideline principles to carry out condition & performance assessment of buildings and surrounds assisting the establishment of a register, component condition assessment, estimates of remaining useful life, risk analysis, reporting, work schedules and financial planning
   

NOTE: Purchase includes download access to valuable spreadsheet resources, data collection forms, case studies and report templates

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