Budget - Asset Management and Capital Planning

The Asset Management and Capital Planning Division guides the sustainable development of our community by planning the long-term infrastructure residents and businesses rely on. The Division leverages technology to support data-informed decision making.  

Staff teams in Corporate Asset Management, Geomatics/GIS, Integrated Water Resource System Management, Transportation Planning, and Climate Change work collaboratively across the corporation to assist in the delivery of effective services for the community. 

Highlights

Key Initiatives of the Division include:

• Development and refinement of the Corporate Asset Management Plan
• Watershed planning and Low Impact Development
• Conveyance sewer systems performance and capacity
• Transportation planning
• GIS Open Data Initiative and Data Governance
• Refinement of mapping/GIS/data for public use
• Coordinate Corporate Sustainability program
• Administration of Corporate and Community Climate Change Action Plans

The 2026 budget includes increased expenses due to the increase in contribution to the Climate Change Reserve, and approved salary and benefit costs. The annual contribution to the Climate Change Reserve is $523,626 for 2026 ($513,359 in 2025). During the 2022 budget deliberations, Council approved indexing this contribution annually based on CPI.