1)The Township has concerns…

1)The Township has concerns of funding availability in order to meet these new guidelines and regulations as monies taken from the Township are potential monies not available to improve and/or replace infrastructure and assets. The new requirements would potentially add 4-5%+ in tax increase to the taxpayers.

2)The complexity of the requirements requiring consultants results in a higher cost than internal staff.

3)The increased costs of having Engineers sign off on the asset mgmt. plan and why would an Engineer sign off on a plan if they may already be involved in condition ratings etc

4) For a small rural municipality with a small staff complement we are looking at over $220,000 minimum to meet the new requirements not including any future costs of maintaining or meeting new requirements.

[Original Comment ID: 210168]