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Diversion authority begins Strategic Asset Management planning for operations and maintenance
Summary
Staff briefed the Division Authority Planning Committee on a new Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP) to guide operations and maintenance (O&M) transitions as diversion components are turned over, noting choices between contracting and in‑house staffing and upcoming transfers of inlet and wild rice control structures.
Jason Benson, executive director, told the Division Authority Planning Committee the authority has started a Strategic Asset Management Plan, or SAMP, to inventory and plan maintenance of people, facilities, equipment, training and manuals as diversion components move from construction to operations.
The SAMP will inform decisions about what maintenance will be contracted out versus performed in-house, when to purchase equipment, and the staffing needed as control structures and embankment components are transferred. Benson said initial transitions are…
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