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Oroville council approves computerized maintenance system after staff outline benefits and costs
Summary
The council approved a cloud-based computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to centralize asset records and work orders. Staff said the system is mandatory for sewer operations, will integrate with the city's pavement management program and GIS, and will cost roughly $100,000 in year one with recurring fees thereafter.
The OROVILLE City Council on Jan. 7 approved a contract to implement a computerized maintenance management system to centralize work orders, asset inventories and maintenance records across public works and the sewer enterprise.
City Public Works Director Fred Belser told the council the CMMS will track assets from streetlights and trees to sewer lift stations and manholes, help prioritize capital projects tied to the city's pavement management program and allow field crews to create geotagged work orders from mobile devices. "It memorializes it, and we can track cost on how many times we've repaired the air conditioning system," Belser said.
Belser framed the purchase as not only operationally useful but required for the city's sewer collection system: "City of Oroville is required…
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