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Operations staff outline maintenance plans, equipment needs and succession priorities
Summary
Operations & Maintenance staff said they are creating maintenance-management plans to forecast costs for growing park inventory, plan to propose equipment replacements (including a spider lift to replace a bucket truck) and are prioritizing institutional knowledge retention and succession planning ahead of retirements.
Dan (Operations & Maintenance) told commissioners the division is building maintenance-management plans to better forecast long-term maintenance costs for newly acquired parks and trails as development adds inventory to county responsibilities.
He said some large pieces of equipment date from the early 2000s and are approaching regulatory or operational end-of-life; a key request this year will be replacement of a bucket truck with a spider lift to support tree and fuels work. "One of our big asks this year is going to be to replace our bucket truck with a spider lift," Dan said.
Dan also said staff are focusing on institutional knowledge retention and succession planning because several senior employees are likely to retire this year; the division is drafting on-site manuals and training to transfer skills to newer crew members.
What’s next: operations staff will bring equipment-replacement requests forward through budget discussions and continue work on maintenance-management plans tied to projected new park assets.
