- Asset Valuation: The total replacement cost for all City assets analyzed is $1.41 billion.
- Asset Condition: Currently, 77% of assets are in fair or better condition.
- Data Quality: Assessed conditional data is available for 38% of assets, with the remaining 62% currently approximated by age.
- Infrastructure Deficit: The City faces an annual capital infrastructure deficit of $15.1 million.
Asset Management Plan
The City of Kenora's Asset Management Plan (AMP) provides an overview of all municipal assets, assesses their conditions and provides a plan for how to maintain and prioritize certain assets while reducing the cost to taxpayers. Municipal assets include core assets and non-core assets.
Municipal asset categories
Core assets
- Bridges and culverts
- Road network
- Storm sewer network
- Water and wastewater network
Non-core assets
- Buildings
- Equipment
- Fleet
- Land improvements
- Solid waste
Core values guiding service levels
The City is committed to providing our residents with a high quality of life and exceptional services. As our community continues to grow, we must invest your tax dollars wisely to maintain and improve our infrastructure.
- Accessible Services are available and accessible for customers who require them.
- Reliable Services are provided with minimal service disruption and are available to customers in line with needs and expectations.
- Safe Services are delivered such that they minimize health, safety, and security risks.
- Regulatory Services meet regulatory requirements of all levels of government.
- Affordable Services are suitable for the intended function (fit for purpose).
- Sustainable Services are designed to be used efficiently and long-term plans are in place to ensure that they are available to all customers into the future.
Key stats
- $1.41B 2024 total replacement cost of all City assets
- $184K replacement cost of infrastructure per household
- 77% of assets in fair or better condition
- 38% of assets with assessed condition data
- $15.1M annual capital infrastructure deficit
- 1.0% actual investment rate or target investment rate to meet proposed levels of service
Asset analysis
View the findings and recommendations for the City's assets. Refer to the AMP for more details about the analysis and strategies to maintain and prioritize our assets.
Recommendations to guide continuous refinement of the City’s asset management program include:
- Review data to update and maintain a complete and accurate dataset
- Develop a condition assessment strategy with a regular schedule
- Review and update lifecycle management strategies
- Development and regularly review short- and long-term plans to meet capital requirements
- Measure current levels of service and identify sustainability of proposed levels of service
A financial strategy was developed to address the annual capital funding gap. the average annual tax/rate change required to eliminate the City’s infrastructure deficit based on a 10-year plan is:
- Tax-funded assets: 2.1%
- Rate-funded water: 8.8%
- Rate-funded sanitary: 8.8%
Asset management plan compliance
With the development of this AMP the City of Kenora has achieved compliance with July 1, 2025, requirements under O. Reg. 588/17. This includes requirements for proposed levels of service and inventory reporting for all asset categories.
Climate change
Delivery of services may not be sustainable without considering climate change impacts, such as flooding, high heat, drought, and more frequent and intense storms, as part of the asset management program. These impacts reduce the asset's useful life and increase the risk of asset failure.
The City of Kenora has made efforts to advance climate adaptation and mitigation practices by forming a Sustainable Advisory Committee, adopting a Sustainability Action Plan, and integrating climate considerations into their risk asset management program.
Strategic Asset Management Policy
The Strategic Asset Management Policy provides leadership in and commitment to the development and implementation of the Municipality's asset management program. The policy is intended to guide the consistent use of asset management across the organization, to facilitate logical and evidence-based decision-making for the management of municipal infrastructure assets and to support the delivery of sustainable community services now and in the future.
Desired levels of service can be more difficult to achieve as a result of climate change impacts such as flooding, high heat, drought, and more frequent and intense storms.
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