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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4977 ..

EXPLANATION OF MAINTENANCE TERMINOLOGY

Planned Expenditure. Expenditure is typically regular maintenance of fire systems, timers, heating and cooling systems and lifts. It is predictable in its total, because it is specific and usually by contract. This type of maintenance is provided by CAMMS who have a detailed list of all systems in a schools which need service. In the first year of operation of School Based Management and possibly longer, schools will be required to use and pay CAMMS for this work.

Unforseen expenditure. Historically expenditure has been administered by central office and used to provide the contingency capacity for the department to deal with emergency or unforseen work, pest control, school minor maintenance projects above $1,500, a top up for school minor maintenance allocations in special circumstance and Minor New Works up to $5,000.

Minor Maintenance. Historically funds for expenditure on minor maintenance have been distributed to schools on a formula basis. Schools have had the responsibility to use these funds for all minor or emergency maintenance up to value of $1,500.

Specific Expenditure. Each year CAMMS inspects schools on a roster of inspections and produces a written report (MlRs). A priority list of work is developed and passed to the department. Central office and schools may add other items. The final list includes work varying from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Work includes painting, floor covering, guttering, repairs to lighting and so on.

Central office in conjunction with schools then determines the final priority list and authorises CAMMS to carry out the work in a priority order. The list of work identified is always much longer than the available funds, but all essential work is undertaken and the remainder is funded in order of priority.

The MIR is being replaced by a building condition audit which will form the basis of future specific works expenditure.

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