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    2019 MEFV Study Tour Report

    Tony McGann
    General Manager Infrastructure and Leisure Services
    Colac Otway Shire

    Asset management through community engagement, long term financial planning and service levels.

    To improve long term financial sustainability we need to improve our asset management and we need to give our Councillors the information they need to make strategic decisions which will often be hard to make. The goal of this study tour is to investigate innovative international approaches to engagement with the community and asset management.

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