CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SECOND COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO.
O-16-19 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Trudy E. Jones
ORDINANCE
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Creating A Department Of Asset Management Within The City Of Albuquerque (Jones)
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CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF ASSET MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. Creating a Department of Asset Management.
"? 2-18-1. FINDINGS. The Council finds:
(A) It is the responsibility of City government to provide, to the greatest extent feasible, its employees and the public with buildings and facilities that are safe, accessible, and able to withstand daily use and weather events without endangering occupants or significantly disrupting the performance of essential services.
(B) City government buildings are vulnerable to weather events, age based decline, and equipment and building system obsolescence.
(C) The City of Albuquerque may experience moderate to severe city owned facility system failures in the foreseeable future, and increased efforts to reduce these failures should be encouraged and supported.
(D) The centralization of the City's Real Property and Facilities Management Divisions into a single department will be effective in creating a system that will minimize facility failures and result in maintenance savings and other efficiencies.
(E) Existing Real Property and Facilities Management programs will benefit from the coordination and collaboration created by an Asset Management Department.
(F) A new Asset Management Department will elevate the critical importance of unified and standardized management, investment, acquisition and disposition of the City property and facilities portfolio.
(G) The creation of this new department will ensure that all processes related to the acquisition, leasing and disposition of real property and facilities management follow current industry standards fo...
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