Against the background that property can no longer be seen as passive or even the inert bi-product of a Council’s/museum’s operations and it ‘doing business’ and/or delivering services, property, in its various forms, it is a measurable component of organisational planning. Moreover, ‘property’ needs to be seen this way in order to effectively manage resources in order that planned and desired outcomes can actually be achieved and delivered.
Thus it is patently clear that effective accountability is fundamentally important to Council/museum operations – and by extension to the QVMAG’s operation.
Accountability does not only relate to financial resources but also to the administrative and legal process of governance – as you are no doubt well aware. That is, its so in addition to the overall benefits of ‘owning’ and ‘occupying’ assets.
The acknowledgement of making governance transparent and the management of an ‘operation’s’ assets accountable, brings to a head the need to have appropriate processes in place and especially so in local government. For capital assets this is particularly important.
Looking through Martin George’s response to do with the deaccessioning/disposal of ‘objects’ with various values attached to them it does not appear as if Council has in place protocols and processes relevant to ‘asset management’ overall. In fact:
- Are there such default processes and protocols that apply Council wide?
- What are the protocols and processes and where can information about them be gained?
- Assuming that there are some, would they be the ’default’ protocols and processes applying to the QVMAG across the board?
- Have these protocols and processes, if they exist, been reported on anywhere by the Auditor General?
- Have these protocols and processes, if they exist, been scrutinised and/or reported on by Council’s Audit Committee?
- Furthermore, has Council taken any new development recently to ensure that appropriate asset management protocols and processes apply and are in place?
I would appreciate any information that you can provide that would assist in putting this matter in perspective from a constituency and operational point of view.
I look forward to your response with interest.
Regards,
Ray
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