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History of the Larkin Local Area Service
The Larkin Local Area Service, shown here on the map within the enclosed dark green line is located in the southern region of the Township of Spallumcheen and services approximately 125 properties.
The Larkin Waterworks District dissolved to the Township on January 1, 2021. The original Letters Patent creating the district were issued by the Province on September 28, 1928 and can be viewed here: Original Letters Patent.
On December 14, 2020, the Provincial Government issued an Order in Council granting dissolution of the water district to the Township of Spallumcheen. That Order can be viewed here: Order in Council for Dissolution.
The Township of Spallumcheen passed the Township of Spallumcheen Larkin Waterworks Local Area Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2041, 2021 on April 19, 2021.
The Larkin Local Area Service is operated according to the following bylaws:
Asset Management can be defined as:
Asset management is an integrated approach, involving all organization departments, to effectively manage existing and new assets to deliver services to customers. The intent is to maximize benefits, reduce risks and provide satisfactory levels of service to the community in a sustainable manner – providing an optimum balance. Good asset management practices are fundamental to achieving sustainable communities.
Essentially, asset management provides communities with the opportunity to do more with less, by providing a structured way of tracking performance, costs and risks to meet service objectives in the most efficient and effective manner.