Defining the line between Capital and Maintenance expenditures and work.

During our recent MAG (Maintenance Advisor Group) meeting, the the definition of Maintenance work and expenditures came up. The discussion that followed was quite informative and several individuals provided these comments:

1. “ Maintenance is Fixing Broken Stuff”                                                                              Dave Flood  Alamogordo Public Schools
2. “ Operational funds are normally used for maintenace and repair work and capital funds are normally used for capital improvements (i.e. new facilities or equipment upgrades). However, SB-9 funds (which are capital dollars), can be used for maintenace and repair work.”            Bob Bittner NM PSFA   
3. “Maintenance is defined through the funding source, if it is funded through Operational fund it is Maintenance, if it is funded with Capital funds then it is defined as a Capital expenditure.        Tom Littleton, Los Alamos Public Schools.

Please provide your definition of Maintenance and/or build on the previous comments.

Comments

[Calvin]

Maintenance is maintainability by proactive measures and through resolving the cause of failure. “never fix anything”!