Submitted By: Rusella Bowes-Johnson
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Presentation By: Sean Lanier
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Department: Water & Sewer
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approve the First Amendment and the additional expenditures under the piggyback agreement with Utility Metering Solutions, LLC, for the installation and integration of a fixed network metering system for the Water Resources Department in the estimated amount of $700,000
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Operational Excellence
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
N/A
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BACKGROUND:
This project involves installing and integrating a cellular-based metering system for the Water Resources Department (WRS). On August 20, 2019, City Council approved an agreement with National Meter & Automation to supply the City of Ocala with Badger Meters to replace the failing Elster-Amco system.
On November 5, 2019, City Council approved WRS's piggyback of the Construction, Procurement, Maintenance and Professional Services Agreement between the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, and XtraLight Manufacturing, Ltd. d/b/a Utility Metering Solutions (UMS) to exchange 5,000 meters, 15,000 endpoint activations, and 10,000 retrofits for existing advance metering infrastructure (AMI) meters.
On April 5, 2022, City Council approved WRS's piggyback of the Advanced Meter Infrastructure Installation and Implementation Services Agreement (FL20-11-162) between the City of Greeley, Colorado, and UMS to install approximately 10,592 meters.
This company has successfully implemented large-scale water meter replacement projects in other cities. Water Resources staff is manually reading 2,400 of the remaining 2,700 RF water meters per month. For this reason, we must partner with an experienced company that can complete the Water Resources AMI project. UMS will also assist our IT department with the integration into the city's billing system and the new customers' web portal.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
On September 20, 2023, Greeley, Colorado, a...
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