Title
Water Meter and Automated Meter Reading Replacement
Action
Action:
A. Approve a contract with Badger Meter, Inc. to provide, install, implement, and maintain advanced metering infrastructure for a term of 20 years,
B. Authorize the City Manager to purchase such additional software licenses, services, hardware, maintenance, and support as required to maintain the advanced metering infrastructure system for as long as the city uses the system,
C. Approve a contract with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. for water meter and automated meter reading system implementation program management services for a term of eight years, and
D. Authorize the City Manager to amend the contracts consistent with the purpose for which the contracts were approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Angela Charles, Charlotte Water
Carl Wilson, Charlotte Water
Marion Sanders, Charlotte Water
Explanation
Actions A and B
* This contract provides for the replacement of water meters and the current automatic meter reading (AMR) system to upgrade to the next generation meter reading system (Advanced Metering Infrastructure or AMI).
* Between 2003 and 2006, Charlotte Water implemented AMR as the state-of-the-art meter reading system which has now reached the end of its useful life.
* The AMI system will help customers manage their consumption, increase Charlotte Water operational efficiencies, and align with the city's Sustainable Energy Action Plan and Smart City Initiative.
* On June 10, 2024, the city issued a Request for Proposals (RFP); four responses were received.
* Badger Meter, Inc. best meets the city's needs in terms of qualifications, experience, cost, and responsiveness to RFP requirements.
* Initial expenditures for the implementation are estimated to be $118,000,000.
* Ongoing annual expenditures are estimated to be $1,700,000.
Action C
* This contract provides program management services for the water meter and automated meter reading system implementation project.
* On Oct...
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