HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-121 Automatic Water Meter Reading System Upgrade
4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 1 2 - 121
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING UPGRADES TO THE AUTOMATIC WATER METER READING
SYSTEM
Motion By: Soukup Second By: Hedberg
WHEREAS, T he Data Collection Units (DCUs) of the Automatic Meter Reading S ystem (AMRS) will
become obsolete at the en d of 2013 due to discontinuation of the cellular technology they
were based on ; and ,
WHEREAS, The City has experienced failures of a specific subset of Meter Transmitting Units and has
worked with Aclara, the system manufacture , to address replacement of these units ; and ,
WHEREAS, Aclara will provide 125 Series 300 0 units at no cost to the City ; and,
WHEREAS, Aclara will provide 14 DCUIIs for a cost of $60,900; and,
WHEREAS, Aclara will provide 2 MTU programming units for a cost of $6,800; and,
WH EREAS, Aclara will provide a replacement server and program for a cost not to exceed $10,000;
and,
WHEREAS, The 2012 CIP programmed $120,000.00 for the replacement of the AMRS.
NOW THEREFORE , BE IT HEREBY RESOLVE D BY THE CITY COUNCI L OF PRIOR L AKE,
MINNESOTA as follows:
1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein.
2. The city council hereby awards the contract for this work to Aclara.
3. Staff is authorized to upgrade the AMRS for a cost not to exceed $ 79 , 600 .00.
4. Funding for this project sha ll be drawn from the Water and Sewer Enterprise funds #601 - 49400 - 530
and #604 - 49450 - 530 .
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 6 DAY OF AUGUST 201 2 .
th
YES NO
Myser X Myser
Erickson Absent Erickson
Hedberg X Hedberg
Keeney Absent Keeney
Soukup X Soukup
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Frank Boyles, City Manager