TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Allison Swisher, Director of Public Utilities
SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement for the Meter Asset Management Program to Core & Main LP in the Amount of $469,727.00
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BACKGROUND:
On January 5, 2021, the Mayor and City Council approved Resolution No. 7613, committing to water conservation through the reduction of non-revenue water in order to comply with the allocation requirements of the Level of Lake Michigan Act, 615 ILCS 50, and the corresponding State regulations. A condition of the City's Lake Michigan water allocation permit is completion of the City's Non-Revenue Water Reduction Plan. A major component of this plan is IDNR reporting and program management.
The City has implemented a number of non-revenue water reduction projects including water main replacement, water meter analysis and water meter replacement, a water billing audit, and expansion of the district metering program. Public Utilities' staff are currently in the process of coordinating with the Finance and Billing departments to draft interdepartmental standard operating procedures and processes to monitor and follow-up on meter account anomalies and other water meter workflows. A water meter asset management program to assist in these non-revenue water control projects and workflows is now needed to help manage and to provide reporting on the City's non-revenue water reduction activities.
The City's non-revenue water reduction consultant, Cavanaugh, has assisted the City in identifying viable water meter asset management program platforms. City staff and Cavanaugh reviewed submittals of water meter asset management systems and selected Xylem Vue Powered by the GoAigua platform as the best fit for the City's needs. Xylem is also the manufacturer of Sensus water meters which the City has used since 1987. Therefore, the Xylem Vue platform is fully integrable with the City's existing water meter stock. The platform brings together r...
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