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Finance committee approves $1.24 million Mountain River contract to finish utility-billing transition
Summary
The Santa Fe Finance Committee approved a two-year, $1,244,156.25 professional services contract with Mountain River Consulting Inc. to support data conversion and CIS interfaces as the city moves to a new Advanced utility-billing system; members pressed staff on a long history of delays and asked for clearer timelines and contingency plans.
The Santa Fe Finance Committee on Sept. 8 approved a two-year professional services contract with Mountain River Consulting Inc. for $1,244,156.25, including New Mexico gross receipts tax, to provide application support, technical support for data conversion and CIS interfaces for the city’s utility-billing modernization. Councilors approved the contract after discussion and a roll-call vote in which one member abstained. The item matters because the city has been working to move from its legacy AS/400-based billing system to a modern Advanced billing platform, and committee members described the contract as a necessary but painful step to complete a long-running project. The committee pressed staff for dates and asked…
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