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Lake Wales staff recommend $5.35 million SCADA buyout for water system; city also readies repair at Longleaf Business Park
Summary
Public works staff asked the commission to approve a $5,353,319 buyout option for supervisory-control-and-data-acquisition (SCADA) equipment to expand monitoring to the water system, and separately proposed a $28,450 repair for a storm pipe and inlet in Longleaf Business Park.
City staff asked commissioners to approve a buyout of SCADA equipment used to monitor water infrastructure and to authorize a localized storm-pipe and inlet repair in a business park.
Sarah Kirkland, public works director, said the city previously leased SCADA equipment to interconnect water plants and already uses SCADA on the wastewater side. Staff said the lease term is ending and recommended the buyout option, quoting a purchase price of $5,353,319 to acquire the remaining equipment. Kirkland said the city would retain the option to call the SCADA vendor for maintenance and updates; she also said the city does not pay an annual software maintenance fee under the current arrangement but that the vendor offers updates and maintenance services.
Kirkland also described a localized storm-infrastructure repair on Longleaf Boulevard near Live Oak Boulevard, where a depression in the roadway and observed pipe cracking required replacing the inlet, repairing the pipe and restoring the roadway. Staff estimated the cost at $28,450.
Staff framed the SCADA buyout as an investment to extend monitoring capability across water plants; commissioners did not record a formal vote in the transcript excerpt provided. The storm repair item was presented as routine maintenance tied to recent development in the area.
