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Committee approves contract to finish sanitary and stormwater GIS migration
Summary
The Government Operations Committee approved a resolution to hire Timmins Group to complete Phase 2 of the city's utility network migration for sanitary and stormwater for $99,470, following a presentation from GIS staff about improved functionality and the need to replace an end-of-life system in 2026.
Eric Creighton, GIS support, told the Government Operations Committee the city is seeking to finish Phase 2 of a multi-year migration of its utility data into an industry-standard utility network model and recommended the committee approve a contract with Timmins Group to complete sanitary and stormwater work.
Creighton said the migration will move the city's utility data from a highly customized, 15-to-20-year-old model into an international standard, enabling integrations, expanded web and mobile editing, rule-based editing to protect data integrity and new analyses such as isolation tracing and load-flow modeling. He said the present system is approaching end of life in 2026 and that the work already done in Phase 1 allows staff to run isolation traces to identify valves to shut off after a main break and to see affected customers.
The proposal before the committee was to approve a resolution authorizing an agreement with Timmins Group, a certified Esri utility network provider the city selected from five responses to a February 2023 request for proposals. Creighton said the proposed contract would finish sanitary and stormwater migration for $99,470 and that Phase 3 (electric) would follow in a later year.
Alderman Werball moved to approve the agreement; Alderman Folkes seconded. The committee approved the resolution by voice vote; the chair announced, "The ayes have it." No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
The presentation emphasized three implementation goals: data standardization, field-level editing that broadens who can update utility attributes, and tighter integration with asset-management and upcoming electric modeling work. Creighton noted the city did much of the migration work in-house to lower cost and retain system knowledge, with Timmins Group providing technical leadership.
The committee did not amend the contract amount during the meeting; staff noted bid results may come in lower than budget estimates and that if the bids are lower, funds could become available for other capital projects.
The committee approved the resolution; staff will return contracts to full council as required by city procurement rules and to proceed with the sanitary and stormwater migration work.
