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Board approves budget amendment to buy replacement water meters after battery failures
Summary
City board approved a budget amendment to purchase water meters after staff reported roughly 1,600 meters lost remote reading capability as batteries failed; council suspended rules to allow purchase this fiscal year and approved $175,000 in purchases now, with follow-up purchases planned next fiscal year.
The city’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to amend the current fiscal-year budget to buy replacement water meters after staff reported that a large number of meter radio heads stopped transmitting.
Water Department staff member Ricky told the board the meters themselves remain functional but the radio-read heads have lost battery power, forcing meter readers to stop trucks and read meters manually. “The meters are functioning properly. The only loss of function we have is we can't drive by and radio read,” Ricky said. He said the city has identified about 1,600 affected meters and still needs about 900 replacements to restore normal radio reading.
The board first voted to suspend the rules so the budget amendment could be considered in the…
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