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Council member moves to authorize SCADA upgrade agreement with SKM for $319,897.60
Summary
A council member moved to authorize a $319,897.60 agreement with SKM for a city SCADA upgrade after staff noted two bids and concerns that one vendor would not fully modernize the system. The motion was made on the record; a recorded vote was not captured in the transcript.
Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to authorize the city to enter into an agreement for the design and installation of a SCADA system upgrade awarded to SKM for $319,897.60, saying the proposal should proceed to contract consideration. The motion text was read into the record but the transcript does not capture a completed vote.
SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) is the city's remote monitoring and control system for water tanks and pumps. Staff discussed two bids: a Delco Western bid that would primarily upgrade radio transmission units and an SKM proposal that staff described as more comprehensive. "Their proposal only upgrades those [radio] transmission units," Unidentified Speaker 1 said of Delco Western, adding that the approach would "leave [the] existing system largely intact" and might not correct underlying system issues.
Speaker 1 explained staff want clear identification of contractor responsibilities and noted the need to confirm what each vendor would deliver. "There is probably not the tenants that's treated the meeting because they already are they're looking at the same," Speaker 1 said when outlining staff concerns about overlapping work and equipment placements. The motion on the agreement was made; at the close of the excerpt a second was requested but the transcript does not record whether it was provided or whether the council voted.
If approved, the contract would finance design and installation work for the city's water monitoring upgrades; the transcript does not specify an implementation timetable, funding source, or contract manager. Council members and staff flagged the need for clearer scope and responsibility definitions before final acceptance of system work.
