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Fayette County approves $250,790 change order for Badger AMI meter adjustments
Summary
The Board approved Change Order No. 07 to Contract #2000‑P with Badger Meter, adding funding not to exceed $250,790.50 to cover 1,499 additional meters, two retrofit components and a 100‑endpoint reduction in the county’s advanced‑metering deployment.
The Fayette County Board of Commissioners on Jan. 23 approved a change order to the county’s Badger Meter advanced‑metering infrastructure (AMI) contract to cover additional meters and retrofit components for the county water system.
Water System Director Vanessa Tigert told commissioners the original contract called for replacing 29,340 meters and 31,000 endpoints. Field conditions and usage trends required an additional 1,499 meters, two retrofit components and a reduction of 100 endpoints; staff requested approval of Change Order No. 07 with a not‑to‑exceed amount of $250,790.50 to cover the work.
Tigert said the additional meters were needed because some existing equipment had “aged out” since the start of the contract and to address conditions discovered in the field. Commissioner Charles W. Oddo moved to approve the change order; Commissioner Eric Maxwell seconded and the motion passed 3‑0.
The vote authorizes staff to proceed with procurement under the existing contract up to the approved amount; Tigert indicated this is part of the county’s broader AMI deployment, which went into full deployment in mid‑January 2024. The change order does not change the underlying contract scope beyond the additional meters and retrofit components approved by the board.
The board did not identify alternative funding sources during the meeting; the change order was presented as an amendment to the existing contract and approved by the board.
