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Town reviews Kamstrup smart-meter pilot, staff asks council for guidance on scaling
Summary
Town staff presented options to expand a Kamstrup smart-meter pilot that has exceeded its 100-endpoint license. Staff outlined one-time rollout costs, annual licensing tiers for 250–1,600 endpoints, a license grace-period deadline of April 30, 2026, and requested council direction by March 9, 2026.
Mr. Matt Christian told the Town of Pine Mountain mayor and council on Feb. 9 that the municipality’s Kamstrup pilot water meters can detect leaks in days rather than months and include a tamper alarm that notifies staff if a device is tampered with. He outlined the costs and licensing tiers for scaling the system beyond its current pilot size.
Christian said the town currently has 114 endpoints in the system and that the pilot license covered 100 endpoints; the grace period for that pilot license expires April 30, 2026. He asked the council for guidance by March 9, 2026, on whether to expand the license and rollout.
Staff presented a “maintain current system” option based on a 250-endpoint READy license priced at $5,345.00 annually, with leak-detector software included in year one and a year-two charge of $1,123.75. Start-up and rollout costs were listed at $13,679.00 and one collector/installation at $22,975.00, with a total one-time purchase figure presented as $41,999.00. Christian also outlined higher tiers: an 800-endpoint READy license with an annual software total of $11,468.75, and a 1,600-endpoint tier with an annual software total of $19,337.50.
Council members did not take a formal vote at the work session. The staff request asking for direction by March 9 is intended to avoid the need for an immediate license upgrade once the town exceeds the pilot cap.
The work session record does not specify which departmental budget would fund the rollout or whether alternative financing was being considered; those details were described as part of staff briefing but were not resolved during the meeting. The town clerk recorded the session in the minutes.
