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Council reviews consent-agenda items; questions raised on $16,000 water plan, telephone bills, and AKS rate study
Summary
Councilors queried several consent-agenda entries: a $16,000 charge for a water-management plan that had not been updated in 10 years; unusually high monthly telephone bills; and charges to AKS for a rate study to model assumptions against upcoming projects.
During the consent-agenda discussion councilors raised specific questions for staff. A councilor (speaker 9) asked whether the $16,000 water-management conservation plan was typical; staff (speaker 4) said it was a "pretty significant update" because it had not been updated in 10 years. Councilors also flagged $300-plus phone bills from CenturyLink and asked staff to check whether those represented monthly station fees or other services.
"I wanted to ask about the, 16,000 for a water management conservation plan. Is that the normal price to update our... Was that a huge update?" said Resident (speaker 9). Staff responded the update was significant and overdue. Council asked staff to follow up on vendor details, telemetry charges, and the AKS billing for a rate study that compares assumptions against upcoming capital projects.
