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Council approves budget transfers to replace obsolete water treatment control panel
Summary
Council authorized a budget amendment to replace an obsolete SCADA filter-panel at the water plant, citing a not-to-exceed replacement estimate (~$328,575) and proposed transfers of roughly $279,732 this fiscal year to avoid a water rate increase.
City staff told the council that the filter-panel and associated electrical/software installed in 2010 are no longer supported and require replacement. The SCADA team provided a cost estimate and staff proposed shifting budget lines so the work can be paid from the current fiscal year rather than by raising water rates.
The transcript records a not-to-exceed estimate of approximately $328,575 for replacement hardware and software; the formal resolution read into the record described budget decreases in contingency and other lines and an increase to the filter-panel replacement account of $279,732. A staff member said the new control system should be more efficient and easier to operate than the 15-year-old equipment it replaces.
