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Core & Main outlines cloud-based Flex-Read upgrade for Sensus water meters
Summary
A Core & Main representative described upgrading Byron's Sensus water-meter system to a cloud-based Flex-Read platform to provide more real-time reads and improved leak detection; council discussed costs and ongoing street-driving reads.
Patrick Munsell of Core & Main presented information about the town's Sensus water-meter reading equipment and proposed adding the Flex-Read system to improve data timeliness and troubleshooting.
Munsell said the current workflow requires driving streets with an iPad to collect readings that are then downloaded in the office and explained that the proposed cloud system would provide more real-time data and instantaneous uploads. He noted each readout consists of a radio and a meter and that radio signals "are only sent out twice a day." He said the upgrade "would increase problem solving and finding potential problems."
Councilmembers and staff asked how the upgrade would affect daily meter-reading work. Shae Abraham and Karma Sanders confirmed that street driving likely would continue because the existing system is antiquated; clerks confirmed the town already pays annual dues for parts of the system. No motions were taken during the presentation; council asked staff to continue evaluating costs and operational benefits.
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