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Utility Capital Projects
Department Project Title Project Number
Public Works Telemetric Water Meter Annual Maintenance (2019) UT1906
Project Description
The Telemetric Water Annual Maintenance Program allows the City to continue replacing some of the transponder units and meters
installed 10 years ago. The new transponder units transmit meter information to a mobile receiver or fixed network reducing and
eventually eliminating the need for manual readings. Each meter with transponder costs $270 to replace and the City replaces
roughly 1,400 per year.

Project Justification
This program allows the City to replace transponder and meter units that were installed at the program's inception in 1992-1993.
The program includes replacement of the Orion Classic Endpoint (CE) water meters with lead-free Smart Endpoints (SE) water
meters for use in fixed network or mobile reading deployments. This program will prevent the unnecessary loss of revenue due to
inaccurate and inadequate metering equipment and helps the department to maintain accountability for the water distribution
system. This program will continue to focus on the replacement of meters that are 10 years old or older and to remove the meters
that are wearing out due to age.
Note: FY 18-19 Funding from Utility Fund Reserves (405).

Project Schedule Beginning Date Ending Date History Fiscal Year Amount
Professional Services Adopted Budget 2018-19 $400,000
Engineering/Design Total $400,000
Land/ROW Acquisition
Construction 10/2018 05/2020
Other
Total Schedule 10/2018 05/2020
Sources of Funds To Date 2020-21 Budget 2021-22 Estimate 2022-Completion Total Funding
General Obligation Bonds
Certificates of Obligation
Federal/State Grants
Reserves 400,000 0 0 0 $400,000
Sales Tax
Other
Total Funding $400,000 $0 $0 $0 $400,000
Project Costs To Date 2020-21 Budget 2021-22 Estimate 2022-Completion Total Cost
Professional Services
Engineering/Design
Land/ROW Acquisition
Construction 400,000 0 0 0 $400,000
Other
Total Costs $400,000 $0 $0 $0 $400,000
Operating Impact
No operating impact is anticipated.

Fiscal Year 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 Total Impact
Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total Operating Impact $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

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