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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue An Authorization To Proceed For Amendment Number One To Work Order Number B&V 20-01 With Black & Veatch Corporation, Inc. To Provide Professional Engineering Services Related To An Advanced Metering Infrastructure Analysis, Planning And Support Study In An Amount Not To Exceed $207,462.00 For A Total Aggregate Project Cost Of $256,787.00.
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilites
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Department of Public Utilities was one of the early municipal adopters of Advanced Metering Technologies (AMI). The City began installation of Aclara Water Meter Transmission Units (MTU) City-wide in 2008. After operation of the Aclara system for more than 12 years, the Department of Public Utilities has experienced high failure rates and increased maintenance of these MTUs. The generally accepted industry operating life of a water MTU is 15-20 years, based on battery life predominantly determined by transmission usage. At the City, a number of additional factors including climate and operating environment (hot, humid, salty) may have contributed to the Aclara AMI water MTU batteries, housings and connectors to age prematurely.
Since the original AMI implementation, the technology has evolved and AMI has become a cornerstone of the smart utility management system by providing digital interfaces for customer care, billing, GIS, asset management system and outage management system. The Department of Public Utilities needed a roadmap for improvements of the City's AMI System based on evaluation of the existing system and an understanding of available modern AMI options.
On July 15, 2020, pursuant to Section 38.38 of the City's Procurement Code, the City Manager approved an Authorization to Proceed for Work Order Number B&V 20-01 to Black & Veatch Corpora...
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