CONSENT AGENDA- Dennis Peters, I.S. Director
Title
UPGRADES TO SCADA CONNECTIVITY BY WHITEWATER WIRELESS, INC.
Background
Since its introduction in 2013, the Sensus Flexnet system, used for automated wireless water meter reading, has experienced interference from the City's canopy wireless system. The canopy system is the communications link to the City's SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system that remotely monitors water and sewer utilities systems data. The interference has resulted in an inordinate number of water meter readings not being transmitted, and water bills having to be estimated. The recommended upgrades, which includes moving the canopy system to a different frequency and raising the towers on which the transmitting radios sit, should solve that interference by. Included in the quote are the four radios needed for that new frequency, and all labor and additional equipment necessary for that change.
Council is asked to approve payment in the amount of $12,026.12 to Whitewater Wireless, Inc., for this work. The request is pursuant to the Blaine City Charter section 6.05, which requires City Council approval of all purchases or contracts in excess of $10,000.
Recommendation
By motion, approve the payment.