Title
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH ITRON INC. FOR SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMING OF THE CITY'S ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Executive Summary: The 2015 Hudson Public Power budget provides funding for the professional services to provide the setup, programming and software for the electronic data collection system portion of the automatic meter reader system and the power outage management system. HPP Staff is now ready to begin implementing the auto collectors and wishes to place the orders for said software and services.
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Legislative History
Permission to seek competitive pricing and/ or public bids- Resolution #14-155.
Purpose & Explanation
Over the last 7 years Hudson Public Power has been working towards the development of a comprehensive Outage Management System (OMS). A complete OMS will assist in the prediction of system failures, service restoration efforts, identifying outage areas and customer account data, and improving the efficiency of the HPP crews. Some of the system components already in place consist of the automatic meter readers, GIS mapping of the system assets, and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system improvements and upgrades. The next step in this process is to acquire the software and begin the implementation of the programming to operate the fixed network collector and repeater equipment. The professional services and software will cost $97,220.00. These services are supplied by Itron Inc. which is the sole source vender for use with the electric systems Itron AMR electric meters.
Timing Considerations
None
Fiscal Impact
X Currently Budgeted
Supplemental Appropriation Required
Appropriation Not Required.
Recommendation
Suggested Action
Staff recommends City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a professional services agreement with Itron Inc. as the sole source vender to provide...
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