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CONSENT ITEM – 7M MEMORANDUM DATE: April 22, 2018 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members David Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Sue Polka, Interim Public Works Director/City Engineer SUBJECT: Professional Services Agreement – Design Phase - Utility Monitoring & Control Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: $25,000 (2019) $13,100 Water Utility/Sewer Utility $100,000 (2020) Council Should Consider The City Council is requested to approve a professional services agreement for Utility Monitoring and Control- Design Phase with HR Green (Attachment A). Background/Discussion On October 25, 2018, the City Council approved a professional services agreement with HR Green in the amount of $15,400 for preparation of a report analyzing the City’s current utility monitoring system (Attachment B). The City currently utilizes two systems for monitoring water and wastewater infrastructure sites. The water tower and booster station facilities are monitored via cellular service as provided by High Tide Technologies, while the lift stations are using a cellular service provided by OmniSite. While the OmniSite units have operated effectively, High Tide equipment is not always reliable causing tower overflows due to inadequate communication. High Tide has not been responsive in solving these issues. Staff is interested in combining monitoring services in order to have the same vendor for both water and wastewater sites. In addition, with the transition of cellular technology to the 4G/LTE network by December 31, 2019, we have been notified by OmniSite that equipment upgrades are necessary. The report was completed and includes the following system upgrade recommendations: • Eliminate the High Tide system and use OmniSite for both sewer and water utility monitoring