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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 4, 2007 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARDS FOR MULTI-JET <br />AND TURBINE WATER METERS <br />(SPEC. NOS. 07-014 AND 07-047) <br />CI MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1~' Reading <br />^ Ordinance on Intl Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Award a contract to Aqua-Metric Sales Co. for multi-jet water meters <br />for a one-year period with provision for one, one-year renewal, in the <br />annual amount not to exceed $84,173. <br />2. Award a contract to Performance Meter, Inc., for turbine water meters <br />for a one-year period with provision for one, one-year renewal, in the <br />annual amount not to exceed $32,314. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency regularly performs installation, maintenance, and <br />replacement of residential and commercial water meters. The three types of <br />meters used by the City are positive displacement, multi-jet and turbine <br />meters. Positive displacement meters are used primarily for residential <br />applications. Multi-jet meters are used for multi-family residential, <br />irrigation, and commercial applications. Turbine meters are used for high <br />volume water users, including industrial, commercial, irrigation, and large <br />multi-family residential applications. <br />There are approximately 45,000 metered service locations in the City of <br />Santa Ana. The meters are purchased through the Central Stores warehouse <br />for distribution to the Public Works Agency as needed. Typically, a water <br />meter is replaced every 15 years. In February 2007, the Council approved <br />the contract renewal for positive displacement meters. This action is for <br />contracts for the remaining two types of meters. The annual amounts are <br />based upon past usage and staff's projection for the nAxt year. Meters are <br />ordered on an as-needed basis and approximately two percent of the <br />inventory was turned over last year. <br />The notice inviting bids for multi-jet water meters was advertised on <br />January 29 and 31, 2007 and bids were solicited. A summary of the bid <br />invitations and bids received is as follows: <br />22A-1 <br />