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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 3, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR <br />MULTI-JET AND TURBINE <br />COLD WATER METERS <br />(SPEC. NO. 09-035) <br />~~ ? <br />.~'"F-~----~" <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1Sl Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2~d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Award contracts for multi-jet and turbine cold-water meters for a one-year <br />period, with provision for four, one-year renewals in the following annual <br />amounts not to exceed: <br />Vendor: Location: Amount: <br />Aqua-Metric Sales Company Riverside $46,000 <br />Badger Meter, Inc. Milwaukee, WI $43,000 <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. <br />22C-1 <br />