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UNAPPROVED Mounds View City Council Page 8 Regular Meeting July 17, 1995 1 Councilmember Hankner commented that it was reported at a 2 previous meeting that surrounding cities were also looking at 3 purchasing similar systems. 4 5 Ulrich reported that New Brighton went to touch read last 6 year. Mounds went to touch read. Arden Hills is looking at an 7 AMR system and St. Paul/Minneapolis is looking at phone read. 8 9 Hankner asked if it were decided to replace meters, is there 10 a chance that perhaps we could join into the process with -ills. 12 13 Councilmember Trude commented that she had spoken to an Arden 14 Hills Councilmember and that Arden Hills has not taken any 15 action, therefore, this means that there are no time 16 parameters for Mounds View. 17 18 Councilmember Blanchard stated that she agreed with 19 Councilmember Trude in that the Council should take no action 20 on this item tonight and get information out to the Public. 21 Blanchard stated that the Council should postpone for one 22 month and get information to the public. 23 24 Councilmember Hankner stated that the City should look into 25 what neighboring cities are buying for future reasons such as 26 possible integration. 27 28 Councilmember Quick asked how many meters could the City 29 continue to use? 30 31 Mike Ulrich stated approximately 1100. 32 33 Rodney Kirtz, 2808 Ardan asked if there is such a thing as a 34 laser gun read. 35 36 Mike Ulrich replied that what this probably is, is a radio 37 read through a drive by. 38 39 Kirtz also commented that he is a builder and that a lot of 40 the communities that he does work in are putting exterior 41 readers on the house. 90% of the builders are installing the 42 readers. 43 44 Kirtz asked how many commercial meters are in the City? 45 46 Linke commented that phone readers would be approximately 47 $300/household which two-thirds of the meters will need to be 48 replaced. 49