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UNAPPROVED • Mounds View City Council Regular Meeting-August 28, 1995 6 1 fund for future work on the system. Additional costs include options of going with a radio 2 read system rather than a phone read which would cost $25.00 plus staff is proposing 3 adding a quarterly charge (approximately$15.00)to read the meter. If a resident will not 4 allow the change over to be made, they will be charged an additional $50.00 per quarter. 5 6 MOTION/SECOND: Hankner/Blanchard to recommend that the Council accept Option 7 #1 and award the RFP from WaterPro to conduct the install the proposed water meter 8 change out, authorize a loan from the Special Projects fund in the amount of$500,000, 9 the utilization of$330,000 from the WAC fund to pay for the capital expense of the 10 equipment, and transferring both amounts to account#700-3961 Transfers from other 11 funds, amend the Water Fund Budget account#700-396' Transfers from other funds by 12 adding $830,000, and add $830,000 to account#700-4123-703 Water Infrastructure 13 Program for that amount, institute a quarterly meter charge on all meters based on Option 14 #1, authorize meter reading charge of$15.00, for optional radio read, authorize $50.00 15 reading charge for any resident failing to allow the meter change out, and to authorize the 16 Director of Public Works to sign all change orders up to two percent (2%) of the 17 projected project cost, to be funded from the WAC fund. 18 19 Ms. Hankner stated she feels by investing in this particular system the city will not be in a 20 situation of upgrading it in the near future as they would if they were to go with Option 21 #2. The financing has been worked out and this is the most cost effective route of the 22 options before the council. 23 24 Ms. Trude stated she disagrees with Ms. Hankner's view that Option#1 is the most cost- 25 effective system. It costs 40% more than the next alternative. She has a hard justifying 26 charging each resident an additional $3.00 per quarter for an indefinite period of time. 27 She stated it is difficult to buy a system that has a useful life of about 25 years and it takes 28 almost that amount of time to pay it off The second option is not something that needs 29 to be upgraded. Mounds View is ideally set up for touch read system as the houses are 30 located close together. The communities that have gone to a phone read system have 31 done it out of necessity. Their homes are one to five acre lots. 32 33 At this time, Ms. Trude stated she cannot justify going to anything more than the touch 34 read system which meets the needs of the staff, city council and residents. 35 36 Mayor Linke stated the system will be paid for in twelve years, not 25 years as stated by 37 Ms. Trude. He would like to express his support of Ms. Hankner's motion. He feels that 38 for the city residents and staff, Option#1 is the best way to go. 39 40 Mr. Quick asked Mr. Brager, Finance Director, how much he pays for system 41 repair/replacement as a resident of the City of New Brighton. 42 43 Mr. Brager noted that this is based upon the water consumption each quarter. Assuming 44 it is 21,000 gallons per quarter, he would pay$9.00 for sewer and $8.50 for water each 45 quarter. This is in addition to the water charge.