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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The city’s current reading system, the Scensus 500 MXU System, was originally <br />installed in the Fall 1995 / Spring 1996. These radio reading devices are on their <br />second generation of batteries, and working like they did when they were new. So, <br />there is no reason to believe that the Neptune R900 radio device wouldn’t work <br />after the initial battery failed and a new replacement battery was installed. Staff <br />can’t guarantee that multiple life cycles will be obtained, but it is expected. <br /> <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends accepting the bid from Northern Waterworks for a purchase <br />price of $126,076.60. They conform to all of the City’s published bid specifications. <br />Staff was able to obtain many positive field-tested references, not just one. The <br />Neptune R900 radio device has a D sized lithium battery with capacitor, compared <br />to two A cell batteries. And finally, cost projection analysis at twenty years, and <br />after twenty years, is a difference of $30,342.60 to replace failed batteries for the <br />Neptune R900 radio device, and $195,114.20 to replace the Itron 60 Watt radio <br />device, being that staff has to replace the entire unit, not just a battery. <br /> <br />Further recommendation: <br />Staff also recommends to purchase the mobile “TRX920 Mobile Data Collector – <br />Seat Rail Mount”, at a cost of $8,076.96, for meter reading, instead of the handheld <br />“CE5320X w/HR250i HHIU” reading device, at a cost of $5,112.00, for a total <br />additional cost of $2,964.96. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />_______________________ <br />Michael Schnur, Lead Utility Operator <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />