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I believe that discussions regarding a water meter change out, hasbeenanissuefromthedistantpast, and most recently in the last <br />eighteen (18) months. There are several issues that bear consideration <br />as staff seeks the direction of this revisited topic. <br />At the beginning of the 1995 budget calendar, staff began consulting <br />with a vendor <br />Meter <br />issues prompted this exploration. <br />Reading (AMR). <br />A few of them are listed below: <br />Decreased availability and safety awareness in <br />accessing households to read meters. <br />Expenditures related to reading meters, ie. <br />a. Hiring and training of annual meter readers <br />b. Full time employees re -reading incorrect meters <br />C. Quarterly labor expense to read commercial meters <br />d. Final readings for new and old accounts <br />Expenditures related to quarterly billings, ie. <br />a. Labor expenses for data entry <br />b. Billing paper supplies, ie. postcards <br />Accuracy of the systems meters, recently a 25 year old, <br />2 inch meter was repaired. It was only registering 4% of the <br />water used at high flow. The City may be losing tens of <br />thousands of revenue dollars per year. <br />Labor and capital expenditures replacing bad meters. <br />Replacing meters manufactured <br />with outdated technology.