[I. COMMENCEMENT]
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AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH EXPANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND VISIBLE WITH THERE REGIME, JUSTICE.
[III. CONSENT AGENDA]
WE JULY 31ST, 2026.[IV. BUSINESS ITEMS]
BUSINESS ITEM AND ITEM ACO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT UPDATE ON THE CITY'S A WATER METER SYSTEM AND POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT OF RENEWAL PROJECT.WE HAVE OBJECT NOBLE HERE FROM ACO, UH, AS COUNCIL CALLED IN SESSION LAST YEAR BUDGET.
UH, IT'S BEEN ON ONGOING NOT PROJECT SITUATION.
WE, UH, INSTALLED A I OR A MR IN 2015.
SO WE'RE IN 11 YEARS PAST, UH, PAST THAT INITIAL INSTALLATION.
AND WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT, UH, ONCE THE METERS HIT THE 10 YEAR MARK, THE BATTERY WARRANTY IS 10 YEARS AND ONE MONTH.
AND, UM, WE'RE SEEING THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED BY THAT TIME.
SO WE'VE GOT AN ENGINE SYSTEM, UM, DESPITE THE BEST CLAIMS, THE BEST LAID PLANS STARTING TO EXPIRE.
UH, AND WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE WITH BASICALLY A GHOST REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
WE HAVING TO REPLACE SO MANY NEW EVERY YEAR, WE'RE GONNA BE WITHOUT BEING, WITHOUT THE ONGOING COST.
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WE'RE HAVING, UM, WE STARTED EXPERIENCING, I GUESS IT WAS LAST YEAR WAS BEFORE LAST.YEAH, WE STARTED BEING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MANUAL REREADS.
SO WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF LABOR GO OUT METERS, UH, RELATED TO, UH, SOME RADIO FREQUENCY LEAD.
THE WAY OUR SYSTEM WORKS IS OUR, EACH, EACH OF OUR METERS HAVE A LITTLE RADIO ATTACHED TO IT WITH AN ANTENNA THAT FEEDS BACK TO A CENTRAL ANTENNA PLACED HIGH ATOP THE BEAUTIFUL, UH, BLUE WATER TOWER.
AND THAT RADIO, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, IS ON THE SAME BANDWIDTH CHANNEL THAT VERIZON USES NOW FOR TELEMETRY AND PLANTS.
AND SO WE GET, WE'VE GOT A SIGNIFICANT ABOUT ON AVERAGE, WHAT'S OUR AVERAGE? I THINK WE AVERAGE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE AVERAGE BETWEEN TWO 50 AND 300 REREADS.
SO ANYWAY, TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, WE, UH, WE REACHED OUTCO, BEEN A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
I'VE GOT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WORKING MUNICIPALITY REPLACEMENT PROGRAM CHECK.
TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY FOUND WHEN THEY, AND DID YOU READ PUPPET OR MAN OR
THANK YOU AGAIN CJ FOR UH, IT IS WE KIND OF GO THROUGH TONIGHT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS KIND OF A WORKSHOP SO YOU GUYS CAN ASK WHAT YOU KNOW WE CAN DO, BUT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES AND TALK THROUGH SOME THINGS.
IF YOU TAKE AWAY ONE THING TONIGHT, JUST KNOW THAT YOUR STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO MAINTAIN THIS SYSTEM, BUT IT IS KIND OF A POINT WHERE IT'S PASSED THIS USEFUL LIFE.
AND SO THEY'VE COME AND PUTTING A LOT ON HIS CREW, HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK AND 300 MANUAL REREADS WHEN YOU WEREN'T PLANNING ON READING ANY BECOMES A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S A BIG BURDEN.
SO WE'LL KIND OF WALK THROUGH SOME OF THIS STUFF.
HOPEFULLY THIS, UH, LET'S SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS PROGRESS FORWARD.
THE ROLLER, YEAH, THAT'S ALL WORK FOR ME.
SO WHEN WE FIRST CAME ON BOARD AND MET WITH STAFF, UM, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, HEY, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES? CJ JUST MENTIONED SEVERAL OF THOSE.
THERE'S SOME INTERFERENCE COMING FROM THE FREQUENCY, UM, THAT WAS THERE.
IT SHOULDN'T BE COMING, BUT IT ACTUALLY IS.
AND WE'RE SEEING SOME OF THOSE, THE METERS ARE KIND OF PAST THEIR USEFUL LIFE.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE METERS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE GROUND, THINK OF IT AS KIND OF TWO PARTS.
YOU'VE GOT A RADIO, WHICH CALL IT AN END POINT.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE METER ITSELF.
IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, HAVE THE WATER GOES THROUGH THAT PORTION OF IT.
UM, AND THEN FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, AS WE DIVE, WE DOVE INTO THE ACTUAL TALKING TO STAFF.
THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED UNDER COVERING THESE REREADS AND THESE REPAIRS.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT ON WHAT THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.
THE OTHER THING THAT STAFF REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS SHOW MORE DATA AND TRANSPARENCY TO THE CITIZENS.
THEY WERE REALLY LOOKING TO FEEL, BE ABLE TO SHOW SOME, UH, CONSUMPTION HISTORY.
ALLOW THE CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR DATA EASILY.
UM, AND SO THEY ACTUALLY, PART OF THIS PROPOSAL THAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH IS BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE A CUSTOMER PORTAL THAT ACTUALLY EVEN HAS AN APP THAT YOU CAN USE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR CONSUMPTION SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, THE LAST ONE THERE IS, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW LEADERS THAT WERE FAILED.
UM, AND SO WE'LL TALK THROUGH SOME OF THAT STUFF.
WE WERE HIRED BACK IN AUGUST OF 25 THROUGH A CO-OP PURCHASING AGREEMENT THAT WAS COMPETITIVELY AWARDED TO US.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME FIELD EVALUATIONS.
WE ARE IN THE STAGE WHERE THE STAFF HAS MADE THEIR DECISION ON WHAT THEY'D LIKE TO DO.
UM, WE'VE GOT A CONTRACT THAT'S DRAFTED UP THAT'S READY FOR, UH, SHIPPING SITE TO MOVE FORWARD FOR DEPLOYMENT AND TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU AT SOME POINT TO MAKE A DECISION.
UM, HERE'S KIND OF THAT TIMELINE.
WE DID HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOALS, BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO BACK IN SEPTEMBER.
WE DID PULL THE DATABASE, WHICH WAS ALL YOUR METERS.
WE ACTUALLY WENT AND DID SOME FIELD SURVEYS.
WE CONDUCTED SOME METER TESTING, UM, ON VARIOUS SIZES, SIZES.
I WANT TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
UM, WE BROUGHT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION BACK IN MARCH TO APRIL TIMEFRAME AND UH, SAT DOWN WITH STAFF.
WE PRESENTED MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR THEM.
THEY NARROWED THOSE DOWN, CHOSE ONE AND BASED ON BEST VALUE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT TONIGHT IS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.
SO LET'S TALK THROUGH WHAT KIND OF, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE GROUND.
SO WE WENT AND ACTUALLY RAN, SURVEYED QUITE A FEW RESIDENTIAL METERS, UM, THAT WERE OUT IN THE GROUND.
UM, WE PULLED SOME OF 'EM, TESTED 'EM.
UH, THE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU GUYS AND FOR THE CITIZENS IS THE METER IS FAIRLY ACCURATE.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE WERE LOSING A BUNCH OF REVENUE FROM THOSE SMALL RESIDENTIAL METERS.
THAT WAS A LITTLE SHOCKING, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD SIGN FOR YOU GUYS.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT CASE ON THE LARGER METERS AND WE'LL TALK THROUGH THOSE.
SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THIS IS THAT ANYTIME WE DID FIND A BUNCH OF STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED BOXES OF BROKEN LIDS, UM, SO PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE YOU GUYS DO IS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
YOU WOULD REPLACE ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGED BOX, ANY OF THE UH, DAMAGED LID.
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ANY LIDS THAT AREN'T COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, WE WOULD WANT TO REPLACE THOSE.UM, HERE ARE SOME OF THE, UH, CONDITIONS THAT WE FOUND.
A LOT OF YOUR PITS ARE ARE FULL OF MUD.
UM, THERE ARE SOME VERY TIGHT CONNECTIONS.
UM, WE DID FIND SOME END POINTS THAT WERE DAMAGED.
WE FOUND SOME WIRE THAT HAD BEEN SPLICED BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO REPAIR AND DO STUFF.
AND ANYTIME THAT HAPPENS THAT KIND OF SHORTENS THE LIFESPAN AS WELL JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY FAILED.
AND NOW YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, A SPICE IN THE GARAGE.
YOU TYPICALLY DON'T WANT TO SEE, UM, HERE, JUST OTHERS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN ONE ON THE TOP LEFT IS SITTING THERE.
UH, AND THIS IS WHAT PARTIALLY COUGHS SOME OF THE REREADS.
AND AGAIN, JOHN IS CREW WILL GO OUT, THEY'LL FIX IT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S STILL A VERY MANUAL PROCESS THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH.
DID THE SAME THING ON INTERMEDIATES AND ACTUALLY THESE, WE SURVEYED EVERY ONE OF 'EM BECAUSE IN ORDER TO TIGHTEN THAT SCOPE AND GET THE PRICE RIGHT, WE NEEDED TO KNOW THE LAY LEAKS.
WE NEEDED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS IN THE METER BOX.
SO WE WENT AND ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THESE.
UM, WE DID FIND, AGAIN SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE THERE'S SOME BROKEN BOXES, BROKEN LIDS, THOSE WILL ALL BE REPLACED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF MORE PICTURES.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CONDITIONS OUT THERE.
UM, WHETHER THEY'RE, UH, IN SMALLER BEER BOXES LIKE THAT, ONE OF THE TOP LEFT OR EITHER THEY'RE IN A LARGER PIT AREA, UM, WHICH IS EASIER ACCESS.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PROJECT.
UM, THERE IS, IN THIS CASE OF LARGE METERS, UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT ALL THREE INCH AND LARGER METERS.
WE LOOKED AT THE SAFETY ASSOCIATED WITH THE VAULTS, THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE.
UM, WE DID FIND, UH, ONE SIDE THAT REALLY LEADS A BRAND NEW VAULT.
SO WE WILL BE PUTTING IN A LARGE CONCRETE VAULT.
I'LL SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
THAT IS OVER AT 5 0 1 COLLEGE DRIVE.
UM, AND WHEN WE REPLACE, WE REPLACE THE METER, THE BEST THING WE DO IS REPLACE THAT VAULT
UM, FROM A, UH, HERE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES OF THE LARGER METERS.
THEY'RE JUST COMPLETELY FULL, UH, OF MUD.
WE GET THAT, UH, KIND OF CHANGED OUT.
IT'S VERY COMMON THAT THAT HAPPENS IN THESE BITS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COASTAL AREA.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF WORK KIND OF LOOKS LIKE.
WHAT STAFF WANTS TO DO IS ACTUALLY KIND OF GET AWAY FROM THE, AS CJ MENTIONED, THERE IS VARIOUS TECHNOLOGY OUT IN THE MARKET TODAY.
WHEN YOU GO TO A MI, IT'S A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION.
UM, RIGHT NOW THAT RADIO THAT'S IN THE GROUND HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS AND PIECES TO IT.
UM, IT ACTUALLY TRANSMITS THAT SIGNAL TO A FIXED TOWER COLLECTOR, UM, AND THEN COLLECTS THAT RING THERE.
THERE IS ANOTHER TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE WHICH IS CALLED SITE.
SO SIMILAR SITUATION, YOU HAVE A METER IN THE GROUND WITH A RADIO ON IT, BUT THAT RADIO ACTUALLY COMMUNICATES TO AN EXISTING CELL TOWER OWNED BY AT AND T OR VERIZON.
THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE ON THAT NETWORK.
SO EVERY MONTH RIGHT NOW YOU PAY FOR MAINTENANCE, YOU PAY FOR SERVICES.
ANYTIME SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THAT, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE.
AND THEN WE ALL KNOW WHEN AN AREA LIKE THIS WHERE IT'S A HURRICANE OR DIFFERENT THINGS COME THROUGH, WHAT'S THE FIRST NETWORK THAT COMES BACK UP THE CELL BECAUSE THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
THERE'S SO MUCH REDUNDANCY, THERE'S SO MUCH SECURITY AND PROTECTION IN IT.
WE'RE SEEING A BIG TREND IN THE MARKET TO GO TO THE OBVIOUSLY CELL AND CELL'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
COMMUNICATED IT IS NOT THE SAME THAT AS YOUR CELL PHONE IN YOUR POCKET.
IT IS AN LTEM SOLUTION, WHICH IS A MACHINE MACHINE AND IT'S ONLY SENDING A DATA PACKET.
SO IT ACTUALLY CAN GET THROUGH WITH YOUR CELL PHONE.
WE CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GETTING THROUGH.
THE VENDOR THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT HAS FULL COVERAGE DOWN HERE, UH, AND IT'S VERY SECURE IN ROBOTS.
THIS DATA WILL THEN ACTUALLY GO INTO THE UTILITY BILLING SOFTWARE.
WE'LL INTEGRATE THAT DATA AND THEY ACTUALLY WILL GENERATE A BILL.
UM, BUT IT ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, WILL GO TO A CUSTOMER PORTAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG ADVANTAGES, UM, TO THE CITIZENS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT DATA, YOU ROUGHLY HAVE ABOUT 3,300 METERS, UH, IN THE GROUND.
THE PROJECT WILL HAVE US BASICALLY CHANGE THOSE OUT.
WE'LL INTEGRATE ALL OF THAT DATA.
WE'RE GONNA CAPTURE SUB-METER GPS COORDINATES, WHICH ALLOWS US TO BASICALLY OVERLAY THAT WITH YOUR GIS SYSTEM.
UM, ANY OF THE ANCILLARY MATERIALS SUCH AS OLD CURB STOPS, UM, BROKEN LIDS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THOSE BOXES, THOSE ARE ALL INCLUDED IN OUR TURNKEY PRICE.
SO THE IDEA IS TO NOT HAVE ANY CHANGE ORDERS.
THAT'S WHY WE DID THAT WORK UPFRONT IN THAT INVESTIGATION.
UM, IT IS, DOES CONTAIN THAT NEW VAULT AND THAT PORTAL AS WELL.
THIS IS, UH, THE PORTAL I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
IS THERE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO STAFF, UM, TO HAVE THIS A MI DATA BUT ALSO TO THE CITIZENS? CITIZENS.
THE CITIZENS WOULD LITERALLY HAVE AN APP ON THEIR, EITHER THEIR LAPTOP OR EITHER ON THEIR PHONE.
THEY CAN SEE THEIR CONSUMPTION, THEY CAN SET UP LEAK ALERTS.
YOU CAN SEE IF YOU'VE GOT CONTINUOUS
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USAGE, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S POSSIBLY A LEAK IN YOUR HOUSE, IT'LL ACTUALLY TELL YOU WHAT THAT LEAK IS OR APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH IS GOING THROUGH THAT METER AT ALL TIMES.UH, YOU CAN SET IT UP TO HAVE ALERTS IF YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN AND SOMEBODY STARTS USING WATER.
UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT VALUE, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU'RE NOW TAKING THE DATA AND PUTTING IT IN CITIZENS' HANDS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW THEY USE WATER.
SO IF THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME AND THEY BASICALLY KNOW THAT IF THEY USE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER, IF THIS IS WHAT THEIR DO IS, THEY CAN SET THOSE PARAMETERS AND LEAVE IT A NOTICE AND SURE THAT THEY'RE OVERUSING WATER.
UM, AS PART OF THIS, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TOUCHING EVERY RESIDENT.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TOUCH EVERY CITIZEN IN BUSINESS SO THAT WE'VE GOTTA DO A GOOD OUTREACH PROGRAM ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
AND WITH THAT COMES BASICALLY A SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, PORTAL.
SO WE'LL HELP WITH VIDEOS, WE'LL HELP WITH COMMUNICATION.
UH, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE TO MAKE SURE THE MESSAGE GETS OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW THIS IMPACTS THEM IN THE CITY.
UM, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE NEW VAULTS.
IT'S HARD TO KIND OF TELL, BUT THE FAR RIGHT IS ACTUALLY NOT THE NEW VAULT BUT THE ONE THAT MEET THE NEW VAULT.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE FAR RIGHT THERE'S LIKE FOUR BOXES STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND THEY'RE NOT NEAR BIG ENOUGH TO GET DOWN THERE AND WORK ON THAT METER.
THAT'S WHY THIS ONE'S GETTING REPLACED IS IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO BE ABLE TO DIG UP THE WHOLE AREA.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A NICE CONCRETE PRECAST VAULT IN THERE.
IT'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A BYPASS IN IT.
UM, IT'LL HAVE THE METER ASSEMBLY ALONG WITH ANY OF THE VALVES THAT IT NEEDS.
AND IT JUST BASICALLY THAT WHOLE AREA GETS DUG UP.
WE SET DOWN JUST A NICE CONCRETE, UH, VAULT AND THAT HAS EASY ACCESS FOR ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO COME UP IN THE FUTURE.
ADDITIONALLY, STAFF HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH, UH, QUITE A FEW OF THE DIFFERENT MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT ARE OUT THERE, BEING ABLE TO ACCESS LEADERS DIFFERENT THINGS IN THERE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS MASTURBATING THOSE AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE CORRECT READS IN THOSE AREAS.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, THERE WAS, UH, ROUGHLY UH, THOSE LOCATIONS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT.
WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY COME IN AND FIND THE, THE LATERAL LINE THAT ACTUALLY FEEDS THAT AREA.
WE'LL CUT A BRAND NEW METER AND PUT IT IN THERE SO THAT WE SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO THAT GENERAL AREA AND THE STAFF CAN ACTUALLY SEE HOW MUCH WATER'S FLOW.
SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY THESE ARE BRAND NEW METERS.
THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE TWO INCH.
UM, THAT WILL BE PUT IN AND WE WILL PUT THAT WOOL ASSEMBLY TOGETHER SO THEY CAN HAVE BETTER TRACKING ON THAT WATER FLOW.
SO HERE'S KIND OF THE NUMBERS AND WE CAN KIND OF TALK THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, THE OVERALL PROJECT IS ABOUT A $3.1 MILLION PROJECT WITH RESCO.
THERE ARE A FEW ADDITIONAL FEES YOU WILL HAVE WITH YOUR, YOUR CURRENT BILLING SOFTWARE COMPANY, UM, ROUGHLY OF $8,000.
AND THEN THAT EQUALS A TOTAL, A TOTAL IMPLEMENTATION PRICE OF ROUGHLY $3.15 MILLION.
UM, THERE ARE ONGOING FEES RIGHT NOW YOU'RE PAYING OVER $55,000 FOR THOSE SAS SOFTWARE FEES.
THE NEW ONE IS ONLY GONNA COST YOU ABOUT $38,000 IN FEES.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN THAT NETWORK THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY HAVING TO MAIN AS WELL 'CAUSE THOSE ARE COMING THROUGH THE AT T OR VERIZON NETWORK, THE
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS ON THE RIGHT, THIS IS WHERE I WANNA FOCUS A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON.
SO RIGHT NOW WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT YOUR EXPENDITURES.
YOU SPENT ALMOST $240,000 OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS JUST DOING REPAIR PARTS.
THAT'S JUST THE PARTS, YOU KNOW, BUYING FAILED METER PARTS.
SO THAT'S ROUGHLY $80,000 A YEAR THAT YOU'VE JUST BEEN SPENDING TRYING TO REPAIR STUFF.
UM, THE ANNUAL OPERATING SAVINGS, WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE COST OF JUST DOING THOSE REREADS, WHAT IT TAKES FOR MANPOWER TO GO OUT AND DO THOSE MONTHLY REREADS AND REPLACE SOME OF THAT IS ALMOST ANOTHER $75,000 OF OPERATIONAL COST.
SO THE IDEA IS THAT THESE WILL BASICALLY BE A SAVINGS OR BE REALLOCATED TO EITHER OTHER THINGS IN THE CITY OR YOU CAN USE THAT TO HELP PAY FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S ROUGHLY $55,000 IN ANNUAL FEES THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR THE SYSTEM.
THAT GETS REDUCED DOWN TO THE 38 WITH THE NEW.
AND THE LAST ONE I WANT TO HIT ON IS THAT YEAR ONE.
SO WE DID METER TESTING IN WHEN I TOLD YOU THAT THESE SMALL METERS TESTED FAIRLY WELL, WE DIDN'T SHOW, UH, VERY MUCH VERY LITTLE REVENUE PICK UP FROM THOSE BASED ON THE RANDOM TESTS THAT WE DID.
HOWEVER, ON THE INCH AND A HALF AND TWO INCH, WE FOUND THAT SOME OF THOSE WERE A LITTLE INACCURATE.
SO WE DO EXPECT THAT YOU'LL PICK UP A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE FROM THOSE.
THE LARGEST INCREASE CAME FROM A SELECT FEW LARGE METERS.
SO WE HAD ONE LARGE METER TESTED, 50%, WE HAD ONE TEST ABOUT 82%.
UM, THOSE THINGS TYPICALLY A WBA WANTS YOU TO TEST THOSE EVERY YEAR.
MOST CITIES DON'T TEST 'EM EVERY YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, TO TEST THEM.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE HABLE METERS THAT ARE IN THE GROUND RIGHT NOW ON THOSE LARGE METERS WHICH HAVE A ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON
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'EM.THE NEW METERS THAT THE CITY IS LIVING IN NORMAL HAVE A 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON THE ACCURACY OF THOSE METERS.
SO THOSE, THAT MEANS YOU, IF ANYTHING COMES UP AND YOU HAVE A A FAILED ISSUE ON THE ACCURACY, YOU GET A REPLACEMENT ON THAT AT NO COST TO YOU.
SO WE ANTICIPATE A VERY CONSERVATIVE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE WERE ESTIMATED WAS AROUND 50,000.
WE BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO ACCORDING TO STANDARDS ON HOW WE CALCULATE THAT.
AND SO WE UH, WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE IN THAT ESTIMATE.
I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TEST ALL THE LARGE METERS BECAUSE THEY ALSO TELL YOU THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TEST ALL THE LARGE METERS BECAUSE THEY EITHER DID HAVE TEST PORT OR THEY WERE TOO OLD TO TEST AND WE COULDN'T ACCESS IT THROUGH THE FLOW RATE.
SO WE KNOW, KNOW THAT THOSE WILL PROBABLY ALSO ADD TWO.
AND WHEN I SAY LARGE METER, I'M TYPICALLY TALKING THREE INCH AND LARGER.
SO IT'S MOSTLY YOUR BUSINESSES, YOUR PLANTS, YOUR HOTELS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
SO LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, WE ANTICIPATE ROUGHLY, UH, JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 260, WELL ALMOST $260,000 JUST IN YEAR ONE SAVINGS WITH OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BIT OF THAT BEING REVENUE PICK UP SHOULD YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH A PROJECT LIKE THIS.
AND AT THIS POINT I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, UM, TO KIND OF FURTHER BORROW INCOMING KIND OF ASK, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONCE BEFORE ALREADY.
SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE FINAL NUMBERS.
CAN YOU SEND HER PRESENTATIONS AND UP COUNSEL? I HAVE SENT IT.
I DIDN'T, I COULDN'T, I JUST SAID THIS UP THERE IN CASE YOU DON'T ASK THE QUESTION.
SO YEP, THE PRESENTATION, I RECKON THE FIRST PRESENTATION WAS MADE.
AND, AND THEN IT WAS SAID THAT, THAT YOU PICKED UP PROFIT, BUT IN THIS CASE OUR METERS ARE FAIRLY ACCURATE BUT IT'S, IT'S THE ELECTRONIC THAT THAT WOULD, ARE WE ISSUING ISSUE MORE JOBS OF ELECTRONIC OR WITH THE ACTUAL METER ITSELF? THE METER IS THE 8.4 RECORD REPLACE THE METER ONE.
THAT WOULD BE THE BATTERY GOING OUT.
USUALLY ABOUT, UH, 10 YEARS IN ONE MONTH THE BATTERIES ARE GOING DEAD.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO REPLACE THOSE METERS PARTS FOR THESE, THE RADIOS THAT ARE GOING IN HERE, UH, YOU'VE SEEN THOSE IN THOSE PICTURES.
THERE ARE SO MANY PLASTIC PARTS TO HOLD, JUST THE BATTERY FOR THAT RADIO, THE NEW RADIO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
A SINGLE PARTNERS, NO HOUSING CLIPS AND PORTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE ON THAT, THAT YOU HAVE THE HOUSE, I THINK THE PLASTIC WE HAVE IN THE SYSTEM NOW, YOU JUST HIT IT LONG AND BREAKS.
AND SO WE SPEND A, A VAST MAJORITY OF THAT, UH, REPAIR COSTS IS ON PARTS.
JUST THE HUB FOR INSTANCE THAT GOES ON TOP.
IF THE MOWER HITS IT JUST RIGHT, IT BREAKS IT OFF.
THAT JUST, THAT HUB IS AROUND 26, 20 $7 JUST FOR THE, JUST FOR THAT ONE PIECE.
AND SO WHENEVER YOU, YOU REPAIRS, WE DO REPAIRS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, THAT'S LIKE, LIKE CHAD SAID, THE METERS ARE ACCURATE WHEN, WHEN YOU DO THE TEST ON THE METER FOR THE READING FOR THE SMALLER METERS.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING IN REPAIR PARTS IS ASTRONOMICAL.
YOU SAID A 10 YEAR WARRANTY BATTERY OR THAT, SO THERE, THE RESIDENTIAL METERS, WHICH WE'RE TALKING BASICALLY TO RESIDENTIAL BLACK COMMERCIAL HAVING, LEMME STOP YOU.
THERE'S A METER, A METER AND THEN YOU GOT AN ELECTRONIC THAT GOES CORRECT ALONG WITH THAT METER.
SO WHICH IS THE METER ITSELF GOT 10 YEAR, I'M GONNA TALK BOTH OF THOSE.
SO THE END POINT, THE RADIO ON THESE HAS A 20 YEAR PRORATED WARRANTY, 10 YEAR FULL 10 YEAR PRORATED.
THE METER ITSELF ON THE NEW METERS HAS A 20 YEAR ACCURACY WARRANTY.
BECAUSE THE, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT OUT OF BID IS AN ACCURACY.
THE LARGE METERS ARE 10 YEAR ACCURACY INSTEAD OF 20.
SO THREE AND LARGER IS 10, WHEREAS RIGHT NOW THE METERS YOU HAVE IN THE GROUND HAVE A ONE YEAR ON THE LARGE METERS, ONE OR TWO, IT MAY HAVE BEEN TWO DEPENDING ON WHAT WAS THERE BEGINNING.
BUT IT'S USUALLY THAT TO, TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE REVENUE, WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF REVENUE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE BECAUSE THOSE METERS WERE THE ISSUE IS THE ELECTRONICS THAT HE'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH AND HAVING THE MANUAL.
AND THAT'S THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS THAT HAS TO BE REPLACEABLE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA REPLACE THAT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL REPLACE THE METER AS WELL AND THE LARGE METERS.
NOW THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME ACCURACY PICK UP ON THE REVENUE BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE DID READ, WE HAD SOME THAT READ, THEY MAY READ A HUNDRED PERCENT AT THE HIGHER FLOW,
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BUT AT THE LOWER FLOW THEY MAY HAVE READ 90%.WELL 10% OF REVENUE THAT YOU'RE LOSING ON THE LOW FLOW, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY EXPENSE WHERE ALL THE FLOW'S GOING.
IT COULD BE HUGE AND WE CAN'T PROJECT THAT OUT IN OUR NUMBERS.
SO ANYTIME WE'VE DONE THESE PROJECTIONS, WE TYPICALLY SEE A LOT HIGHER THAN, I MEAN WE'VE GOT THREE INCH AND ABOVE UNDER YEAH YOU HAVE UM, ON THREE INCH AND ABOVE YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 30, A LITTLE LITTLE OVER 30 SOMETHING, THREE INCH AND ABOVE, YOU GOT A HUNDRED SOMETHING TWO INCH.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK YOU'RE GONNA PICK UP SOME REVENUE TOO FROM, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
SO WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN ON THAT? WHAT THE AVERAGE? YEAH, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE DON'T MANUFACTURE IT EITHER.
UM, I I, WHEN I MET WITH ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, THAT BRING VALUE TO CITIES IS WE SIT ON THE CENTER SIDE OF THE TABLE EXCEPT I'VE GOT EXPERIENCE INSTALLING ALL OF THESE IN, SO WE'VE PROBABLY DONE OVER A HUNDRED OF THESE JUST IN TEXAS ALONE.
UM, AND SO I'VE SEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT PROS AND CONS OF 'EM AND THAT'S WHAT WE HUNT STAFF KIND OF WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
I WOULD SAY IT'S ABOUT THE, THE, THE TYPICAL AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, THAT MOST PEOPLE INCLUDE IS 15 YEARS.
RIGHT NOW IT IS WARRANTY FOR 20.
THE NEW STUFF IS, THE ISSUE IS IT BECOMES PRORATED IN THAT OTHER SECTION.
SO WHEN WE TALK, WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR FINANCIAL FOLKS, THEY WILL EASILY FINANCE THINGS 20 YEARS ON THESE METERS.
THEY, THEY LOOK AT IT AS A 20 YEAR LIFE.
SO, AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT THE, HOW THE METERS CONSTRUCTED ITSELF, THE HOUSING IS IS AND THEN IS IT IMP
SO, SO THESE, WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IS THEIR MECHANICAL METERS AND THEN THERE ARE NEW SOLID STATE METERS.
THE NEW SOLID STATE METERS HAVE NO MOVING PARTS, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE NOW ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT 20 YEAR WARRANTY USE BECAUSE THEY'RE USING ELECTRONICS.
AND WHAT'S HAP WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE INDUSTRY IS THE BATTERIES HAVE GOTTEN SO MUCH STRONGER AND WILL LAST THAT 20 PLUS YEARS.
SO NOW THEY CAN PUT THAT BATTERY TO GET THOSE ELECTRONICS IN.
WHAT ABOUT THE, WHAT ABOUT THE, ARE THEY, ARE THEY NEWER, MORE DURABLE THAN THE ONE WE HAVE? CORRECT.
YEAH, THE, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING NOW IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A, UH, METAL INSTEAD OF A COMPOSITE.
BUT I'LL SAY TODAY COMPOSITES ARE VERY WELL STRUCTURED SO THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH A COMPOSITE METER EITHER.
WHAT WHAT JOHN'S ISSUE IS, IS THE RADIO, THE END POINT THAT YOU CURRENTLY USE HAS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS AND THAT'S WHAT'S THEY ON HIM IS A LOT OF THAT STUFF.
THESE HAVE A, THESE ARE, IF I, I HAD A PICTURE IN MY OLD SLIDE DECK WHEN I COMPRESSED SOME OF THOSE FOR THE EMAIL NIGHT.
BUT THE NEW RADIO IS ACTUALLY A HUNDRED PERCENT POTTED.
IT IS SMALL, IT IS LIKE THIS AND IT IS ALL ONE SOLID PIECE PRETTY MUCH.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO DURING, DURING AN ALLEGATION, HOW DOES IT COMPENSATE FOR QUARTER USED DURING A RADIO VALVE? SO THE METER ITSELF IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE COLLECTING AND STORING DATA AND I THINK THE BRAND, WE CHOSE STORAGE DATA FOR LIKE NINE, SIX DAYS.
BUT LIKE WE'VE SEEN THIS PARTICULAR MANUFACTURER, I'VE SEEN SEVERAL SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE SEEN ON ON THE COAST, UM, AND IS LITERALLY NEVER MISSED A READ LIKE IT READS FOUR TIMES A DAY.
I THINK IT SENDS OUT A SIGNAL TO THE ACTUAL MAIN SERVER IN THE CLOUD, BUT IT'S CONSTANTLY RECORDING THAT IT'LL BACKFILL THAT DATA.
SO YOU WON'T BE MISSING ANY OF THOSE READS.
IT'S JUST YOU MAY NOT, IF A HURRICANE BLOWS THROUGH HERE, YOU MAY NOT SEE IT, YOU KNOW, FOUR HOURS LATER YOU MAY BE, HEY THEY KNOCKED OUT A COUPLE SALE TOWERS, WE GOTTA GET THAT BACK UP SOON AS BACK UP.
IT'S GONNA BACKFILL ALL THAT DATA.
SO THE COST FOR ALL OF IT IS THE 3.15.
'CAUSE YOU, YOU'LL HAVE A CONTRACT WITH ME FOR THE 3.146 AND THEN YOUR UTILITY BILLING SOFTWARE, WHICH IS TYLER, THEY WILL CHARGE YOU ADDITIONAL $8,000 FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE ENCRYPTION.
WE HAVE THE 1.5 MILLION IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
SO WOULD WE, HOW WILL WE, WELL YOU CAN EITHER SELF-FUND AND CARRY IT FORWARD INTO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.
UH, OR YOU COULD, WE COULD FINANCE THE ENTIRE PIECE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE, UH, FINANCIAL ADVISORS, UM, NEXT WEEK.
SANITATION TRIPS AND THE YEAH, WE WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, BASICALLY WE, WE STARTED TALKING TO HIM ABOUT THE THE WATER METER PROJECT.
UH, AND THEN, UH, I HAPPENED TO MENTION WE WERE, YOU WE WERE LOOKING COUPLE GOLF TRUCKS.
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FINANCE IT.THEY'RE PRETTY FLEXIBLE ON TERMS. I'M ALWAYS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS, BUT I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE OTHER ADVANTAGES TO THIS, WHEN WE DID THE SYSTEM, UH, 11, 12 OR AGO, WHENEVER WAS DONE, UM, WE OPTED NOT TO DO THE CUSTOMER PORTAL, WHICH TO FOLKS DON'T REALIZE IT, BUT IT IS A HUGE BOOM WHEN YOU CAN GO AND CHECK IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE A LEAK, IT'LL TELL YOU IN REAL TIME.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME GOTCHA MOMENT AT THE END OF THE MONTH WHEN THE BILL COMES BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AND CHECK IT AND SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
OR CONVERSELY, SOMEBODY WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, MY WATER BILL IS THIS HIGH AND WE'RE LIKE, WELL YOU RUNNING THIS MUCH WATER FOR YOUR METER, THEY CAN JUST PULL IT UP ON THEIR PHONE AND SEE RATHER THAN, 'CAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T WANNA GO BUY THAT LIT UP IF THEY, WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT THE YEAR.
THIS GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO PALM IN THEIR HAND TO SEE WHAT THEIR USAGE IS IN REAL TIME.
AND WE'RE PROBABLY IN PRIME GOTCHA SEASON WHEN IT COMES TO THE BILL, NO RAIN AND EVERYBODY.
YEAH, WELL ANYTIME YOU GOT A LEAK YOUR PRIME SEASON BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE A LEAK UNLESS YOU CAN KNOW THAT IT IS, YOU JUST DON'T FIGURE IT OUT.
SO THIS SYSTEM THAT STAFF WANTS TO USE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SIMPLEST UPKEEP ON THE MARKET.
IT'S KNOWN FOR BEING VERY SIMPLISTIC BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT KEEPING UP WITH THE NETWORK.
SO THERE'S LITERALLY TWO DEVICES THERE, MARKETING PITCHES, HERE'S YOUR SYSTEM, IT'S EVERYTHING YOU CAN HOLD IN IN TWO HANDS.
LITERALLY IT'S A RADIO AND A MIRROR AND ALL OF THE NETWORK AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF IS HANDLED IS NOT PART OF YOUR PROCESS.
SO I MEAN BEFORE GET BOUGHT DOWN HERE SOMETIMES AND
YEAH, SO WATER AND NONE OF THAT'S GOING TO REALLY IMPACT, YOU KNOW, THESE METERS ARE MEANT TO WORK UNDER, LIKE THEY'RE MEANT TO BE IN PITS, THEY'RE PIT APPLICATION, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR.
GALVESTON USES THE SAME SYSTEM.
WAS IT BARREL, RADI, TOWER BARREL.
SO WE ACTUALLY LOST THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE DATA DURING BARREL BECAUSE OUR ANTENNA NOT BUILT.
THIS WOULDN'T RELY ON THAT SYSTEM.
YEAH, YOU HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS TO ACTUALLY GO FIX THAT TOO.
AND I THINK, UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, OH, I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
YEAH, IT WAS DEALING WITH THE REPAIRS BECAUSE I KNOW JOHN WAS HAVING SO MANY REPAIRS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS AND THE BRACKETS AND DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
SORRY, DO YOU HAVE QUESTION COMMENTS? I NO ACTUALLY NO SIR.
THIS IS, THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES.
WHEN WE GET, ONCE WE HAVE THE DETAILS LINED OUT SO YOU GUYS HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE FINANCING WOULD LOOK LIKE, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR CONTRACT APPROVAL.
ARE THEY REALLY ONLY 10 YEARS OLD? UH, THEY'RE BETWEEN 10, 11 YEARS WE STARTED GROUND AND WE HAD, OH NO SIR, THANK YOU JOHN.
WE HAD REPLACEMENT, RIGHT? THE, THE METER THAT WE HAD RIGHT NOW WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT TO REPLACE THEM, THEY WERE NEW IN THE MARKET AND UH, THE, WHEN THEY CAME OUT WITH THEM THESE HARD FAR, I EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH THEM GOING BACKWARDS AND IT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES THAT CAME OUT AND COME TO FIND OUT THERE WAS A HOUSING ISSUE WITH IT WHERE A SEAL WAS IN THERE.
WHEN YOU GET WATER, LIKE ANY ELECTRONICS, IF WATER GETS INTO IT, IT WILL MESS UP THE READING.
SO WE HAD READERS ACTUALLY METERS GOING BACKWARDS 10 TIMES AS FAST AS THEY WOULD WOULD NORMALLY GO FORWARD.
SO THEY WERE GONNA COME OUT AND JUST CHANGE JUST THE ONE THEY FOUND.
BUT BECAUSE IT WAS A DEFECT, WE TOLD 'EM, NO, YOU ARE GONNA CHANGE 'EM ALL OUT.
SO THAT'S WHEN THEY CAME BACK IN 2015 OR CLOSER TWO 16 TO 17 AND THEY WENT UP AND REPLACED EVERY ONE OF 'EM AGAIN.
SO THAT'S, AND FROM THAT POINT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES BECAUSE THEY HAD A NEWER VERSION OF IT ON THE HOUSING WAS BETTER.
THEY DIDN'T REPLACE THE RADIOS AT THAT TIME? NO, THEY NOT PLACE THE RADIO.
THEY JUST HAD TO COME BACK AND REPLACE
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ALL THE METERS THEMSELVES.THE RADIO HEARD, IT'S LIKE ANOTHER BATTERY THAT SIT IN THE ONE WE HAVE NOW.
THIS ONE HERE, IF I'M NOT THINKING IT'S A ISRAEL MADE, IT'S A SOLID STATE.
LIKE YOU SAID, YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO HOLD IT INTO THE METER LID.
BUT AS THE DEAL, IT'S ALL ONE PIECE.
IT'S GOT A, THE CABLE IS ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO IT.
THE, THE CABLES WE HAVE NOW ACTUALLY HAVE ME ATTACHED THROUGH A CLIP ON THE, ON THE UH, RADIO AND THEN ANOTHER CLIP ONTO THE METER.
SO THIS HERE IS JUST A LITTLE CLIP IN BUILDING FLIP IN BILL AND IT'S ALL ONE PIECE.
IT'S LIKE YOUR CELL PHONE, I GUESS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.
YOU GET THE FLIP PHONE THEN YOU GO TO WHAT? THE IPHONE SEVEN.
NEXT ITEM CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE AGREEMENT FOR BEING VEHICLE STORAGE.
THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 40, RESOLUTION CITY INTER USE INTER BEND COUNTY WHERE STORAGE OF VEHICLES, EQUIPMENT AREA E DISASTER WHERE THE CITY OF HAVING A REMOTE AREA VEHICLE AND EQUIP IMPACT POTENTIAL WHERE THE CITY HAS PREVIOUSLY PARKED FORT BEND COUNTY UNDER SUCH AN AGREEMENT WHEREAS FOR IS AMENABLE TO THAT AGREEMENT SIGNED BY
THIS? YES SIR, WE'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR A LONG TIME FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY HAD TO USE IT IN A WHILE, BUT IT'S BEEN AVAILABLE FOR A LONG TIME.
MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 41.
I THOUGHT YOU FORGOT MY NAME,
NEXT ITEM WILL BE CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO ADOPT 42 26 MOVING THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND HISPANIC MINE CLUB FOR THE HELD ON 11TH AND 12TH.
IT BETWEEN THE CITY AND COUNTY CLUB USE MUNICIPAL PARK 11TH, 12TH PARK STAFF IT IN ORDER TO HOST GIVE BACK FESTIVAL ES AND WHEREAS THE CITY 12:00 PM ON, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RE NUMBER 42.
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UM, EVERYTHING'S GONE GOOD.A REASON FOR THE PAST COUPLE YEARS WE'VE HAD IT.
EVERYTHING GOOD? PRETTY MUCH THE SAME HERE THAT WE HAVE LAST? YES, THIS UH, THIS STANDARD AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT FOR THE EVENT? FOR THE FOR THE EVENT? YES.
I HAVE, THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS NOW.
CJ WHAT YOU MENTION ABOUT THE PRICE, LIKE THE FEED THAT WE CHARGE? YEAH, SO TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO, THE, THE CAVEAT COUNCIL PLACED ON THIS IS HOME.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE AS MANY STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THIS YEAR.
SO WE SHOULD REDUCE THE LABOR CHARGE A LOT BETTER.
WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS A LOT BETTER THAN LAST YEAR.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING BACK.
SO IT'S A FESTIVAL WHERE EVERYTHING'S FREE.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE AGREEMENT.
OH, YOU WHAT IT WAS? NO, NO, NO.
I YOU AWARE OF WHAT IT'S, I JUST DISAGREE.
WAS ON, ON THE TABLE WHEN WE CAME IN.
SO IT WASN'T A WHOLE LONG TIME OF TRIP, BUT, SO THIS IS THIS REAL QUICK ALCOHOL FREE EVENT, SIR? ALCOHOL FREE VEHICLE.
OKAY, SO, SO WHO'S WHO? LIQUOR LICENSE.
AND ALL THAT, ALL THE SECURITY AND ALL THE, ALL THE TACB RULES AND ALL THAT STUFF HAVE ALL BEEN DISCUSSED AND CUSTOM DISCUSSED MORE THAN ONCE.
WE MAKE A VERY, VERY VALID EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WISE.
THE FIRST ONE WAS A LITTLE HARD TO AGREE TO.
ONCE WE GOT WILL ON BOARD WE WERE GOOD.
AFTER, AFTER THE FIRST, AFTER THE FIRST ONE GOT APPROVED, THE REST WOULD PRETTY MUCH YOU.
NEXT WOULD BE CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE TO PROVE GOOD EVENING.
WE'RE THE, UH, 20, 27 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS FORWOOD.
I, I'M THE PRESIDENT, CORA
AND I START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR LETTING US USE STRATTON RIDGE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE HAVING THAT SPACE TO CONTINUE OUR TRADITION AND MAKE MEMORIES.
ANYONE TO RECOGNIZE YOU GUYS FOR LETTING US USE THAT PLACE.
AND UM, BONFIRE IS A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO JUST, UM, COME TOGETHER.
I THINK IT'S BECOME LIKE SUCH A TRADITION FOR THE SENIORS YEAR AFTER YEAR, UM, OF BEING ABLE TO DECORATE OUR BONFIRE BOARDS TO JUST LIKE, COME TOGETHER AND MAKE MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST EVEN AFTER GRADUATION.
UM, BEYOND WHAT THE STUDENTS GET TO EXPERIENCE.
IT'S, IT BRINGS TOGETHER, UM, FAMILIES, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, UM, JUST BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND, AND HOMECOMING, IT'S A WAY TO GET OUR SCHOOL SPIRIT UP AND GET ALL UP AND GET ALL EXCITED.
SO THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO SEE THAT SPACE.
SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS, Y'ALL NEED A RIDE.
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I, I TO APPROVE THE USE OF, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.DON'T PUT IT UP UNTIL THAT NIGHT, OUR TRADITION IS NOT GOING BE ENOUGH.
I WAS PART OF I, WELL, THEY CAN MAKE THEM AS HIGH AS WHAT WE DID.
[V. NOTICE/ ANNOUNCEMENT OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS]
HEARING ON BUDGET AND TAX ATED.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 10TH, SIX 30.
SEPTEMBER THE 10TH AT SEVENTH AND REGULAR.
AND ITEM AUR, MAKE A DISCUSSION.