Title
Approval of Services Agreement AGR19-912 with Ferguson Incorporated in the Amount of $5,559,480.00, Plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Equipment and Services; Approval of the License and Technical Support Agreement with Sensus Incorporated; and Approval of Related Budget Revision 2019-04
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve Services Agreement AGR19-912 with Ferguson Incorporated in the amount of $5,559,480, plus a contingency in the amount of $971,950 for a total project budget amount of $6,531,430.00, plus applicable gross receipts tax. I further move that Council approve execution of the License and Technical Support Agreement between The Incorporated County of Los Alamos and Sensus, Incorporated, funding for which is included in and payable through the Ferguson agreement. I further move that Council approve budget revision 2019-04 and that it be included in the minutes as an attachment.
Utilities Manager Recommendation
Staff recommends that Council approve the contract, support agreement, project budget and budget revision as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
In March of 2016, the Board of Public Utilities adopted, as part of a strategic plan, several recommendations from the July 7, 2015 “Future Electrical Energy Resources” report (the FEER Report). A summary of those adopted recommendations is included as attachment C to this staff report. The first recommendation is “Complete smart meter implementation for all customers”, as several of the remaining recommendations are dependent on Advance Metering Infrastructure for implementation. When the Advanced Metering Infrastructure contract was brought to the Board for consideration in September 2018, concerns regarding privacy of customer usage data were raised. There was also discussion about the relevance and implications of a...
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