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AGENDA TITLE:
MEETING DATE:
PREPARED BY:
Adopt Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute Meter Services Agreement
with Olameter Corporation of Arlington, Texas, in Amount Not-to-Exceed $20,000
for One Year with Automatic Annual Renewals Thereafter
May 20,2020
Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED AGTION:Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Meter
Services Agreement with Olameter Corporation of Arlington, Texas,
in an amount not-to-exceed $20,000 for one year with automatic
annual renewals thereafter.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION By Resolution 2OO2-118, City Council approved an agreement with
lMServ to provide meter data management services for
approximately 30 of the City's largest commercial and industrial
accounts.
ln 2OO4,lMServ was acquired by MeterSmart and the City executed a consent to assign the originally
approved agreement to MeterSmart. ln 2008, Olameter acquired the customers of MeterSmart and
continues to operate under the original lMServ Agreement.
As the original agreement has been in place since 2002, Olameter has requested the City execute a
more current contract for the services they have continued to provide for nearly two decades. Olameter
continues to maintain similar pricing for the services provided including meter setup, data collection, data
export for billing, and web presentment for customers.
Olameter has been an exceptional business partner to work with and continues to work with staff to more
efficiently collect and export monthly meter data for billing purposes, thereby reducing the staff time and
resources allocated to this monthly process. Recent efforts by Olameter to establish a partnership with
Verizon will allow the City to eliminate approximately $500 per month in cellular charges associated with
the affected meters. Proposals from other vendors place similar services at costs in excess of $20,000
per year and could create an interruption in available meter data to the City's largest energy users.
Therefore, in accordance with Lodi Municipal Code, Section 3.20.070(5), it is in the best interest of the
City to continue its current contractual relationship with Olameter.
Costs for the aforementioned services with Olameter, including 40 hours of additional support services
are estimated at approximately $18,000 annually based on the current number of meters. Staff are
requesting a not-to-exceed authorization of $20,000 to account for any new large commercial and/or
industrial customers and/or other support costs if needed. ln September 2019, City Council authorized
the purchase of 55 time-of-use meters for the utility's largest commercial and industrial customers as a
result of the need to align with changes in the communication industry. These meters have been
received and are ready to be programmed and set up with Olameter and installed by utility staff.
rq .,rtAPPROVED:
, City Manager
Adopt Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute Meter Services Agreement w¡th Olameter Corporation of Arlington, Texas, in Amount Noþto-Exceed $2o,ooo for One
Year with Autometic Annual Renewals Thereafter
May 20,2020
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FISCAL IMPAGT:
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
PREPARED BY:
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Approximately $20,000 annually depending on the number of meters.
Budgeted annually in account number 50064400.72450.
Andrew Keys
Andrew Keys
Deputy City Ma nager/l ntern al Services Director
Jeff Berkheimer
Jeff Berkheimer
Electric Utility Director
Melissa Price, Rates & Resources Manager