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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary to contract with Corix Utilities Inc., to provide manual meter reading services to the City of Long Beach from
January 1, 2010 through April 30, 2015 with the option of five, one-year extensions; and increase appropriations in the Gas Fund (EF 301) in the Long Beach Gas and Oil Department (EN) by $387,705. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Following an extensive selection process, the CLB Meter Reading Project Selection and Steering Committees with representatives from the Financial Management, Technology Services, Gas and Oil, and Water Departments, have selected Corix Utilities to provide Contract Meter Reading (CMR) services to the City following the expiration of the current contract with Southern California Edison (SCE).
SCE has provided manual gas and water meter reading services to the City for the past 20 years. In 2008, SCE informed the City of its intent to migrate to automated meter reading, and they are eliminating all manual meter reading services for the City and throughout their service area. As a result, SCE will not request to extend the existing agreement after April 2010, although they have agreed to a three-month extension, to July 31, 2010, if needed. As such, in October 2008, the City commenced procurement of meter reading services to conduct monthly reading and reporting on all 90,000 water meters and 146,000 gas meters in the City. Annual gas and water revenues are approximately $232 million and are contingent upon effective, accurate and timely meter reading services.
Significant technological advances in the meter reading industry over the past two decades required hiring an expert with extensive meter reading and system implementation experience, to ensure the most qualified vendor was selected and fully operational prior to the termination ofthe existing agreement with SCE. City Council approved a contract with Langham Consulting Services, Inc., (Langha...
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