City of Columbus - File #: 1024-2020

• File #: 1024-2020
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/17/2020
• In control: Public Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 6/15/2020
• Final action: 6/18/2020
• Title: To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $1,500,000.00 between Object Classes with the Electricity Operating Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a service contract with Sensus USA, Inc. in an amount up to $75,346,819.86 for the Enhanced Meter Project; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of up to $74,843,751.86 from the Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) Fund to include eligible costs including the service contract, contingency, and loan origination fees; to authorize a transfer and expenditure of up to $2,000.00 within the Water General Obligations Bond Fund for prevailing wage fees; to authorize the expenditure of up to $1,500,000.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund for the Division of Power’s contribution; to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a long term Spectrum Lease Agreement; to waive the provisions of Columbus City Code relating to Requests for Proposals; and to amend the 2019 Capital Improvements Budg...

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/18/2020	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/17/2020	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/15/2020	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/15/2020	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/1/2020	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a service contract with Sensus USA, Inc. for the Enhanced Meter Project. This is a joint project between the Division of Water and the Division of Power. Funds in the amount of $2,000.00 will also be encumbered for prevailing wage services to the Department of Public Service.

The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities with the supply and installation of power meters, the installation of city issued water meters, the supply and installation of all communications infrastructure, and all software required to operate an Enhanced Meter System to interface with the City of Columbus systems and applications. The Division of Water (DOW) and the Division of Power (DOP) will be funding this project through various funding sources. The solution will allow both DOW and DOP to collect meter readings and provide enhanced services for DOW’s approximately 300,000 customers/accounts and DOP’s approximately 13,500 customers/accounts.

This Ordinance also authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a long term Spectrum Lease Agreement in order to operate Sensus’s FlexNet equipment. The spectrum that Sensus is leasing is authorized by Sensus’s FCC License(s) and is limited to the service area where the FlexNet equipment will be operated. The frequencies of the FCC License within City’s geographic Service Area are called the “Leased Spectrum” and the City will pay fees to Sensus for the use of the Leased Spectrum.

Planning area: "99 - Citywide" (Entire service area including suburbs)

The Water Portion of this project has been approved for below market rate loan financing through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) which is administered by the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). Loan No. 8884 was awarded April 30, 2020. Federal Davis Bacon Wage Rates an...