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Resolution No. 2013 - 17
Finding the Necessity to Sole Source the Purchase of Water
Meters from Neptune technology Group
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Water Measurement Law (SB 229), requires that water meters be installed on all
new commercial and residential water connections; and
WHEREAS, AB 2572 requires that all water system customers be equipped with a water meter no
later than January 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, AB 2572 also requires that customers equipped with a water meter are billed on a
volumetric basis; and
WHEREAS, the District awarded a contract for the provision of an automated meter reading (AMR)
system in September 2008 to enable compliance with AB 2572 and to improve the District's customer
service capabilities; and
WHEREAS, the selected AMR system utilizes water meters manufactured by the Neptune
Technology Group; and
WHEREAS, the continued purchase of water meters from the Neptune Technology Group is
necessary to maintain the compatibility and functionality of the AMR system.
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District ("District") does RESOLVE as follows:
1. The sole source purchase of water meters from the Neptune Technology Group is necessary in
order to match the functionality of the water meters currently in use in the District water system.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District in a
meeting duly called and held within said District on the twenty first day of August, 2013.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
Jeff Bender, President
ATTEST:
Michael D. Holley, P.E. Clerk of the Board