1. METER READING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH
Mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference
CITY RFP NO
January 29, 2016

2. SYNOPSIS
The City currently has approximately 4,800 water and irrigation meters
Currently reads performed manually with in-house staff
The City may pursue automated touch pad reads later on (no target date)

3. SYNOPSIS cont.
City will furnish necessary devices to perform its function
ITRON Handhelds, FC300 & MV-RS Software
The City wishes to maintain the use of its own current hardware and software
The City will be responsible for the uploading and downloading of the hand-held meter reading devices.

4. SYNOPSIS cont.
City will provide the meter reading schedule and Contractor shall maintain this schedule in order to maintain the billing cycle
Any routes not completed the previous day will be re-issued by the City the next day

5. Current Sample Billing Route
The City bills the utility customers for each Cycle the first full week of each month for their respective route. Read dates are approximately days between billing cycles each month to allow for customer consistency in billing.
Readings for February billing cycles commenced on January 6, 2016, with the assumption of reading 2 routes per day. The reading calendar is adjusted for holidays in which the City is not open
The City is looking to achieve efficiencies in its reading process and would consider flexibility in the read dates as long as the utility customer is not adversely affected.
SAMPLE FEBRUARY 2016 BILLING CYCLE
BILLING CYCLES
BILLING DATES
APPROXIMATE READS
ROUTES
CYCLE 2
2/5/2016
1600 10
CYCLE 3
2/12/2016 9
CYCLE 4
2/19/2015