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Kittitas County <br />Department <br />To Protect and Promote the Health and the Environment of the People of Kittitas County <br />During the presentations, Kittitas County staff gathered information about the types of meters, <br />meter readers, equipment, software, software development, reporting capabilities, <br />maintenance, installation, customer service support, annual cost, etc. <br />It was determined that none of the software systems from the three different companies would <br />be able "to provide the customized data reporting that the county needs to manage a large <br />scale metering program." <br />These metering vendors primarily serve large utilities with thousands of accounts and their <br />software is designed to interface with a billing system and charge by usage as many municipal <br />systems do. The software systems are not currently capable of setting thresholds and reporting <br />overages, as the County needs, although there is the potential for that to be developed in the <br />future. <br />To potentially accommodate our needs in the meantime, each vendor instructed the County to <br />explore the Application Programming Interface (API) to develop our own report based on the <br />data that is entered into the system. <br />Kittitas County explored this option and worked with the IT department and the vendors to <br />identify the ability to customize our data. <br />Badger Meter Company, which is the current vendor for the Kittitas County Metering Program, <br />took the initiative to develop an API solution with our data and produced a report that will <br />meet the County's current needs for reporting. <br />Staff Recommendation: Badger Meter Company <br />After review of the information presented, Kittitas County Public Health Department <br />recommends that the County continue to contract with General Pacific, lnc./Badger Meter for <br />the Kittitas County Water Metering Program. Badger Meter took the initiative to create the <br />reporting function that we need and continuing with them would eliminate the need to retrofit <br />any of the current meters installed. <br />Kittitas County has an established contract with General Pacific, Inc., who is a licensed <br />distributor for Badger Meter. We've appreciated the willingness for these companies to work <br />with us to identify and develop a solution for our reporting needs. <br />There are approximately 35 meters deployed throughout the County, and to date, have not had <br />any reported issues with the meters or endpoints. <br />507 N Nanum St Suite . 102 • Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />T: 509.962.7515 F: 509.962 7581 <br />www.co. kittitas wa us/health/