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Memo - Water Meter Upgrade Program CITY OF HOPKINS I FINANGEDEPAR.TMENT I MEMORANDUM Date: To: August l8, 2005 Mayor & City Council Christine Harkess, Finance Director From: Subject: Water Meter Upgrade Program Attached is information on the water meter upgrade program. The overview gives the statistics on the number of meters and the status of the installation. Note that we are in the first year of a three-year replacement program. As the report states there are 132 of 390 completed to date with 167 yet to be completed in 2005. Once those are upgraded there will be 299 of 390 completed in 2005 or 77%. The second attachment shows selected customers whose meters were replaced with dual registers that monitor low and high flow as opposed to single flow and the usage is reflected with both types of meters along with the change in total usage. Their bill is based on total usage, The change that we're seeing with the new meters is that all flow is being measured with the dual meters. The single flow meters did not measure low flow that was below a certain level. The dual meters are more accurate which results in customers being charged for all water consumption that goes through the meters. Below is a chart showing revenue comparisons for 2004 and 2005 with new meters being installed, It does show that revenues have increased but we also need to factor in the rate increase that was implemented for 2005 when water rates increased by $0.20 per 1,000 gallons, We will continue to monitor the water meter program and will be taking a more in depth review during the 2006 budget process. January February March April May June July August September October November December 2004 Consumption 39,341,661 44,755,382 44,966,025 47,520,786 53,014,854 56,796,680 62,182,264 72,543,741 70,806,465 59,234,928 51,162,233 42,091,934 Monthlv Water Revenues 2005 Consumption 53,596,582 49,528,635 42,398,668 48,964,816 50,094,021 52,476,640 Increase over 2004 27,802 15,610 5,865 11,515 6,643 5,300 Incr due to Rate Incr 10,719 9,906 8,480 9,793 10,019 10,495 Revenue 47,210 53,707 53,465 57,012 63,601 68,138 74,586 87,029 84,956 71,949 61,062 58,899 Revenue 75,012 69,317 59,330 68,527 70,244 73,438 The increase due to the rate increase may be more than the increase of revenues over prior year. This Is due to decreased consumption from the previous year. Had we not implemented a rate increase revenues would be down. 8/9/2005 Meter Upgrade Overview Meters still to be replaced in 2005 167 Meters still to be replaced in 2006 40 Meters still to be replaced in 2007 40 Meters still to be repiaced in 2008 11 Sub-Total of meters still to be replaced: 258 Meters completed to date for 2005 115 Meters completed prior to 2006 date 13 Meters completed prior to 2007 date 2 Meters completed prior to 2008 date 2 Sub-Total of meters completed as of 8-5-05: 132 Total meters to be upgraded: 390 Doug Anderson & Dave Goergen have been working with the utility customers to ensure that the new meters are being instailed properly. They have changed their schedules to meet with the plumbers and property owners/managers in order to help with instailation and to verify meter sizes and possible instailation probiems, , Usage Comparison Low & High flow, monitor registers that This is a selection of some of the meters that we have replaced with dual Usage increase/ decrease Single Flow Register Old Meter Last Year Parallel HI/LO/tfO READNARIANCE New Meter Total Usage New Meter Low Flow 04178098L / New Meter High Flow 04178098H USAGE TRANSPONDER SERIAL# READING/READ DATI; New Meter Current Year ADDRESS 42-200360-0 101 BLAKE RD N Westside Village ACCOUNT 102,160 -13,706 20,558 84,223 6,812 115,811 64,859 Usage increase/ decrease 292,300 301,500 305,000 261,700 297,900 228,300 366,800 Single Flow Reg ister 7/15/2004 6/16/2004 5/17/2004 4/14/2004 3/15/2004 2/13/2004 1/20/2004 Old Meter Last Year Parallel 394,460 287,794 325,558 345,923 304,712 344,111 431,659 235,668 New Meter Total Usage 68,000 326,460 26,200 261,594 36,000 289,558 32,000 313,923 33,200 271,512 41,300 302,811 54,700 376,959 36,900 198,768 o new meter New Meter Low Flow 01477808L New Meter High Flow 01477808H 7/12/2005 6/9/2005 5/11/2005 4/12/2005 3/9/2005 2/10/2005 1/1112005 12/6/2004 11/19/2004 New Meter Current Year 113,751 23,899 -253 176,009 82,888 244,794 111,031 330,500 363.400 343,800 349,200 298,800 229,300 368,000 7/14/2004 6/16/2004 5/17/2004 4/13/2004 3/12/2004 2/13/2004 1/20/2004 444,251 387,299 343,547 525,209 381,688 474,094 479,031 391,841 306,111 339,351 300,499 271,347 388,309 293,688 351,194 366,131 305,941 228,411 104,900 86,800 72,200 136,900 88,000 122,900 112,900 85,900 77,700 o 7/12/2005 6/9/2005 5/11/2005 4/12/2005 3/9/2005 2/10/2005 1/1112005 12/8/2004 11/8/2004 10/19/2004 42-200090-0 725 LAKE ST NE Ramsgate Usage increase/ decrease Single Flow Register Old Meter Last Year Parallel New Meter Total Usage New Meter Low Flow 0501604L New Meter High Flow 0501604H New Meter Current Year 122,145 -28,850 Usage ncrease/ decrease 62,125 87,121 -11,046 49,203 Usage increase/ decrease 294,107 220,271 196,967 191,813 104,430 164,848 158,710 110,723 252,000 262,000 Single Flow Register 416,000 445,000 418,000 494,000 Single Flow Register 200,400 216,600 198,700 237,000 208,200 183,600 260,400 198,600 7/15/2004 6/17/2004 Paralle' 7/13/2004 6/14/2004 5/12/2004 4/12/2004 Old Meter Last Year Parallel 7/14/2004 6/16/2004 5/17/2004 4/13/2004 3/12/2004 2/13/2004 1/20/2004 2/15/2003 Old Meter Last Year 374,145 233,150 New Meter Total Usage 478,125 532,121 406,954 543,203 New Meter Total Usage 494,507 436,871 395,667 428,813 312,630 348,448 419,110 309,323 322,745 206,950 ow 04178282L 318,525 295,521 267,254 367,703 New Meter Low Flow New Meter LowFI 51,400 26,200 157,000 o New Meter High Flow 04178282H 159,600 236,600 139,700 175,500 o New Meter High Flow 04178093H 7/12/2005 6/7/2005 5/9/2005 5/9/2005 Year 7/12/2005 6/9/2005 5/9/2005 4/11/2005 2/24/2005 New Meter Current New Meter Current 43-300470-0 100 7TH AVE S 151 8TH AVE S Stuart Corp 41-100010-0 11111-11199 EXCELSIOR BLVD Faelon Properties 04178093L 358,707 319,871 289,867 323,813 241,630 265,148 331,010 235,323 135,800 117,000 105,800 105,000 71,000 83,300 88,100 74,000 Year 7/12/2005 6/9/2005 5/11/2005 4/12/2005 3/9/2005 2/10/2005 1/10/2005 12/812004 42-200100-0 421 Ram_;;:;r_..i: Usage ncreasel decrease 50,764 35,082 55,893 168,848 1,134 189,469 Single Flow Register 364,800 411,000 326,200 301,200 332,400 238,500 Old Meter Last Year Parallel 7/15/2004 6/16/2004 5/17/2004 4/14/2004 3/15/2004 2/13/2004 New Meter Total Usage 415,564 446,082 382,093 470,048 333,534 427,969 New Meter Low Flow 04178276L 344,764 359,682 313,693 383,548 276,334 346,469 70,800 86,400 68,400 86,500 57,200 81,500 84,643 New Meter High Flow 04178276H New Meter Current Year 7/12/2005 6/9/2005 5/11/2005 4/12/2005 3/9/2005 2/10/2005 1/10/2005 42-200375-0 103 BLAKE RD N Wests ide Village .