City of Vallejo
Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI)
Badger Meter, Inc.
BEACON Advanced Metering
Analytics (AMA) Agreement
What is
AMI?
Jun 2022 - Mar 2023 • AMI System Selection / Contract Negotiations May 9, 2023 • Council approved Badger Meter, Inc. Contract May - Aug 2023 • Kick-Off Planning and Preparation by City Staff, Badger, and E Source • Aug 28, 2023 - Notice to Proceed Issued
Aug – Dec 2023 • Project Kickoff (Kick Off Held Aug 28-29) • Implementation Planning (In Process)
Oct 2023 - May 2024
• Reengineer Utility Processes
• Deploy pilot group of meters
• Customer Education
• System Testing
Jun 2024 - Jun 2025 • Full Deployment
Ongoing • Optimizing Customer Service
• Data Management
AMI / Meter Replacement Timeline and Phases
Badger Meter Inc. Approved Contract Package
Badger Meter Contract Package approved by Council on
May 9, 2023, includes 2 distinct agreements
1. Installation Agreement (Bond Funded)
2. BEACON Advanced Metering Analytics (AMA) Agreement
(Operational Expense)
Water Department staff is returning to Council to explicitly identify the BEACON AMA Agreement as a separate
agreement from the Installation Agreement with a separate funding source at a specific not to exceed dollar
amount.
Metering Analytics and Customer
Interface Software Badger BEACON®
headend software
EyeOnWater®
customer web portal
BEACON Advanced Metering Analytics (AMA) Agreement
Purpose (within context of Project)
Provides the method of data transfer from the meter to the cloud Service includes data storage and analytics
Service includes Eye on Water application for customers Without BEACON we cannot perform billing as there is no way to read the meter
Contractual Elements
Software as a Service (SaaS) agreement
10-year agreement with option to extend
Operational expense
Funding source = Enterprise Fund (Operational Expense) BEACON AMA Agreement
Cost and Funding
Year Unit
Cost
Estimated
Meter
Count
Annual
Estimated
Cost
2023 $0.63 500 $3,780.00
2024 $0.63 20,000 $151,200.00
2025 $0.63 39,000 $294,840.00
2026 $0.63 39,273 $296,903.88
2027 $0.64 39,548 $303,728.64
2028 $0.65 39,825 $310,635.00
2029 $0.66 40,104 $317,623.68
2030 $0.67 40,385 $324,695.40
2031 $0.68 40,668 $331,850.88
2032 $0.69 40,953 $339,090.84
Funding
Total Cost Estimate $2,674,348.32
10% Contingency $267,434.83
Estimate + Contingency $2,941,783.15
Not to Exceed Recommendation $3,000,000
Calculation - -
Unit Cost * 12 months/year * Estimated Meter Count =
Annual Estimated Cost
Funded by the Enterprise Fund as an operational expense No impact on General Fund
Questions?
UPDATE - PUBLIC SAFETY
STAFFING EMERGENCY
Jason Ta, Interim Chief of Police
October 10, 2023
1 STATUS OF PHASES
• Partially Implemented
• Conducted 2nd community meeting on Sept. 14th
• Muni Code update required (CAO & VPD)
• “Condition Blue” in process
– If the number of CFS pending reaches a pre-determined number, officers will only respond to priority 1 and high-level priority 2 calls • Highest Calls for Service (CFS)
Phase #1 Service Model Reduction
2 - Alarm activation - Mental distress
- Suspicious persons/vehicles - Trespassing
- Traffic-related offenses
Phase #2 Rotation of Officers to Patrol Shifts
• Completed
Phase #3 Collapsing Traffic & Detective Divisions
• Traffic Division collapsed (July 2023)
• Task-force officer redeployed to Detective Division
due to staffing shortage
• Recent corporal promotions provided the ability to
even out patrol teams
Phase #4 Modifying Patrol Shifts to 12-hours or
Another Staffing Model
• VPOA not voluntarily changing to 12-hour shifts
3 • Solano Co. Sheriff is open to developing a plan to
provide contract services once an MOU is executed
with VPOA
• Formally requested assistance from:
– CHP (Golden Gate Division)
– U.S. Marshals Service
– All Solano County Law Enforcement Agencies
– Various Sheriff’s Offices
Outside Assistance
4 CURRENT STAFFING NUMBERS
Total Sworn Staffing 75
Modified Duty Officers 2
Off on Worker’s Comp. 9
Sworn Working Full Duty 64
Anticipated Officers Resigning 7
Officers Starting /Final Offers Accepted 1
5 Officers Working Patrol 34
Supervisors Working Patrol (Sergeants) 5
RECRUITMENT & RETENTION
(Stephanie Sifuentes, HR Director)
• Applications Received (Sept. 20th – Oct. 4th)
Recruitment
Police Officer – Recruit 9
Police Officer – Entry 2
Police Officer – Lateral 2
6 • Information regarding backgrounds for the
timeframe of July 13th to Oct. 4th
• 2 Officers currently in police academies
– 1 will graduate in November 2023
– 1 will graduate in February 2024
– 4 anticipated to start academy on Oct. 30th
– 1 recruit resigned from the academy
Recruitment
7 Sent to Background 33
Non-select 12
Withdrew 1
Still in Backgrounds 19
Hired (recruit) 2
• Oral Panel Interviews on Oct. 11th
• Working with POST on PELLET-B in-house
• RFP for advertisement and recruitment
platforms/media open for bidding
• Recruiting 2 extra-help personnel for recruiting
• Exploring recruitment and retention bonuses
• VPOA contract negotiations in progress
Recruitment & Retention
8 POLICE FACILITIES
Dispatch Center
• Undetermined location for a temporary move
• I.T. will est. timeline when the location is decided
9 Police Headquarters
• Current Direction – Tear down and rebuild at 111
Amador
• Sept. 12th, City Council approved contract changes
for Indigo Hammond + Playle Architects to increase
the contract amount and include additional
services to be performed
CONTACT(S)
Jason Ta, Interim Chief of Police
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