The 2017-18 operating budget for the Water and Sewer fund has the addition of two and the replacement of two flow monitoring devices to better detect Inflow and Infiltration (I&I) within the City's Wastewater Collection system. The City of Allen has been utilizing the equipment from Hach Company as a sole source vendor for flow metering since the inception of our I&I program. This ensures that all data and equipment are compatible.

Since early 2015, the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency has required the Water Systems to enhance and expand water quality testing. This additional testing has been accomplished by using laboratory testing equipment purchased from Hach Company. Needed supplies and testing agents are proprietary to the manufacturer of the equipment. Each year, the City of Allen's Water Quality Division purchases these supplies from Hach Companies.

With the purchase of four flow meters and testing supplies, this year the annual expenditure with Hach Company will exceed $50,000 and needs council approval for that purchase amount. The four flow meters will cost approximately $50,000 and the needed supplies for Water Quality testing will be approximately $25,000.

Funding is available in the Water and Sewer operating budget for FY 2017-2018.

Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase of Flow Meters and Water Testing Supplies from Hach Company, Inc. for an amount of $75,000.

I make a motion to authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase of Flow Meters and Water Testing Supplies from Hach Company, Inc. for an amount of $75,000.