Council action is requested to issue a purchase order to A.W. Schultz, Inc. in the amount of $496,780.00 for the Courtney Bend Water Plant Wellfield Radio Infrastructure and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) Project for the Water Production Division of the Municipal Services Department.

Council approval to issue a purchase order.

This request is for approval to do an update to the fiber and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) upgrades for the existing communications system at the Courtney Bend Water Treatment Plant. This technology is used to transmit data
Concerning the wellfields via radios. This project is for fiber upgrades at five sites.

The City needs to hire A.W. Schultz to do this upgrade because they installed the system at the plant in 2015 and then upgraded it in 2016. They also have on staff the tech who created that SCADA system, so having his expertise would minimize disruptions to the operating system.

The Water Department operates the Courtney Bend Water Treatment Plant to supply the entire City of Independence and a significant portion of Eastern Jackson County with potable water.  Executing this project is essential to the Water Department’s mission of providing an adequate supply of potable water.

This project is planned and budgeted in the Water Department’s Capital Improvement Projects fund.

Approval of this item shall authorize change orders up to a total of ten (10) percent of the authorized amount for each order, provided appropriations are available.

The fiscal impact to the City is $496,780.00. Funding for the Courtney Bend Water Plant Wellfields Radio Infrastructure and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) Project is included in the fiscal year 2023-2024 proposed budget, page 262, Municipal Services-Water Fund (040), account number 0407040-5406, Other Improvements.