Authorize a contract for accuracy testing for large diameter meters for Austin Water with D&B Construction Group d/b/a DB Utility, for an initial term of two years with up to three one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $4,440,000. Funding: $370,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Water. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.

This item greenlights a contract with D&B Construction Group (doing business as DB Utility) to test the accuracy of Austin Water's large-diameter meters — the big ones that measure heavy water use. Keeping those meters accurate matters because it ensures customers get billed correctly and the utility tracks its water properly. The contract runs an initial two years with up to three one-year extensions, for a not-to-exceed total of $4,440,000, with $370,000 currently available in Austin Water's operating budget and the rest depending on future budgets.

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"without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)

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