For City Council Meeting November 25, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
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Request City Council/Rialto Utility Authority to: (1) Authorize a Revised Final Construction Work Authorization with Aquametrics, (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8437 and RUA Resolution No. 08-49 Amending Resolution No. 8417 and RUA Resolution No. 08-45, by Approving and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council/Rialto Utility Authority:
1) Approve and authorize a revised Final Construction Work Authorization to Rialto Water Services as operated by Veolia North Operating Services, Inc. for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project, City Project No. 26AMI that increases the total amount thereof to $8,000,000;
2) Amending Resolution No. 8417 and RUA Resolution No. 08-45 approved on October 14, 2025;and
3) Authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
On October 14, 2025, the City Council/RUA approved resolutions and a FCWA for the AMI Project with RWS in an amount not to exceed $7,998,719, identifying USG as the preferred vendor. Following this action, RWS continued contract negotiations with USG; however, despite multiple attempts, the parties were unable to reach an agreement on the final contract terms.
Given the urgency of meeting the AMI Project grant expenditure deadlines and following the conclusion of negotiations between RWS and USG without a finalized agreement, RWS initiated negotiations with the second responsive bidder from RFP #25-047, Aqua-Metrics. These negotiations resulted in a revised FCWA for City/RUA consideration and confirmation that Aqua-Metrics will complete all required work by December 31, 2026, thereby ensuring compliance with state and federal grant requirements.
As a result, the original FCWA must be amended to a total amount of $8,000,000 to reflect (1) the re...
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