For City Council Meeting October 14, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
Title
Request City Council/Rialto Utility Authority to Adopt Resolution No. 8417 and RUA Resolution No. 08-45 Approving and Accepting the Department of Water Resources Urban Community Drought Relief Grant Funds for $6,000,000 and the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Grant Funds for $2,000,000 for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project; Appropriating $350,00 From Water Rate Stabilization for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project; Amending the City's 2025-2026 Fiscal Budget to Authorize the use of Such Funds for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project; Approving and Authorizing the Final Construction Work Authorization in the Amount of $7,998,719 to Rialto Water Services for the Purposes of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project; and Authorizing the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
POWERPOINT
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council/Rialto Utility Authority adopt resolutions:
1) Approving and accepting the Department of Water Resources Urban Community Drought Relief grant funds for $6,000,000 and the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclamation grant funds for $2,000,000 for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Project;
2) Appropriating $350,00 from Water Rate Stabilization for the AMI Project;
3) Amending the City's 2025-2026 Fiscal Budget to authorize the use of such funds for the AMI Project;
4) Approving and authorizing the Final Construction Work Authorization (FCWA) in the Amount of $7,998,719 to Rialto Water Services for the purposes of the AMI Project; and
5) Authorizing the City Manager or their designee to execute all related documents.
BACKGROUND
On March 27, 2012, the City Council and the Rialto Utility Authority (RUA) approved a Concession Agreement (CA) with Rialto Water Services, LP (RWS), operated by Veolia...
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