937.01. Meters to be furnished by the City.

   All water meters of any size used to meter water usage to any customer of the City water utility shall be furnished by the Department of Public Utilities ("DPU") Division of Water at its own expense, which water meters shall be set by the employees of the Division of Water or by a third party contractor pursuant to a contract with the City duly made in accord with law. No meter make, model or design other than that approved, adopted and meeting the requirements or specifications of the Director of the Department Public Utilities or his/her designee shall be set or used for water measurement.

(Ord. 310-21. Passed 6-8-21.)

937.02. Assignment of private-owned meters to City.

   The Mayor or the Director of the Department of Public Utilities as appropriate are hereby authorized to enter into agreements with individual meter owners, that own meters in accord with earlier prior provisions of this Chapter 937, providing for the taking of title by the DPU Division of Water of meters that the City agrees shall continue to be used to meters water after the date of transfer of ownership to the City, and that the City agrees to repair or alter at its expense to comply with the City's Automated Meter Reading ("AMR") and Advanced Meter Infrastructure ("AMI") system. The consideration for the transfer of ownership of an existing water meter, qualifying under this section, shall be the agreement by DPU to pay for necessary repair or improvements, or the addition of necessary components to make the meter compliant with the AMR-AMI system and DPU's acceptance of general repairs, calibration and maintenance responsibilities going forward in accord with Section 937.03.

   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as compulsory in relation to water consumers turning over their meters to the City. However, all meters owned by consumers must comply with the meter requirements and specifications adopted by the Director of the Department of Public Utilities or his/her designee. The provisions of Section 937.03 shall not apply to a consumer that elects to continue to own their existing meter; and that consumer shall continue to be responsible for all costs of calibration, maintenance, and repair necessary to comply with meter requirements and specifications.

(Ord. 310-21. Passed 6-8-21.)

937.03. Responsibility for Repair, Calibration and Replacement.

   The Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water shall be responsible for costs of maintenance, calibration, repair or replacement of city-owned meters, except as provided in Section 937.05.

(Ord. 310-21. Passed 6-8-21.)

937.04. Further purchases of used meters prohibited.

   Except for the consideration stated in Section 937.02, purchases of used water meters by the Division of Water are hereby terminated.

(Ord. 310-21. Passed 6-8-21.)

937.05. Customer's responsibility for meters and remote registers.

   (a)   In all cases where the Department of Public Utilities has furnished a water meter and/or remote register, at its expense, or has acquired title to any water meter as provided in Section 937.02, the customer will be charged and held responsible for all damages, repairs or costs of replacement occasioned by frost, hot water, or neglect on the part of such customer, as determined by the Department of Public Utilities.

   (b)   Customers shall be held responsible for, and shall reimburse the Department of Public Utilities for the loss or theft of any meter and/or remote register provided by the Department of Public Utilities.

(Ord. 310-21. Passed 6-8-21.)