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AGENDA MEMO
DATE:
April 26, 2011
TO:
Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Office of the City Manager
By: John Oskoui, P.E., Director of Public Works
SUBJECT:PARCEL MANAGER SOFTWARE
RECOMMENDATION
$18,000 for the purchase of Eden Parcel
That the City Council approve and appropriate
Manager software for the City’s utility billing system.
BACKGROUND
The City currently uses Eden utility software for its bi-monthly water and sewer billing.
This software is not compatible with the City’s Geographic Information System (GIS)
and does not allow for an efficient means of updating water and sewer customer
classifications.
DISCUSSION
Addition of the Eden Parcel Manager module to the City’s utility billing software will
enable more efficient upkeep of the City’s billing system by enabling linkage of Los
Angeles County Assessor land use information to customer accounts and compatibility
with the City’s GIS for additional billing queries. The following is a summary of the
benefits associated with the Eden Parcel Manager:
Updating water and sewer customer user classifications via assessor parcel
numbers (APNs) and associated business types and land uses.
Easier linking of the latest water consumption data to water and sewer hydraulic
models.
More accurate current and future water usage conservation analysis from
updated customer information.
Greater functionality for running customer account queries.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The total estimated cost for purchase and implementation of the Eden Parcel Manager
software is $18,000. Maintenance fees thereafter are $1,404 per year. In order to
purchase the software, $9,000 will need to be appropriated from both the Water Fund
(account number 51-4-3530-0140) and the Sewer Fund (account number 51-4-3155-
0700) to pay for purchase and implementation of the new software. Annual Eden
Parcel Manager maintenance fees thereafter will be shared between the Water and
Sewer Funds.
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