THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KINCARDINE
Committee of the Whole Agenda

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Electronic Meeting


The Committee of the Whole (C O W) meeting of the Council of The Corporation of the Municipality of Kincardine will be called to Order at ____ p.m. on January 15, 2020 electronically in the Council Chambers at the Municipal Administration Centre.

The Kincardine Water Treatment Plant (KWTP) requires a capital upgrade to the dialer alarm system in 2021. The current system is causing issues and staff are concerned about impacts failure could impose and are therefore seeking pre-budget approval from Council to permit replacement now. Staff feel the use of SCADA technology at our sites to monitor operations, collect data and to simplify operations is a necessity. We have several sites that have SCADA technology installed and functioning, however on a remote level. This results in staff having to visit each site to understand how they are functioning and to physically pull data from each site for monitoring and reporting purposes. Integrating the sites advanced with SCADA technology will further support staff and allow our sites and operations to evolve to present methods. The Municipality utilizes DataSoft Solutions for their SCADA services and are requesting Council permit direct purchase through them for the necessary upgrades.

The 2020 capital budget included projects to replace the forcemain and upgrade the pump station for the Huron Terrace catchment. BMROSS has completed the preliminary design and is working towards final designs for the Huron Terrace Pumping station upgrades. The upgrades are planned for tender in the first quarter of 2021 with construction to commence soon after to support the Forcemain project upgrades. The final design solution results in a budgetary increase. The 2020 capital budget approved a project value of $2.2 million; the final scope planned increases the budget to $3 million inclusive of engineering. Staff are requesting Council approve the budget increase as part of the 2021 budget deliberations to enable the project to proceed with the design completed.

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    THAT this COW adjourn at