Upgrade to water meter system approved by council

The Pine Bluffs Town Council, after listening to a presentation by the Tom McDonough, town's maintenance supervisor, voted to upgrade the current method of reading water and electric meters every month.

The cost is estimated to be $322,512.67, which is below the original $350,000 budgeted for the Electric Meter Project and approved as part of the 2012 Specific Purpose Option Tax.

Water meters, when the upgrade is completed, will no longer be read at the source by a town employee. Instead be read at Town Hall by employees there. The upgraded system will allow the Town of Pine Bluffs to connect...