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Century To Install $19K Water Meter At Prison To Increase Billings
March 8, 2017
The Florida Department of Corrections is underpaying Century for water at the local prison due to a “slow” meter, according to Century officials. And the town is going to spend over $19,000 in hopes of recouping their losses.
Water superintendent Alicia Jernigan told the town council that the water meter at the Century Correctional Institution is running about seven percent slower than it should.
She presented the council with three quotes obtained by phone for a new water meter, with the council approving her recommendation of a $19,040 meter. The cost of the meter does not include installation.
Jernigan said the town will recoup its cost for the water meter over the period of about one year with more accurate billing to the Department of Corrections.
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13 Responses to “Century To Install $19K Water Meter At Prison To Increase Billings”
Century spends tax dollars to recoup tax dollars from the state. Sounds as wasteful as the City suing the county with our tax dollars.
ECUA had to take over Century wastewater because lack of needed repair when the prison was built Century got a new wastewater plant and took back over. Now from lake of maintenance Century wants state and fed. tax payers to bail them out again.
The cost of the meter does not include installation. the city workers are all ready paid. if they are not putting in the new meter what are they doing? even with one less worker they could get help from CCI.
If it is true that CCI is in Central Water Work’s franchise service area, it’s time for the state department of corrections to negotiate a water deal with the franchise area provider and turn-off the water from Century. Then CCI should “fee” Century for its water tower that’s on prison property.
If the truth be told Century CI is NOT in the Town of Century’s water franchise (it is in Central Water Works Franchise). The Town did some wheeling and dealing (and a bit of hustling,) back went Century CI was being built. Just saying they might NOT have gotten quite the deal they finagled!
Since when did expecting someone to pay for ALL the water they use become “milking a cash cow”?
If it takes about a year to recoup the cost of meter, then the prison water bill is about $275,000 per year.
Just wondering out loud. Who is the supplier of this 20K water meter? How did they find this supplier? Who is the supplier related to?
I really do not understand the reasoning behind Century supplying utilities to the prison. It would seem to me the benefit of the amount of revenue for the billing of the services is not near what it costs to provide the infrastructure, labor, EPA requirement treatment of sewage water etc. Escambia County getsthe revenue for the property tax, not Century
I believe a long hard look needs to be taken at this arrangement as they look into the cost of doing business with CCI.
Perhaps if the are ready have ECUA come into to these talks.
This is an opinion as I have not looked at the budget and cost associated with this. Perhaps when the CCI was built this was a good idea.
And seriously what would it take to make the prison part of the town and get that tax base instead of it going to the county treasury?
The prison could even run it’s own waste treatment plant probably.
I wonder if the actual citizen of Century suffer by not having their water lines or meters undated and billing practices modernized by this drain. There are new people in place, looking hard at things, particularly with the rate increase coming up and the focus on the failing infrastructure.
These are just ideas that I keep having as I look at the bigger picture. I realize my way of thinking may not be practical.
Why not add 7% to the bill? Call it a “convience fee” like the DMV.
Wow that seems to expensive.. there’s no way it should cost almost 20k to swap that out .. get more prices from other contractors is what they should do or try to recalibrate the existing meter . Just supply the materials and have the inmates put it in
Keep milking that cash cow till Century discovers that the prison is a bull. Can you say no more “free” labor from the prison for the town?
Can they “speed up” the old one? Repair or recalibrate or maintain it? That sounds very expensive.