David Billips, director of Westfield Department of Public Works
WESTFIELD – The Legislative and Ordinance sub committee voted 3-0 to approve a resolution of the City Council and the City of Westfield authorizing an intergovernmental agreement with the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission for space at the Provin Mountain Reservoir facility for placement of antenna, microwave, dishes and related equipment for the new municipal radio system and automatic water meter reading system.
Department of Public Works Director David Billips said the Water Commission had just approved the resolution earlier in the evening. He said the placement of equipment will allow the city to have full coverage for the new water meters.
Billips said the cost, which is initially estimated at $60,000, would come out of the $4 million bond that was previously approved by the City Council in 2016. Billips said the new meters will save the city “tens of thousands of dollars,” by helping to locate 300 million gallons of unaccounted water usage a year.
