.PAYMENTS– After a number of months of problems with its own utility billing program, the urban area of Billings has actually hired an independent organization to examine the city’s utility billing system.Minneapolis, Minnesota-based professional SL-serco Inc. are going to get to function following week analyzing non commercial meters. The objective is to see to it that non commercial utility expenses are actually accurate.The company provides services for electrical consulting and also has actually been actually providing services like this for 60 years.Billings City Supervisor Chris Kukulski said the review ought to take approximately 90 times as well as will definitely cost regarding $75,000 along with funds arising from the area’s power funds.Alina Hauter/MTN Headlines.Urban Area of Billings City Manager Chris Kukulski.SL-serco Inc.
are going to choose accounts randomly to audit and also will inspect every portion of the billing process.” Our company’re comfortable that any individual inaccuracies we located have been definitely pertaining to software program miscalculations,” pointed out Kukulski Saturday. “This are going to offer our company that option, if there is just about anything incorrect in the unit, that it may be identified, as well as it can be corrected, and also if there isn’t, they’ll offer that independent evaluation.” The metropolitan area’s contract with the organization will run through January 31. The lookings for will be disclosed at a public meeting.Kukulski said that if the analysis exposes that an additional company is in charge of any sort of inaccuracies, the metropolitan area is going to go after a remedy.