Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Contractor shall read the meters in accordance with written schedules and maps supplied by the City. Such schedules will provide for the reading of meters from specified routes (or parts thereof) at regular intervals. The same routes or parts of routes shall be read on a regular schedule with a certain number of routes to be read each week. The reading of water meters shall consist of; accessing the water meter, raising or lifting the lid of the meter box (small metal flap), raising the small metal cover-plate on the meter, wiping any dust or dirt accumulated since the prior reading, reading the numerical readout on the meter, imputing the reading into the electronic handheld device or writing down the number for future input into electronic handheld device, replacing the small metal coverplate on the meter and closing the meter box lid. In most instances the contractor will be required to bend down and in some cases get down on their hands and knees to read a meter. The reading of electric and gas meters shall consist of inputting the reading into an electronic hand held device. The City currently uses Itron devices to collect the meter reading and to input them into their billing software. All daily reading and other assignments shall originate and be dispatched from the Finance Department at Henderson City Hall, located at 222 First Street, Henderson, Kentucky. When reading meters, the Contractor shall check for and record obvious meter malfunctions and damages to the meter or the meter box or lid and report same to the City.