neptune technologies representatives and systems and software, that provided the billing system, but they refused to comment. amman says there is no evidence those companies are at fault but he says the company that installed the meters should be held accountable. that company is based in atlanta, which teamed up with another firm in pennsylvania to carry out the $40 million installation contract. valentino bates is khafra s president. for the three years that we worked on that project, we satisfied all concerns with respect to that contract. reporter: so you think a successful contract including 1% of the meters not operating properly? and those 1% were fixed prior to our leaving and turning over the warrant to the city. reporter: so you are saying right now all of your meters are installed properly? yes, ma am.