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Household Import

Bring your utility register. Bloomz turns it into households and residents.

Your register stays the system of record. Bloomz adds the actions around it.

The household roster import takes a spreadsheet export of your utility or parcel register, with columns such as parcel number, service address, water and electric meters, owner and contacts, and turns each parcel into a household. Bloomz runs the import with your clerk, who reviews a preview before anything is saved. Fort Meade's own register has been through it.

Preview firstOne household per parcelMulti-unit parcels splitSafe to re-runNeighborhoods auto-placedRun with your clerk
City of Fort MeadeHousehold Import · Upload the register
fort-meade-utility-register.csv8 rows
How the columns are read
Your columnBecomes
Parcel #Household reference
AddressHousehold address
Water Meter, Electric MeterMeter details on the household
OwnerOwner of record
Primary Contact, Phone, EmailThe resident
Reads the file as the city already keeps it. No reformatting.

Use the utility or parcel register the city already has.

Step 1 of 3: Upload the register
Illustrative screens with demo data
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A preview before anything changes

The first run is a dry run. It shows header problems with did-you-mean suggestions, and a plan for every row: whether it creates or updates a household, the role it infers and the reason. Rows with a problem are listed with the cause, such as a missing parcel number, a missing address, an invalid email or phone, or a parcel conflict. Nothing is saved until you apply.

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Header check with suggestions: did you mean this column
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A plan for every row: create or update, with the reason
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Problems named: missing parcel, address or contact; invalid email or phone
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Safe to re-run: running it again does not duplicate households
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One household per parcel

Each parcel becomes a household, and a multi-unit parcel becomes one household per unit. The primary and secondary contacts become residents in an Imported status, and no invitation is sent during the import, so you invite people when you are ready. Meters, owner and account number are kept on the household. Owner, renter or landlord is inferred and can be edited.

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Parcel and unit aware: multi-unit parcels split by unit
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Contacts imported, invites later: nothing is sent during the import
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Meters and owner on the household: kept as fields
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Roles inferred, editable: owner, renter or landlord
City of Fort MeadeNeighborhood Maps · Import boundaries
Import boundaries
fort-meade-neighborhoods.geojson
GeoJSON or KML
5 neighborhoods found
You can also draw each boundary by hand on the map.
NorthwestNortheastDowntownSouthwestSoutheast

Upload GeoJSON or KML, or draw each boundary by hand.

Step 1 of 3: Import boundaries
Illustrative screens with demo data
03

Placed in a neighborhood, ready for the app

Imported residents are placed in neighborhoods from their addresses, so alerts and challenges work from the first day. Water and electric meters become service accounts for payments only when that option is turned on with City Payments. A file can hold up to 2,000 rows.

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Neighborhoods auto-placed: from the address
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Existing addresses kept: a later file does not overwrite an address already on record
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Service accounts are optional: only with City Payments switched on
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Up to 2,000 rows: per import
2,000
rows per import
A larger register is split across more than one file.
Questions we hear

Common questions

Can our clerk upload the file in the app?

Bloomz staff run the import with your clerk during onboarding. Your clerk reviews the preview and approves the apply.

Are residents emailed during the import?

No. Contacts are imported with no invitation. You invite residents when you are ready.

What does the file need?

A spreadsheet export with a parcel number and a service address. Meters, owner and contacts make it richer.

Does a later file update addresses?

No. The address already on record is kept.

Keep exploring

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Every fee, permit and statement in one ledger, with no per-resident charges.
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