diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/UnitMeterReadingBiz.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/UnitMeterReadingBiz.cs
index 866684c7..477031b2 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/UnitMeterReadingBiz.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/UnitMeterReadingBiz.cs
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             ILogger log = AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.CreateLogger<UnitMeterReadingBiz>();
             if (ServerBootConfig.SEEDING || ServerBootConfig.MIGRATING) return;
             log.LogDebug($"HandlePotentialNotificationEvent processing:  [AyaType:{this.BizType}, AyaEvent:{ayaEvent}]");
-
-            await Task.CompletedTask;
+          
             //SPECIFIC EVENTS FOR THIS OBJECT
 
             //UnitMeterReadingMultipleExceeded event         
@@ -222,7 +221,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     var lastMeterReading = await ct.UnitMeterReading.AsNoTracking()
                                                                     .Where(x => x.UnitId == proposedObj.UnitId)
                                                                     .OrderByDescending(z => z.MeterDate)
-                                                                    .Take(1).FirstOrDefaultAsync();
+                                                                    .Skip(1)//because it's already saved this current reading by the time it gets here
+                                                                    .Take(1)
+                                                                    .FirstOrDefaultAsync();
                     long lastReading = 0;
                     if (lastMeterReading != null)
                         lastReading = lastMeterReading.Meter;
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
index dae04d36..15924f1d 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/generator/CoreJobNotify.cs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                     if (ne.EventType == NotifyEventType.CustomerServiceImminent)
                         TranslationKeysToFetch.Add("NotifyEventCustomerServiceImminentMessage");
 
-                    if (ne.DecValue != 0)
+                    if (ne.DecValue != 0 && ne.EventType == NotifyEventType.WorkorderTotalExceedsThreshold)
                     {
                         TranslationKeysToFetch.Add("Total");
                     }
@@ -253,10 +253,16 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                         AgeDisplay = $"({AyaNova.Util.DateUtil.FormatTimeSpan(ageValue, LT["TimeSpanDays"], LT["TimeSpanHours"], LT["TimeSpanMinutes"], LT["TimeSpanSeconds"])})\n";
 
 
-                    //DecValue (only for TheAndy for now workorder exceedsthreshold so not putting a lot of localization effort in; in app will localize properly)
+                    //DecValue
                     string DecDisplay = "";
+                    //could be money or integer depending on typ
                     if (ne.DecValue != 0)
-                        DecDisplay = $"{LT["Total"]}: {ne.DecValue.ToString("N2", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}\n";
+                    {
+                        if (ne.EventType == NotifyEventType.WorkorderTotalExceedsThreshold)
+                            DecDisplay = $"{LT["Total"]}: {ne.DecValue.ToString("N2", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)}\n";
+                        else if (ne.EventType == NotifyEventType.UnitMeterReadingMultipleExceeded)
+                            DecDisplay = $"{System.Convert.ToInt64(ne.DecValue).ToString()}\n";
+                    }
 
                     string subject = "";