Commissioners approve Tech 84 body‑scanner service agreement after costly repairs cited

Paula Wharton presented a recommendation to sign a service agreement for the Tech 84 body scanner used by county operations. She told the board the machine is approaching six years in service and that a recent servicing had a minimum cost estimate of $6,000; she said some replacement parts now range from about $6,000 to $20,000, making the service agreement prudent to maintain reliability.

Wharton said she had forwarded the changes requested by the county attorney's office to the vendor and that she would verify the contract includes those changes before signing. She said the cost would be covered from user fees rather than the general fund.

A commissioner moved to approve the agreement; a second was made and the board voted to approve the measure. No dollar figure for the agreement itself was provided in the discussion recorded at the meeting.