County OKs energy contracts, IT services and Code Red renewal

The Madison County Board on April 21 authorized multiple vendor contracts and renewals intended to cover facility utilities, IT staffing and emergency notifications.

The Buildings & Facilities and Finance committees recommended renewal of 24-month natural gas and electric supply contracts for county facilities. The board approved supplier options following committee recommendation and amendments to allow multiple supplier proposals.

The County also authorized a professional services contract with Sierra ITS for network administrator services for the Information Technology department, a not-to-exceed amount of $76,440. The contract was presented by the IT Committee and approved by the full board.

For emergency communications, the board renewed the Code Red Weather Warning Service and On-Demand Notification service (Onsolve, LLC) for May 17, 2021–May 16, 2022 at a contract price of $56,250, to be paid from Emergency Management administrative funds.

All contracts were adopted by roll call with no recorded no votes and will be administered by the respective county departments.