County staff detail steep rise in IT and contractual service bills; Motorola maintenance alone $57,000

Pete (Speaker 10) walked commissioners through itemized technology and maintenance costs driving big increases in the county's contractual-services lines, listing recurring fees such as a $57,000 annual Motorola maintenance agreement and other support contracts for jail cameras, backups and software. “Our annual maintenance fee is $57,000,” Pete said while enumerating the county's public-safety and administrative IT obligations.

Commissioners asked whether any of the contracts or support functions could be consolidated or handled in-house to reduce recurring costs. Staff tallied contractual services and computer maintenance year-to-date at approximately $1,931,064.42 and agreed to follow up on whether efficiencies or shared agreements could be identified.