Steele County staff flag expiring MNPrairie IT contract; draft extension would support transition

Aug 12, 2025

IT Director Dave Purscell told commissioners the county's IT agreement with MNPrairie expires at the end of 2025 and presented a draft extension through 2026 that includes transition services to move IT off MNPrairie when the county decides to exit; the Board moved the item to the regular meeting for formal consideration.

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Dave Purscell, identified in the record as Steele County IT director, told the Board that the county's current IT services agreement with MNPrairie will expire at the end of 2025. Purscell presented a draft agreement to extend IT services through 2026 and said the proposed contract explicitly includes services to support a future transition of county IT to another vendor when Steele County exits MNPrairie.

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