Collector's office to buy updated currency verification and scanning equipment for $21,002

Platte County commissioners on Sept. 22 approved a purchase of Jaguar deposit and currency-discriminator equipment for the collector's office, which the presenter said will add redundancy and maintain counterfeit-detection capability.

Becky Dye, chief deputy collector speaking on behalf of Collector Sheila Palmer, explained the office has used the Jaguar system since 2012 to scan checks and convert them to electronic images as part of deposits and payment processing. She said the office has four currency discriminators purchased in 2019 whose firmware will soon be outdated; the updated equipment will serve as a secondary system to prevent interruptions. Dye said the total budgeted impact is $21,001.73 and that the purchase will be paid from the collector's tax maintenance fund; county counselor Rob Redman and county auditor Kevin Robinson reviewed and certified the item.

The motion to approve the purchase agreement (2025-CO-134) passed on a 3-0 roll call. The transcript records no further implementation timeline or vendor contract details beyond the purchase approval.