Warren County's committee voted July 31 to amend its existing contract with integration vendor Jitterbit to add an optional artificial-intelligence tool and to increase contractual authority to cover potential licensing costs.
Staff said the county has a five-year contract with Jitterbit that originally totaled about $120,000; the proposed amendment raises the ceiling to roughly $140,000 to cover optional licensing in the final two years if the county elects to continue. The vendor is offering a first-year trial of an AI tool for $2,500 with no long-term commitment; if the county uses the tool and finds it useful, subsequent years would cost approximately $10,000 per year for the remaining two-year option period. Committee members described the amendment as a conservative step to explore efficiencies without hiring additional staff.
Jeremy, who spoke for IT, said Jitterbit is the county's integration and automation backbone supporting roughly 80 internal applications used across departments and enterprise systems. He said in-house development using the platform can be less expensive than buying multiple department-specific vendor systems. Committee members asked for a follow-up summary showing concrete examples of how AI might save staff time; staff agreed to provide an update after initial use.
The motion to amend the contract and approve the trial passed by voice vote. Committee members requested periodic reports on demonstrated efficiencies if the county proceeds beyond the trial.