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Commission renews veterans services MOU; state to cover software licenses
Summary
Sumner County approved renewal of the veterans services memorandum of understanding; the new agreement includes the state paying software licenses for the county’s case-management system, representing a local cost saving, according to the presenter.
Sumner County commissioners approved a five-year renewal of the county’s veterans services memorandum of understanding May 5, with one substantive change: the state will cover software licenses for a new Tennessee Veterans Benefit System, county staff said.
During the veterans services presentation, the presenter said the county recently resolved two cases that eliminated about $100,000 in debt owed to the federal Department of Veterans Affairs and highlighted several walk-in cases where staff helped veterans with technical issues. The presenter said May 5 was the first day the office used the new Tennessee Veterans Benefit System and that staff were still “plugging and playing” as they adapted to the software.
Mister Jones, who presented the report, said the five-year renewal is routine and that the primary new provision is in paragraph 4(a), which places responsibility for software licensing with the state. “The state is now paying our software licenses for this management software that we’re starting to use,” Jones told commissioners, adding that the change “represents a cost savings to the government in terms of software licensing.”
Commissioners had no substantive questions and approved the renewal by voice vote.
The renewal will keep the county’s veterans services office accredited to state requirements but does not represent a new program beyond the software license change, the presenter said.
