Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the It And Finance Contracts topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Commissioners approve Comtech invoices as county transitions to Edmonds system
Summary
The board approved payment of two Comtech invoices—including main support/maintenance and cloud-storage fees—while staff outlined the county's transition timeline to Edmonds and noted higher 2025 charges compared with prior years.
Montgomery County commissioners approved payment for Comtech services covering the 2025–2026 license year while staff described a phased transition to the Edmonds system.
County staff said prior-year Comtech charges were about $95,613 in 2023 and $89,731 in 2024; the invoice received for 2025 totaled $112,001.64. Staff said the increase includes a roughly $23,004.13 charge tied to the accounts-payable/financial implementation work and that the invoice is split into two separate items: annual system support and cloud services. "The contract is from 04/01/2025 to March 31 of 26," the county administrator said, and staff told commissioners they expect to finish the switch to Edmonds by next spring.
Commissioners approved payment of the annual support and system application invoice (invoice number referenced in the packet) and separately approved the cloud-services invoice. The motion to pay the support and maintenance invoice was moved and seconded and recorded as approved. The second motion to pay $32,500 for cloud services was moved, seconded and approved; one commissioner recorded a dissenting vote, and commissioners discussed that the cloud charge had risen from about $26,000 in recent years to the current amount.
Staff said the county expects to roll out Edmonds in phases: financial/accounts-payable work (phase 1) beginning in September, phase 2 around mid-January and phase 3 roughly 60 days later in mid-March. Staff also said some Comtech-hosted data and historical records will need to be transferred to Edmonds for continuity and that the county would keep Comtech active through the transition if necessary. The administrator said that even if Comtech charges felt high, the county requires the Comtech system through the transition because it currently hosts payroll, tax administration, neighborhood revitalization records, and other financial systems.
Commissioners asked staff to review the invoice breakdown and to discuss fees with Comtech where appropriate; staff said they would pull prior invoices for comparison and speak with the vendor. The transcript shows two separate motions and votes to approve the vendor payments as presented in the packet.
