Adams County discusses charging cities for IT labor, seeks insurer answer on network coverage

Jul 28, 2025

County officials discussed amending interlocal agreements to charge partner towns and fire departments for IT labor and mileage, agreed on a user-based proration method in principle, and said they will ask Travelers whether its cyber insurance would cover outside users on the county network.

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Adams County commissioners on Tuesday discussed adding a labor-and-mileage charge to existing interlocal agreements that let towns and certain agencies use county IT services. Commissioners and staff said the county would prorate IT labor costs by the number of users each entity places on the network and said the change likely could not be implemented until the 2027 budget year because municipalities are already preparing 2026 budgets.

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