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Board approves multiple invoices, withholds $114,395 contractor payment; OKs $173,040 purchase of new election equipment
Summary
Supervisors approved a transfer and a set of invoices, voted not to authorize final payment to Stronghold Industries while issues remain, and approved purchasing new voting equipment and precinct touchpads totaling $173,040 with a multi-year payment plan.
At its May 27 meeting the Jackson County Board of Supervisors approved an operating transfer, authorized payment of several invoices related to the law enforcement center project, voted to withhold a final $114,395 invoice to Stronghold Industries pending further action, and approved a purchase of new voting equipment and precinct touchpads.
The board approved Resolution 1119 to transfer $34,736.89 from the Secondary Road 300 Eighth Street assessment fund (20001) to the Secondary Road fund (20000). The board then approved a set of law-enforcement-center invoices totaling $7,002.50 for vendors including Midwest Construction Consultants, Bill Booth Builders, Kraus Plumbing and Heating, Geisler Brothers, Rock River Electric Inc., Midwest Auto Fire and Sprinkler, Macopodal Lumber and AT Disposal and accepted the project cost recap for work completed as of April 15, 2025.
Board members debated a $114,395 final invoice from Stronghold Industries for the law enforcement center. After discussion about incomplete or untimely work responses and the desire for better completion, a motion was made and carried to not authorize payment of that invoice at this time; the board said it would keep the item on the agenda for further direction.
On elections technology, the board approved a purchase from Henry M. Adkins & Sons Inc. for 14 Unisyn/Unison Freedom Vote scanners and 14 Freedom Vote tablets plus 34 10x Precinct Central touchpads, including delivery, setup and training, at a combined cost of $173,040. The auditor’s office explained a proposed payment schedule that would split payments over several fiscal years, with $60,000 planned for payment in the current fiscal year (FY25) and the remainder paid in FY26–FY28 under the plan discussed by the auditor.
All motions on invoices, the Stronghold withholding, the resolution, and the equipment purchase passed by voice vote.
