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Commissioners table B&L IT Services election contract after dispute over vendor-held storage of election equipment

3085302 · April 22, 2025
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Summary

After questions about a storage lease for election equipment being placed in a vendor’s name rather than in the county’s name, the Board of Commissioners on April 17 voted to table renewal of a B&L IT Services election-support agreement until May 1.

Monroe County commissioners voted 3-0 on April 17 to table consideration of a renewal with B&L IT Services, LLC for election support and related services after questions surfaced about a storage-unit lease for election equipment being placed in a private contractor’s name.

Clerk’s office staff explained the storage unit contains election supplies and equipment — not voting machines themselves — and that the vendor had historically managed inventory and given county staff access. When the lease came up for renewal the…

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