Platte County Commission approves vendor portal, equipment lease, legal contract and trail encroachment

Platte County Commission on Monday, March 3, 2025, voted unanimously to approve four business items: a change order to the county’s accounting software for a vendor self-service module, a four-year lease for a copier/printer/scanner, a contract for outside legal services to respond to a complaint before the Human Rights Commission, and an encroachment agreement with Evergy for the Brush Creek Trail’s Thousand Oaks connector.

The actions, taken at the commission’s regular meeting that began at 10 a.m., were routine approvals presented by county staff and passed on voice roll calls recorded as 3-0.

Kevin Robinson, Platte County auditor, described a change order to the county’s contract with Tyler Technologies that would add a vendor self-service module to the county’s accounting system. Robinson said the module allows vendors to register and maintain their own banking and contact information and shortens a current manual verification process that takes about two weeks.

Robinson said the recurring cost is $5,700 per year and there is a one-time setup fee of $7,200; he added the county has some implementation…