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Commission directs IT to estimate cost to convert assessor data into readable format
Summary
Sumner County commissioners directed the county IT department to determine whether assessor data can be parsed in‑house and to provide a man‑hour and timeline estimate after debate over a vendor quote.
Sumner County commissioners voted to ask the county IT director to determine whether assessor data now held by a service provider can be converted into a readable, searchable format and to return an estimate of required time and resources.
At issue was a vendor quote that commissioners described during discussion as costly. Commissioners and staff said the dataset appears to be in a SQL database and could likely be parsed into a usable export (such as Excel or a structured database) for county use. One commissioner said the vendor’s $37,000 quote — and a separate $6,000 option to convert PDFs — appeared excessive for the work described, and county IT staff indicated they believed the parsing could be done in‑house with open‑source tools.
The motion directed the IT director to answer three questions: whether IT can parse the dataset to a reasonable, usable format; what man‑hour estimate would be required to complete the work if feasible; and what, if any, software or license purchases would be necessary. The committee voted to suspend rules for questions of staff and to have the county IT director report back.
Ending: The committee kept the item under old business pending the IT department’s estimate and a follow‑up report to the commission.
