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County moves toward centralizing IT purchasing; commissioners debate pulling data‑processing budgets into IT

5770445 · September 12, 2025
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Summary

County leaders reviewed a cross‑department inventory of data‑processing hardware, software and services and discussed whether to centralize those budgets under the IT department to avoid duplication and improve procurement oversight.

County Administrator Jeff Taylor and IT staff briefed commissioners Sept. 11 on about $1.0 million in data‑processing hardware, software and services currently budgeted across departments and recommended further centralization under the county IT budget.

Taylor said some departments had already been provided quotes and that the IT office had worked with offices (prosecutor, sheriff, treasurer and others) to identify hardware…

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