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Bannock County approves another telephone-audit engagement with Spyglass
Summary
County IT requested authorization to re-engage Spyglass for a telephone- and mobile-bill audit; commissioners approved the chair signing the contract. The vendor charges only if savings are found; prior audit costs were about $1,200.
Bannock County commissioners on June 17 authorized the county chair to sign a contract allowing Spyglass to perform a telephone- and mobile-billing audit for county communications services.
The work was requested by Adam McKinney, chief technical officer in the county’s information technology office, who told commissioners Spyglass has run similar audits for the county in past years and has identified savings. McKinney said the firm does not charge the county if no savings are found and that a previous audit cost the county roughly $1,200.
The audit will focus on wireline telephone utilization with the county’s CenturyLink account and on cellular billing, including Verizon accounts. McKinney said the consultant looks for underused or redundant lines and inactive cell phones that are still billed, citing an earlier finding of low‑use phones that were unused for years. He said the county ran a similar audit about three years ago.
A commissioner moved to approve the chair to sign the Spyglass contract; commissioners responded “aye” and the motion was approved. The motion text in the record was: “we approve the chair to sign the spyglass contract for phone lines.” The transcript does not record an individual roll call of yes/no votes.
Commission discussion was limited to clarifying the contract and the vendor’s fee model. McKinney said the county’s legal office had reviewed the contract and raised no objections.
No specific timeline or budget appropriation for the audit was stated in the meeting record.
