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Commissioners move to tighten contract renewals, cut recurring IT payments and centralize contract records
Summary
Bonner County commissioners voted to require departments to submit contract renewals at least 90 days before expiry, discontinue a $5,000 monthly IT consulting payment that lacked a signed contract, and adopt centralized storage and annual review requirements for county contracts and licenses.
The Bonner County Board of County Commissioners voted to change how the county handles contract renewals and recurring vendor payments after a multiweek review prompted by an expensive software renewal and several recurring payments that lacked signed contracts.
Jacob Storms, Bonner County technology staff, told commissioners the county had been facing a high-cost Adobe Acrobat renewal; technology found it could retain needed features for critical offices (prosecutor and sheriff) via Adobe while shifting many users to a lower-cost product (Foxit), reducing the county's overall cost. "Foxit will cost us about $9,400 and then there'll be $5,000 for the…
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