Macomb County committees advance contracts, grants and studies to full board; veterans report received

Macomb County’s joint Internal Services and Health and Human Services committees voted unanimously Tuesday to move a slate of departmental contracts, budget amendments and grant awards to the full Board of Commissioners and received a quarterly veterans services report.

The committees advanced technology and facilities contracts — including a Tyler Technologies upgrade for the county jury-room system, ongoing Cisco and Trace3 maintenance, and a design and electrical contract amendment for Service Center Phase 3 — as well as planning and social-service grants and studies for housing, water affordability, shelter diversion and weatherization.

Why it matters: The items forwarded will be considered by the full board for final approval and include capital and operating spending, grant acceptance, and planning work that county staff say will affect courthouse operations, county facilities, veterans services and assistance programs for residents facing utility or housing instability.

County IT and courthouse technology

The committees moved to the full board a $90,315 contract to upgrade the jury-room enterprise platform with Tyler Technologies. Jayco, an Information Technology presenter, told commissioners the contract is needed to execute a new Jury Room Enterprise Platform and to upgrade security features; $73,450 is already built into the 2025 jury-room budget and the presenter said the committees were asked to use $16,865 from the capital improvement plan for the remainder.

On routine infrastructure maintenance, the committee advanced a multivendor maintenance item that includes Cisco licensing support and maintenance for Trace3 PowerMax storage arrays. Jayco described the Cisco line as “the underlying support for our County phone system,” adding the county uses Cisco VoIP desk phones and an application called Jabber for mobile and remote use.

Facilities upgrades and data-site work

Facilities & Operations staff presented a $168,810 contract amendment to the 2021 design contract for the Service Center Phase 3 site electrical upgrades. Ben, Facilities & Operations staff, said the change reflects new needs identified as the county plans to move a secondary data site into the…