Sunbury City reviews phone-system quotes and braces for potential $162,000 hit if vendor reclaims equipment

Sunbury City officials spent the meeting on Tuesday reviewing vendor quotes to replace the city’s phone system, clarifying pricing language, and assessing the financial impact if the incumbent IT provider reclaims hardware.

Nate, a representative of the vendor InnoTech who joined the meeting by phone, told the group the line labeled "security deposit" on the quotes is a one-time down payment applied to the total cost rather than an additional, nonrefundable fee. "It's basically... the down payment to the total funds. You get that one time," Nate said, adding he would send revised invoices with clearer wording so the city has documentation showing the amount is applied to the total purchase.

Council members confirmed specific figures on the record: one phone-system quote read aloud during the meeting totaled $9,463.60 as a…