Daggett County approves five-year service contract for Dutch John water system

Daggett County commissioners voted to approve a five-year exclusive operations contract with Simply SCADA for the Dutch John Water System and authorized a service order that the minutes describe as a monthly fee of $199.

The commission returned from recess at 11:32 a.m. and resumed a previously opened discussion of the long-term agreement. Speaker 2 told the commission they had reviewed the document and said it allows renegotiation if technical or regulatory standards change and that the draft is an exclusive contract, limiting the county to the vendor until the agreement is terminated. Speaker 4 pointed out the contract cover page lists 'Dutch John Water' as the legal entity and requested the signing page be changed to name 'Daggett County' as the customer; Speaker 2 confirmed the contract currently uses a generic definition of 'customer.'

"Make a motion to approve the contract with Simply SCADA and the service order which will be a monthly fee of a hundred and $99," Speaker 4 said, referencing a five-year term. A second was recorded in the audio but the speaker who seconded is not clearly identified in the transcript. The chair confirmed there was a motion and a second; the record shows three 'Aye' responses and the chair declared the motion carried. The transcript does not explicitly attach individual names to the three affirmative votes recorded at that moment.

Commissioners then moved to a procedural item. The chair asked for a motion to enter closed session for the purpose of "purchase, exchange, or lease of real property." A motion to go into closed session was made and seconded; the subsequent affirmative response includes names read aloud in the record (Matt Tippenese, Randy Yates, Jack Laidle) as part of the roll call. Participants discussed logistical steps to move participants to the closed-session connection.

The record contains minor, inconsistent spellings of the vendor name (appears as "Simply SCADA" and later as variants such as "Simpliscata"). This article follows the transcript's most frequent rendering, "Simply SCADA," and notes the alternate renderings in the record.

No statutes, ordinances, or additional contract exhibits were cited in the public discussion captured in the transcript. The commission instructed staff to initial and sign the agreement if the motion passed; the transcript does not record further implementation details or the location of the executed contract in the public record. The body then prepared to switch to the closed-session link.