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Stark County approves five-year leased phone system, authorizes initial $36,200 expenditure
Summary
The Stark County Commission on Dec. 2 voted to lease a new countywide phone system under a five-year contract and authorized an initial outlay of $36,200 to cover first-year and setup costs; commissioners debated networking, cloud options and long‑term costs before approving the amended motion.
The Stark County Commission voted Dec. 2 to enter a five-year lease for a countywide phone system and authorized an initial expenditure of $36,200 to cover setup and first‑year costs.
Jeremiah Kirkpatrick, the county IT coordinator, presented four vendor options from Consolidated, including an in‑house purchase, a lease with full networking, a lease stand‑alone vertical‑wave system and a cloud-hosted option. Kirkpatrick said the leased vertical‑wave stand‑alone option offered resiliency and vendor-maintained…
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