The Brown County Commissioners authorized a three-year renewal of a LexisNexis legal-research subscription and granted the district judge authority to sign the contract. District Judge Mike Smith told the court that the county shifted from Westlaw to LexisNexis several years ago because of cost, that the subscription covers roughly 12 authorized users across county legal offices, that charges rise slightly each year, and that the current renewal will run for three years.

Judge Mike Smith said the county had paid roughly $14.66 per month in an early year, then $15.25 and $15.86 in successive years, and that the fourth year would go to $16.66; he said the county would shop vendors again at the end of the term. The judge requested authority to sign the renewal so the service would be in place by February.

Speaker 5 moved to approve the LexisNexis contract and authorized Judge Smith to sign the paperwork. The motion carried by voice without a recorded roll-call tally in the transcript.

The transcript spells the vendor inconsistently ("Lexus" or "Lexus Nexus"); the correct vendor name is LexisNexis and the article uses that spelling. The renewal was described as county-funded and allocated across county attorney, assistant attorneys, the district attorney's office, judges and indigent defense staff.