Commission raises questions about Wayne County's Oracle —Connect 43— project as managed-services contracts come back for approval
Jan 9, 2026
Commissioners approved four retroactive Oracle managed-services contracts intended as bridge agreements for the county's Connect 43 enterprise systems, but they pressed staff for a committee briefing on the project's timeline, total costs and reasons for repeated extensions.
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The Wayne County Commission voted to approve four retroactive cooperative agreements with Oracle America to maintain and optimize the county's enterprise systems while leaders finalize longer-term amendments for the Connect 43 project. The contracts cover the budgetary planning system (EPM), enterprise resource planning (ERP) financials, and the human capital management (HCM) payroll environment; the four managed-services agreements together were described as totaling roughly $301,000 to bridge services through April.
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