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Commission raises questions about Wayne County's Oracle —Connect 43— project as managed-services contracts come back for approval

Wayne County Commission · January 9, 2026
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Summary

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.

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.

Mike Jamieson, Connect 43 project director, told the commission the managed-services contracts are intended to "bridge" the…

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