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Ellis County authorizes Tyler Technologies SaaS agreement in bundled deal aimed at reducing future costs

Ellis County Commission · January 21, 2026
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Summary

After a multi-department presentation, the commission authorized a bundled Tyler Technologies service agreement that moves dispatch, records and jail management to a cloud-based enterprise product. County staff said the approved PO matches 2026 budgeted funds ($348,076) and that bundling the jail product with other modules reduces management fees overall.

The Ellis County Commission on Jan. 20 authorized a software-as-a-service agreement with Tyler Technologies and approved PO 79 84 in the amount of $348,076 to transition several public-safety systems from on-premise servers to a cloud-based enterprise platform.

Communications Director Jeff Ridgeway said Tyler plans to phase out on-premise support for legacy products and that the county’s server hardware was at end-of-life; the agreement presented covered the 2026 service amount the commission had…

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