County moves to replace environmental health software; board approves proceeding

An agency official told the board the county's current environmental health software is "sun setting," and staff have chosen a replacement they want to contract for as soon as possible.

"Our current contract only goes through within a year, and it is sunsetting at the end of next year," the official said, urging a prompt signing so the county can begin using the new system. The official said the purchase will be funded from "TCHD admin and solid waste funds." The transcript records the abbreviation "TCHD" but does not expand it.

The chair asked whether the county would face an ongoing yearly cost for the service; the official answered that there would be a recurring annual cost and that the expense is expected to be split between administrative and solid-waste funds. "You'll have a yearly cost for that program," the chair said.

Following that exchange, a motion was called to proceed. The clerk conducted a roll-call style vote; the transcript records No votes from Longfellow and Mittel and Yes votes from Harris, Hopkins, Jocelyn, Milo, Mingus, Nones, Phillips, Rich Simpson, Nicole and Schneider. The precise motion text is not included in the transcript. Based on the recorded responses, the motion carried.

The meeting record in the transcript does not include the full procurement resolution text, the vendor name, the contract length, or a detailed budget line-by-line; those items were not specified during the recorded discussion. The official indicated staff had obtained quotes and selected what they believe is "the best software for us moving forward."

Next steps discussed in the session were limited to signing the contract and proceeding with implementation; the transcript does not record a timetable for rollout or assign implementation responsibilities.