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Waldo board approves $4,120 upgrade to aging Mission utility software
Summary
The board authorized a $4,120 upgrade to the Mission utility system after Operator-in-Charge Bruce Neerhof warned the vendor is running the program on a single remaining server and failure could risk data loss; the motion passed unanimously.
The Waldo Water & Sewer Utility Board voted Oct. 14 to approve Synergy Sales & Services' $4,120 quote to upgrade the utility's Mission system after the Operator-in-Charge warned the system is more than 15 years old and stored on a vendor server that might fail.
Operator-in-Charge Bruce Neerhof told the board the vendor maintains the program and that current technology is obsolete; he said only one server holds the information and that a failure would jeopardize the stored data. Trustee Jerome Hammarlund moved to accept the Synergy quote; Trustee Dennis Reinemann seconded and the motion carried.
Why it matters: the Mission system holds operational data essential to daily utility functions; upgrading reduces the risk of data loss and service disruption.
Next steps: the approved quote authorizes the upgrade; the board did not record further contract details or a start date in the minutes.
