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Board schedules emergency meeting to consider $106,330 server purchase after price lock warning
Summary
Board member Aaron Wilhelm flagged an unplanned server purchase needing emergency approval; a quote totaled $106,330 for two servers, with a 10-day price lock and an alternative Dell option at about $82,000 each available only in mid-July.
During the board comments section, Aaron Wilhelm raised an item not on the agenda about purchasing two servers for county needs and said the purchase must be treated as an emergency to be authorized. The quote discussed was $53,165 per server for a total of $106,330. Wilhelm said the county had not budgeted the purchase at the time of the Budget & Finance meeting and that State's Attorney advice indicated an emergency declaration would be required.
A QNS employee, Adam L., provided pricing context and a short supply-chain update: "They are $82,000.00 each and they don’t have the parts in stock and if they did, it would be July 17 before they could get them to us. Adam mentioned the price quoted is locked in for 10 days." The board agreed to schedule an emergency meeting early the following week to consider the purchase before the 10-day price lock expired.
