Commission authorizes cleaning-contract change, approves maintenance cell plan and a GIS laptop purchase

Commissioners authorized administrative steps on facilities and equipment during the Aug. 10 meeting, including terminating the current cleaning contract with a 30-day notice, approving a county-issued maintenance cell phone plan and approving a laptop purchase for the GIS department.

Joshua (speaker S5) reported repeated problems with building cleaning and said the contract contains a 30-day, no-cause termination clause; he recommended giving notice and contacting the next-lowest bidder, J & J Cleaning, to avoid a lapse in service. "So, days would be inserted, and that would be sent off to their... give them 30 days from today's date, which would be September 9," he said. The commission voted to terminate the present contract and authorized Josh to contact J & J.

On equipment, Joshua asked the commission to approve an iPhone plan for maintenance that would replace the stipend for personal-phone use; he said "it would be $36 a month, and the phone would be free." Commissioners approved stopping the personal reimbursement and adopting the county phone plan. Separately, a presenter asked to buy a laptop for the GIS department for $3,236.87 to run mapping software away from a desktop; the commission approved the purchase.