Agenda Item Name:
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Approval of Use of Reserves and Budget Amendment for Purchase of Election Servers, Software and Equipment.
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Presenter:
Kim A. Barton -Supervisor of Elections
Carl Delesdernier - Chief Deputy -Supervisor of Elections
Kevin Smith - Director of Information and Telecommunication Services (ITS)
Description:
Approval of Use of General Fund Reserves for the Purchase of Election Servers, Software and Equipment.
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Recommended Action:
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Approval to use General Fund reserves in the amount of $85,000 to purchase the Elections server hardware, software and accessories, and approval of attached budget amendment.
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Prior Board Motions:
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None
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Fiscal Consideration:
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The total cost of the new equipment is just under $90,000. Approval of this item provides the use of the General Fund reserves in the amount of $85,000 to purchase servers, software, and accessories; the Supervisor of Elections' budget will cover the balance of the costs.
Excerpt from the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Board Approved Budget Policy:
a. Reserve for contingency requests in the General Fund, Municipal Service Taxing Unit (MSTU) Law Enforcement and Municipal Services Benefit Unit (MSBU) Fire Funds must be approved by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board will use the procedures and evaluation criteria set forth in this, and other policies. Such requests will be evaluated as to the:
i. Urgency of the request.
* The Supervisor of Election must bring election systems within compliance per the State Audit buy November 1, 2023.
ii. Scope of services to be provided.
* This request will finalize all the internal work that could be accomplished to bring system in compliance.
iii. Short and long-term fiscal impact of the request.
* Short term impact as it is a one-time request to utilize reserves.
iv. Potential for alternative methods of funding or providing the service(s).
* Internal work was compl...
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