Monroe County election equipment contract OK'd--with background checks added

At their regular meeting this past Thursday, Monroe County commissioners approved a new two-year contract with B&L IT Services for election-related technical work, handling deployment and setup of voting machines, with a total amount of $350,000.

For 2025, a year when no elections are held, costs are limited to $100,000 and will cover regular maintenance, testing of voting machines, any approved upgrades. In 2026, which includes a midterm election, costs can go up to $250,000.

Even though agreement between B&L and the county government has been in place for several years for the same kind of work, Thursday’s meeting marked a second hiccup on the path to approval by commissioners this year.

The first hiccup came in mid-April, when commissioners balked at putting a storage contract for election equipment in B&L’s name, as a part of the contract expense. They put off approval until the storage contract issue was sorted out.



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