The Monroe County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 14 approved a service agreement with Forte (formerly AVI) to repair microphone and audio-mixer systems in a small courtroom and also adopted a resolution declaring technical equipment from the Technical Services Department as surplus.

Technical Services staff reported recurring failures in a mixer system for one of the smaller courtrooms and said the vendor under the new name Forte will perform repairs. The board approved a service agreement for $31,144.73 from the 2023 GO Bond fund for audio repairs in courtrooms.

The county also approved Resolution 2025-34 to surplus a large volume of aging IT equipment to make room for upgraded county devices and to comply with PC-refresh efforts. Technical Services said much of the identified equipment consists of incomplete units cannibalized for parts; staff said they are working with vendors and nonprofit partners to recycle or repurpose items where possible and that electronic waste will be processed to recover precious metals, not sent to landfill.

Commissioners approved both items by recorded vote (noted in minutes as “2–0”).