The LaSalle County Board voted Aug. 14 to approve a contract with Governmental Business Systems (GBS) to replace the county's voter-registration system. County staff and committees reviewed two bids and recommended GBS as the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

The resolution as initially presented recommended GBS for $98,000. During consideration board members identified the contract term and multi-year costs: the board amended the resolution to reflect a five-year total of approximately $370,000, with $98,000 in year one and $68,000 in each of the following four years. The board approved the amended resolution by roll call.

The resolution authorizes the board chairman to sign the agreement and directs county officials to implement the system; no further implementation details or funding source breakdown were specified in the meeting minutes. The resolution notes the county clerk is the election authority and requires an efficient voter-registration system to meet statutory duties.

Board members said the correction to the multi-year totals was necessary to reflect the full contract term; one member thanked colleagues for catching the discrepancy before final approval. The motion to approve the amended resolution was moved by Mister Small and seconded; roll call approval followed.