Adam Hansen, representing the Clerk of Courts office, told the Board of Lucas County Commissioners that the office solicited proposals for long-term document storage and received two bids.

Hansen said the office currently stores roughly 35,000 boxes and recommended renewing with Document Management Solutions (DMS) at the current rate. He said the competing bid would have increased monthly storage by roughly 30% and included an estimated $140,000 ingestion fee and a similar retrieval fee at contract end, charges DMS does not apply.

The commissioners approved the five-year contract with a five-year renewal option; the contract will keep the county’s boxes in DMS storage at the current rate, according to the presentation.