The Lake County Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to its contract with Harmony Research LLC to increase the total not-to-exceed compensation to $615,000 for title searches and party-of-interest notifications tied to the county's annual tax sale.

Treasurer-Tax Collector Patrick Sullivan presented the item to the board as an amendment to the existing agreement, saying the previous contract amount was nearly exhausted because of the volume of properties the county has been placing in tax sale. "So essentially what I'm proposing is to double what was in there before. So we're going from 307,500 to $615,000," Sullivan said.

The contract covers services for the county's tax-sale process, primarily for Chapter 7 auctions and some Chapter 8 sales. Sullivan told the board that Harmony was the only responder to the county's request for proposals, reflecting the work's timing and the workload involved, and that county staff has been satisfied with the vendor's performance. "They've performed well. We've been happy with them so far," he said.

Supervisor Sabatier asked how long the increased amount would cover expected work. Sullivan said that when the county previously placed about 1,000 properties a year in tax sale, the earlier amount would have lasted roughly two years; with an expected volume of about 600–700 properties next year, he said the amended amount should "solidly" cover two years and could provide "a little coverage in year three." The board held no public comments on the item before taking action.

Supervisor Sabatier moved to approve the amendment; Supervisor Pyska seconded. The chair called for the vote, the board approved the amendment by voice vote, and the chair was authorized to sign the document. The motion was recorded as approved; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the meeting transcript.

The amendment increases the county's contract with Harmony Research LLC from $307,500 to a not-to-exceed $615,000 to cover title searches and party-of-interest notifications for upcoming tax-sale auctions. The transcript does not specify funding sources beyond county authorization or provide a detailed line-item budget for the added funds.