Union County staff briefed commissioners on IT capital requests including a possible replacement for the county server, additional body-worn camera storage (a vendor "vault") and an upgrade to meeting audio recording so the beginning of meetings records voice reliably.

The county's IT contractor (identified in discussion as Mayor Network) said the existing server was purchased about seven years ago and had an original price around $45,000; the contractor supplied a current estimate for replacement that the presenter said could be as high as roughly $135,000 and would require competitive bidding. The presenter said newer servers are needed to support increased data from body-worn cameras, shared data storage and modern court/records systems.

Commissioners also reviewed line items for body-camera infrastructure. A line-item quotation included individual server units and a separate vault element (vendor description) with an additional cost in the tens of thousands of dollars; one presenter identified a vault cost around $37,000 in the vendor quote. The board discussed whether existing equipment could be repaired or reused and the need to solicit bids.

Separately, a small upgrade to the meeting-room audio was requested to ensure recorded meetings capture voice from the start; presenters said earlier segments of the meeting had no audio and asked for a modest upgrade.

No procurement action was taken at the meeting; staff was directed to return bids and additional details for further consideration.

Provenance:
- topicintro: transcript block 5125.645 ("The next item on there is for a new server. Oh, I have our IT company, Mayor Network, that said that our server is needs to be replaced with I have to try to use power line for whatever.")
- topicfinish: transcript block 5437.5 ("Just to get it to be an update so we don't have all these words. And so the recorded voice will work from the beginning of our meeting. That's what it says.")