Recorder Nearly Finished With Computer Upgrades

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By David Fenker

david@nmpaper.com

 

WABASH COUNTY, Ind. – Wabash County Recorder Lori Draper needs one more part to finish the computer upgrades for the recorder’s office.

At the Monday, Dec. 19 meeting of the County Commissioners, Draper requested additional funds to complete the computer upgrades for her department.

“With installation you need more parts than what was bid,” she said.

The part is for the office’s scanner, and will cost $1,150 before shipping.

“They thought that they could operate it off of the other scanner but cannot because that one’s older,” she said.

Draper said she also needed to purchase additional memory for their server and a switch, but that she was able to make those purchases using funds from her supplies budget.

The commissioners previously used funds from the county’s computer maintenance fund to purchase the upgrades for the recorder’s office. Draper asked that they use the same fund to allow her to complete the upgrade.

The commissioners approved up to $1,200 for the purchase, including shipping.

The funds will come out of next year’s budget.

In other news from the commissioners, County Coordinator Jim Dils asked the commissioners to rescind A.J. Gallagher as agent of record as the county’s property and casualty insurance broker and reinstate INGUARD as such. Dils had previously recommended the switch at the commissioners’ Nov. 7 meeting, but has since received quotes from INGUARD allowing the county to increase coverage and decrease costs for 2017. The commissioners approved the change.

Sheriff Bob Land reported that as of Monday, Dec. 19 the Wabash County Jail had 85 inmates, with 51 being held in Miami County and two in Elkhart County.

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