The Navajo County Board of Supervisors approved a request made last week by Information Technology Director Ken DeWitt to purchase a Microsoft Enterprise agreement for the next three years at a cost of $207,318.
DeWitt explained that Navajo County uses Microsoft products to run major systems to support the organization. “This not only includes Office products and email, which are used by practically every employee, but the products in the back room that support every database and application used by the county,” he said.
According to DeWitt, a few years ago the county decided to switch from a traditional hard phone PBX to a more flexible and enriched soft phone installation using Microsoft Skype for Business. This move saved thousands of dollars by not replacing aging PBX equipment. In addition, this year the county is required to purchase additional Microsoft products for data classification by the Arizona State Auditors.
In other action April 11, the board:
* Approved a five-year financing arrangement with KS State Bank to purchase 68 keyboards, 33 desktops, 27 laptops, 27 docking stations, 10 monitors and eight MDT docking stations at an annual cost of $5,168 for four years.
* Approved the appointment of Candace Annette Kelley, Arthur Joe Kelley Jr. and Carol Sletten as Democratic precinct committeemen for their respective precincts.
* Approved the appointment of Travis Thorne and Shawn T. Redd as Republican precinct committeemen for their respective precincts.
* Approved a cooperative law enforcement agreement between the Navajo County Sheriff’s (NCSO) office, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests for $10,000 for cooperative law enforcement efforts.
* Approved an intergovernmental agreement between the NCSO and the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement assistance in southeastern Coconino County in the Forest Lakes District, with Coconino to reimburse NCSO at a rate of $72 per call.
* Approved payment of $5,343 to Phil Stratton Electric and Perkins Cinders to fix a broken culvert and make electrical repairs at 2015 Silver Creek Drive in White Mountain Lakes.
* Authorized the acceptance of a Virtual Training Simulator from the Department of Public Safety to NCSO at no cost. NCSO will accept full responsibility for the custody, use and maintenance of the simulator, and agrees to keep the simulator for a two-year period before considering disposing of it or transferring it.
* Approved a proclamation declaring the month of April as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month.
* Approved a proclamation and resolution declaring April as Fair Housing Month for Navajo County.
* Approved a proclamation declaring April 9-15 as National Telecommunicators Week.
* Authorized the revocation of authority of Porter Creek Domestic Water Improvement District as it currently only has two members, and approved a call for an election to fill the remaining terms of three vacant governing board positions on Aug. 29.
