Discuss, consider and take appropriate action on approving the purchase of election hardware, software, and services from Election Systems and Software in the amount of $4,405,400.00 pursuant to BuyBoard Contract #542-17 to support the operations of the Williamson County Elections Department.

Current electronic voting machines have been in use in WilCo for 12 years.  Maintenance & repair issues with equipment this aged has been a recurring challenge. The necessary accessories for using this equipment (flashcard media, PEB cartridges, etc.) have become more difficult to purchase, even on the secondary market (eBay, Amazon re-sellers, etc.), due to their creeping obsolescence.
This item is for complete replacement and since staff/poll workers/voters would ideally acclimate themselves with new equipment in a "smaller/slower" election, we project this as the best time to purchase the replacement equipment.  Initial deployment would be for the November 2019 Constitutional Amendment Election. This expenditure will be charged to 01.0100.0492.005742.  Funding was approved in the FY 2019 budget and department contact is Christopher Davis.