Memorandum
Date: November 3, 2026
To: The Honorable Brad Rasmussen, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Robin Borre, Special Districts Administrator
Subject: 11:00 A.M. - a) Waive the competitive bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 2-38.4 Cooperative Purchases; b) Consideration of an agreement between Lake County Special Districts and Tyler Technologies, Inc. for a Software as a Service Agreement for Financial Management, Revenue Management, Enterprise Asset Management not to exceed $141,575 and implementation of the software by Tyler Technologies, Inc. not to exceed $423,108 and authorize the Chair to sign
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
The FY 26/27 Special Districts Administration Capital Asset Budget includes an appropriation of $778,000 for a new Software System. Special Districts has been using Cascade Wincams as our primary Financial, Utility Billing, Grant Management, and Equipment Management since 1998 and it needs to be updated to a modern software that encompasses all aspects of Special Districts. Wincams was designed as a fleet management system with basic financial and budgeting modules. We have also been using it for utility billing and project cost accounting. The system does not meet the standard required for our office to operate at our most efficient level.
The Lake County Sanitation District Board of Directors unanimously supports the purchase of the software package proposed and recommends the implantation as soon as possible.
This item was brought to the Board on July 7, 2026, and we are returning to complete the purchase. The Technology Advanced Planning Review (TCG) committee recommended postponing the purchase until Workday went live and verification of the need was confirmed. We have reached out to schedule a follow up and have been told that we do not need to return to the committee to move forward.
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