Commissioners table decision on termination of mapping contract

​YORK – This past week, York County Assessor Kurt Bulgrin asked the county commissioners to terminate the county’s current contract with Sam-Surveying and Mapping as the Vanguard company (who the county recently signed with for other services) also offers mapping for no extra cost.
“In putting my budget together, I looked at ways to make things more accessible to the public,” Bulgrin said. “Our mapping system, with Vanguard we pretty much have the same information and getting rid of Sam and doing more with Vanguard would save money.”
To terminate this contract, the company has to have a 30-day notice.
The savings would be $6,100, which Bulgrin said could be used in different ways to make this office more efficient and make more online services available to the public.
“I just couldn’t justify this mapping contract when we already had that service now, with Vanguard.”
The commissioners agreed to postpone the decision until further information is gathered about the options Vanguard software systems has and the options the roads department software has.