Row Officers Clash With Commissioners – Again

August 21, 2021 2:52 am

Row officers in Washington County once again clashed with the board of Commissioners.  During the board’s regular meeting on Thursday, they awarded a contract to Minnesota-based Thompson-Reuters for its case management system as requested by the county’s board of judges.  That decision did not sit well with Register of Wills Jim Roman and Prothonotary Laura Hough (pictured).  Hough claims they were not consulted on the decision and she was in favor of another company, Paperless Solutions, from Pennsylvania.  Commission Chairperson Diana Irey-Vaughan said the company commissioners chose will provide a fully integrated system while the Pennsylvania company did not.  The new contract totals one-point-five-million-dollars up front, plus 350-thousand-dollars annually for software upgrades, maintenance and IT support.  Irey-Vaughan says the money to pay for the system will come from federal American Rescue Plan Funds.