Authorization to Purchase Two Livescan Fingerprint Machines

Background:  The Livescan fingerprint machines that the Sheriff’s Office currently has are at end of life and running windows XP which is no longer supported by Microsoft.  They were last upgraded around 2013.  There are two machines, one at the jail and the second one at the courthouse.  We planned on a replacement cost of $19,521, but after being awarded a grant from the state to upgrade the courthouse machine to a model that will allow collection of palm prints as well as fingerprints, we can replace/upgrade both for a cost of around $34,090 with a grant of $24,840 off setting the cost.  The vendor is Cross Match Technologies, which gives a slight discount for trading in the old equipment, and by staying with an existing vendor, saves the money from having to purchase a new interface to work with our Jail Management System.