By Alex Paul
Linn County Communications Director
Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker unanimously approved the purchase of new software for the Linn County Justice Court housed in Lebanon, during their Tuesday morning, Feb. 11, meeting of the Linn County Board of Commissioners.
Judge Jessica Meyer told the commissioners the current computer program is more than 20 years old, antiquated and cumbersome. She said the new system will reduce the amount of time staff must spend performing tasks manually and repeatedly.
Meyer said the new software from Tyler Technologies will allow the Justice Court to go paperless and automate many facets of the court’s procedures.
There will be a one-time fee of $91,845, which is what Meyer asked the commissioners to cover. The annual fee of $44,958, will be built into the Justice Court’s upcoming 2025-26 budget. The first payment will be due in August 2025.
“This is the same program that I use in my work with the Albany Municipal Court,” Meyer said. “This will provide exponential time savings.”
Tucker asked about the migration of current data into the new system and Meyer said the data should be easy to transfer, since several other courts have made similar transitions with the same program.