The county commissioners on Wednesday voted 2-1 against authorizing officials to negotiate a contract for copiers, printers, scanners and related computer software with Toshiba.

Commissioners Leslie Osche and Kimberly Geyer voted against the motion to authorize James Venturini and solicitor Wil White to negotiate a professional services contract with Toshiba Business Solutions, and Commissioner Kevin Boozel voted in favor.

Osche said her concern is that references Toshiba submitted in its proposal were not checked.

Venturini said he is “very confident” that Toshiba was the right vendor for the county because the company offered more document management than other vendors that submitted proposals.

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