ANNAPOLIS, Md. (TIP): Comptroller Brooke E. Lierman joined Governor Wes Moore and Treasurer Dereck E. Davis in approving more than 70 initiatives representing a total expenditure of more than $779 million during a Board of Public Works meeting on Wednesday.
The approvals included awarding a five-year contract, at the request of the State Board of Elections, to Tenex Software Solutions of Tampa, Fla., for implementation of a statewide elections pollbook solution. The new, modernized solution will be utilized by Maryland voters starting in 2028, with options to extend through 2034.
The pollbook solution is one of several major technology modernization initiatives being undertaken by the Board of Elections, along with a new voting system for the 2028 election year, a voter registration database, and a recently-completed campaign finance reporting system. Comptroller Lierman voted against two requests from the Department of General Services for one-year extensions on two Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan projects, citing the ample time agencies had to encumber the money. The measure passed 2-1.
“As folks know, I have concerns about voting for extensions of funds that should have already been used,” Comptroller Lierman said. “We give people a long time and we give our agencies a long time to encumber the money. They did not in these two circumstances.”
In all, the Board of Public Works approved 74 items, representing a total State expenditure of $779,499,054.57, including:
Grant agreements for two recipients for two projects located in two counties with a total value of $758,142.
Four items awarding $2,404,798.55 to prime certified small business primes
Four items awarding $10,146,979.76 to certified minority business enterprise primes
Two items awarding $1,395,743.06 to Employment Works Program providers
12 items awarded with established participation goals for minority business enterprises.
One item awarded with an established participation goal for veteran-owned small business enterprises.
The next meeting of the Board of Public Works will be held on December 17, 2025.
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