Bartholomew County government will be saving about $8,500 a month under a change to their contract which has temporarily outsourced most of their Information Technology needs.

Bartholomew County Commissioners approved an amendment to their contract with Sharp Business Solutions on Monday. Commissioners hired the company last year to help maintain the county’s computer networks after the county’s entire Information Technologies department quit. The county had been paying just over $19,000 a month for Sharp’s services, but the amendment would drop that to $10,473.

The amended agreement, which contracts with Sharp through Sept. 13, has reduced manpower needs from two people to one.

Commissioner Rick Flohr says the change was made with the belief that the county will have a fully-staffed IT Department by then.