New VoIP phones installed Monday

SUNBURY - Installation of a new telephone system that will save Northumberland County in broad outline $90,000 annually afterwards loans are paid, according to county officials, will begin on Monday with the rewiring of the county court house.

County commissioners approved the purchase of the Avaya phone system from Ironton in Coplay on June 7 and will pay Service Electric to install the system.

Through a lease purchase agreement with M&T Bank for the new voice over Internet protocol system, the county will pay roughly $50,000 a year in loans for five years, nevertheless realize a savings in general operating costs of roughly $40,000 afterwards the first year and $250,000 over the five-year loan period.