Sheriff’s proposed MAT/behavioral‑health contract tabled after pricing discrepancy

Jun 10, 2025

A revised JBBS contract with Turn‑Key Health to provide MAT and mental‑health services to inmates was tabled after Commissioner Lopez noted a discrepancy between a written '$12,000' amount and a parenthetical '$9024.08'; the Board requested clarification before further action.

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Sheriff Derek Navarette introduced a revised JBBS contract with Turn‑Key Health intended to provide medication‑assisted treatment (MAT) and mental‑health services to inmates. Commissioner Felix M. Lopez identified an inconsistency in the contract text noted in the minutes: "there is a discrepancy in the third paragraph; the text reads twelve thousand dollars, but it says $9024.08 in parentheses."

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