Warren County’s Health Services Committee voted to amend the county’s contract with Countryside Adult Home to raise the reimbursement per meal to $5.75 from $5.50 and to increase the not‑to‑exceed contract cap to $180,000, citing higher food and supply costs. The motion was moved by Supervisor Runyon, seconded, and approved by voice vote.

Nut graf: The change is intended to cover increased food and supply costs for meals provided to county program participants; county staff said the reimbursement structure is intended to reimburse Countryside for its costs to provide meals.

Committee discussion referenced a staff analysis comparing the county’s food purchasing prices to commercial rates; a supervisor noted the county’s costs were ‘‘50% lower’’ than a quoted comparison. Health services staff clarified that the county ‘‘basically reimburse them what it costs them to do the food for us or to do the meals for us.’’

Decision: The committee voted to bring the budget amendment to the floor and approved the increase by voice vote.

Ending: Staff indicated the increase is budgeted within existing appropriations up to the revised not‑to‑exceed amount; they did not provide a breakdown of how many additional meals the change will cover.