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Supervisors approve contract steps to privatize jail nursing; staff say short-term savings may become long-term cost and leverage issue
Summary
The board discussed and approved moving ahead with a contract to have an outside vendor provide nursing services at the Washington County Jail, with staff presenting a cost comparison showing a modest 2025 savings but higher projected costs in 2026 and concerns about future leverage over contractors.
Washington County supervisors reviewed a proposal to contract with an outside vendor for nursing services at the county jail and voted in committee to adjust staffing patterns in advance of the contract.
County staff presented a line-by-line cost comparison between continuing county-employed nursing staff and the vendor proposal from Eden (vendor name provided in the presentation). The county’s budgeted nursing salaries and the estimated savings from eliminating internal positions were compared with the vendor’s contracted price. “So the total is $4.64 $6.00 5. And then on the right side, you see the Eden proposal is $5.24,” said the presenter, who walked supervisors through monthly and seven-month cost…
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