Board approves juvenile bureau lease and multiple service contracts, including psychological evaluations and transportation

The Oklahoma County Board of County Commissioners approved a lease and multiple service contracts for the County Juvenile Bureau during the June 10 meeting.

The board approved a lease between the Board of County Commissioners and the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (Juvenile Bureau) for approximately 18,000 square feet at a rate presented on the record as $9.70 per square foot. The staff presenter said the county received a payment described in the transcript as "$15,000.123 dollars and 92¢ per month"; the transcript phrasing is unclear and the board did not read a corrected line-item total on the record. The lease item was approved by voice vote.

The board also approved a set of service contracts for juvenile services, including barber services for the juvenile detention center; psychological evaluations and consultation agreements (including a contract with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center for child abuse and neglect services, not to exceed $30,000); agreements for psychological evaluations with vendors listed in the agenda (one contract not to exceed $5,000); fingerprinting services not to exceed $5,250; detention transportation with the state Office of Juvenile Affairs; prison ministries not to exceed $3,600; and solid waste pickup with Waste Connections not to exceed $17,928. The board approved each item by motion and voice vote as presented.

Staff identified the space and the list of contracts on the record and asked for approval; no members of the public spoke on these items in the transcript. The transcript does not provide full contract terms, durations, or the specific budget line items that will fund each contract; amounts recorded in the transcript are the not-to-exceed amounts provided during the meeting.