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Commissioners delay approval of new jail food and medical contracts amid sharp price increases
Summary
Dougherty County commissioners declined to approve new food and medical contracts for the county jail at the work session, asking staff to negotiate with the longtime local medical partner and return with budgetary options after hearing concerns about large cost increases.
Dougherty County commissioners did not approve new contracts for jail food and medical services at the June work session, instead directing county staff to pursue further negotiations and return with options that could keep services local.
The commission heard that the low bid to provide food service at the jail was roughly $11.0 million over the contract term — about $600,000 higher than the prior contract — and that the low bid for correctional medical services was about $7.6 million, compared with the county's most recent cost of roughly $3.0 million. Assistant County Administrator Barry Brooks and Chief Jailer Pamela Conley answered commissioners' questions about scope, timeline and budgetary impact.
Commissioners and staff stressed the fiscal impact. "So we can't stay at…
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