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Board approves contracts, rule changes, multiple HVAC projects and land easements in single session
Summary
The Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved 50 purchases and contracts over $1 million, adopted amendments to three board rules, authorized multiple HVAC installation projects across units and approved several land easements. The board recorded abstentions on two agenda items.
The Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved a package of purchases and contracts, adopted rule amendments, authorized dozens of HVAC construction projects and approved several land easements during its meeting.
Ron Steffa, the agency chief financial officer, told the board he brought “50 purchases for your consideration and approval today,” including renewals and increases to health‑care contracts with the Texas Tech University Health Science Center and the University of Texas Medical Branch and contract work for electronic monitoring, commissary purchases and a proposed inmate banking and point‑of‑sale system that, if awarded, would go to Advanced Technologies Group, LLC. “This funding was provided through the supplemental appropriations process to cover the projected health care expenditures for the rest of this biennium,” Steffa said.
On a single motion, the board approved the purchases and contracts over…
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