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Board approves on-call mental-health pricing agreement for IMPD, funding to be from general fund
Summary
The board approved a pricing agreement to add a provider to IMPD’s on-demand mental-health services; the board amended the item to specify general-fund payment and directed staff to execute a separate grant-funded contract for grant-covered services.
The Board of Public Health and Safety on May 7 approved a pricing agreement to allow IMPD to contract with an outside provider to provide on-demand professional mental-health services for officers and department employees. The board amended the motion on the floor to restrict the contract’s initial funding source to the department’s general operating fund rather than to a mix of general and grant funds.
Lieutenant Jonathan Baker described the request as “a pricing agreement with them that sets the pricing for different types of treatment, being funded with general funds and grant funds,” and said the department planned to use the agreement to increase capacity for counseling services when existing providers lack availability. Baker told the board a portion of services tied to the department’s law enforcement mental health and wellness grant would be charged to the grant, while routine services for employees would be charged to the general fund.
During discussion board members pressed for clarity on funding and procurement. Board members asked whether the $50,000 ceiling mentioned for the contract was an estimate and how the grant ($187,000, as cited in the discussion) and general funds would interact. Department staff explained that $50,000 was the maximum the department proposed to reserve from the general fund for the contract as a budgeting ceiling and that grant-funded services would be managed under a separate purchase order to keep accounting separate.
After discussion the board voted to amend the item to fund the contract with general operating funds and to proceed with approval; the amendment and the final approval passed with no opposition recorded. The board directed staff to bring a separate contract for grant-funded services before the board later.
The board and staff also discussed pricing structures (diagnostic evaluations, 60/90-minute session rates) and provider capacity; department staff said they interview individual clinicians for quality control and choose providers who can serve the department’s needs and constraints.
The board’s action on the record authorized staff to execute the agreement as amended; the meeting record does not list individual roll-call votes by name.
