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Sheriff defends jail management system funding and urges replacement buses; committee accepts limited BLA reductions, defers bus purchase
Summary
Sheriff's Office defended continued funding for a jail management system (JMS) and argued for replacing two aging prisoner transport buses; the committee accepted the BLA recommendation to limit some JMS spending but deferred decision on purchasing a second new bus after hearing evidence of repeated breakdowns.
Budget analysts recommended limiting funding increases for the Sheriff’s jail management system (JMS) and recommended reducing capital outlay for prisoner transport buses (a $700,000 request for two buses at $350,000 each). At the June 21 hearing, the Sheriff’s Office said phase 1 of JMS is complete, the vendor was acquired and a new assignment agreement is in place, and additional funds are needed for cloud infrastructure, licensing, interfaces with other city systems and auxiliary services (estimates provided for cloud $750,000; Power…
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