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Sheriff seeks five-month bridge for jail phone contract as FCC caps rates; committee advances extension
Summary
The sheriff27s office asked the committee to extend an existing inmate-telephone contract five months while a new RFP is finalized to adapt to recent FCC rate reforms; the department reported reduced rates and higher call volume but warned of impacts to the inmate welfare fund.
The Budget and Finance Committee on Feb. 25 advanced a five-month extension of the city27s inmate-telephone contract to allow completion of a competitive procurement and to incorporate federal rate reforms.
The sheriff27s department27s chief financial officer told the committee the RFP had been paused while the Federal Communications Commission signaled limits on…
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