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Committee approves retroactive Global Tel contract that cuts average local inmate call cost by 34%
Summary
The committee advanced a resolution to retroactively authorize a three‑year contract with Global Tel Inc. to provide inmate telephone services memorializing reduced call rates (from $2.35 to $1.54); the Sheriff's CFO estimated roughly $500,000 annually to the inmate welfare fund and provided fund balance and expenditure figures.
The Government Audit and Oversight Committee on Feb. 16 advanced a resolution authorizing the Sheriff’s Department to memorialize rates in a contract with Global Tel Inc. for inmate telephone services. The department said the contract reflects rates adopted in June 2016 that reduced the average local call cost from $2.35 to $1.54 and that the contract runs for three years with two one‑year extension options.
Crispin Hollings, chief financial officer for the…
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