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Committee recesses decision on jail health contracting pending DHR side‑letter
Summary
The committee recessed action on a resolution about contracting jail health services to allow Department of Human Resources time to finish negotiations on a side‑letter that the administration says could produce savings without privatization.
The Budget & Finance Committee recessed discussion of a proposed resolution that would concur with a controller certification permitting private contractors to provide jail health services, saying Department of Human Resources was actively negotiating a side‑letter with affected labor organizations that could yield savings while preserving public‑sector employment.
Greg Wagner said DHR was ‘‘in the process of working with the affected labor organizations’’ and that staff expected results ‘‘very soon, hopefully, even by today.’’ The administration asked the committee to wait for the outcome of those negotiations before resolving the item.
Chair Avalos proposed recessing the jail‑health item until the committee reconvened at 5:00 p.m.; members agreed without objection. The committee indicated it would revisit the item at the regularly scheduled 5:00 p.m. budget meeting when the DHR outcome was known.
Next steps: Item 8 was recessed until 5:00 p.m. to allow DHR to report back on labor negotiations and any side‑letter that might affect the contracting decision.
