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Supervisors recommend Aramark commissary contract amid questions about prior month-to-month extension
Summary
The committee recommended approving a commissary and inmate trust accounting contract with Aramark (guaranteed $650,000/year or 42.5% of sales) but flagged that the prior vendor operated month-to-month for 43 months without Board approval; the controller said revenue contracts are harder to flag in current systems.
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee on May 13 recommended the Board of Supervisors approve a contract with Aramark Correctional Services to operate the sheriff's jail commissary and manage inmate trust accounting.
Maureen Gannon, chief financial officer for the Sheriff's Department, said the concession contract guarantees a minimum of $650,000 a year to the inmate welfare fund or 42.5% of commissary sales, with no cost to the department. The procurement proceeded through a competitive…
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