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Liberty County approves $1.5 million temporary staffing contract to shore up jail staffing
Summary
Commissioners approved a minimum 20-week contract with Recana Staffing Solutions to supply correctional staff after officials said the jail has 34 vacancies (27 correctional officers); the contract was quoted at $75,000 a week, totaling $1.5 million for 20 weeks.
The Liberty County Commissioners Court approved a temporary staffing contract with Recana Staffing Solutions on Sept. 30 after county staff said severe vacancies at the county jail require outside help.
Speaker 4 introduced the contract as an alternative to sending inmates to other institutions. County staff described a proposal for 16 correctional officers and two supervisors (staggered across shifts rather than all on site at once) and said the county currently has 34 vacancies in the jail, 27 of them correctional officers. Speaker 3 told the court the vendor quote runs about $75,000 per week and later summarized the total as $1,500,000 for the contract's 20-week minimum term. Speaker 3 said the quote includes wages, benefits and direct performance costs.
County staff clarified that existing Liberty County jail employees would remain county employees and that Recana staff would supplement, not replace, current employees. Commissioners recorded a motion from Greg with a second from David to approve the contract; the court approved the motion by voice vote.
The contract term, staffing levels and the vendor's quoted price were discussed publicly in the meeting; no additional budget appropriation details or procurement documents were presented on the record. The court did not record a roll-call vote assigning individual yes/no votes by name.
