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Committee recommends five-year ACH contract for in-jail medical services
Summary
Jackson County’s Public Safety & Transportation Committee unanimously recommended a five-year contract with ACH for jail medical services after Sheriff Schutte said prior bids returned $1.5 million and a cooperative Livingston County contract had reduced costs to $1 million; the recommended contract limits annual increases to 4.5%.
Sheriff Schutte told the Jackson County Public Safety & Transportation Committee that a 2024 bid for medical services inside the county jail returned at $1,500,000, and that the county temporarily used a Livingston County cooperative contract to reduce costs to $1,000,000.
“By working with them, we were able to negotiate a contract that only has a 4.5%…
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