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Committee hears proposal to award recruitment contract for county jail staff
Summary
Jackson County officials presented Ordinance 6043 to appropriate $102,600 and award a 12‑month recruitment contract (with two 12‑month extension options) to Changing Technologies Inc. to help fill correctional officer vacancies; the committee lacked a quorum and will forward the measure to the full legislature.
Sean Smith, chair of the Finance and Audit Committee, opened a committee meeting to hear Ordinance 6043, which would appropriate $102,600 from the general fund and award a 12‑month recruitment contract with two 12‑month extension options to Changing Technologies Inc. of Washington, D.C.
Diana Knapp, Jackson County Sheriff's Office director of corrections, told the committee the detention center continues to face a "significant staffing shortfall" that will worsen when a new facility opens. Knapp said many applicants "wash out at the application point," often because of drug‑test failures or disqualifying criminal histories. She described the proposed contract as performance‑based: "only get paid if we hire the applicant that you sent us," she said, adding the contractor would focus exclusively on correctional officer positions.
The committee has no quorum and did not take a vote. Chair Smith said the ordinance and supporting materials will be forwarded to the full legislature for consideration.
Background and next steps: the ordinance references request for proposal number 25‑027. Because no formal action was taken in committee, any award and appropriation would require action by the full legislature.
