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Island County approves amendment to jail food contract after split vote
Summary
Island County commissioners voted 2–1 Nov. 25 to approve Amendment No. 1 to the county jail’s Summit Food Service contract, adopting a 22% price increase and a move to an 8-hour kitchen day with a cold breakfast option while keeping daily calorie allocations unchanged.
Island County commissioners voted 2–1 on Nov. 25 to approve Amendment No. 1 to the county’s inmate food contract with Summit Food Service LLC, a change that reduces kitchen staffing hours and raises the contract cost while maintaining the same daily calorie allotment for detainees.
Chief Briones, the county’s sheriff/chief who presented the amendment, said the district negotiated an option that reduces onsite kitchen staffing from 12 to 8 hours a day and replaces a hot breakfast with a cold breakfast while preserving the standard calorie intake. He described the 22% amendment as a bridge option that would not lock the county into long-term terms and noted a 90-day notice…
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