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Fiscal Court flags jail food contract compliance, approves inmate-telecom addendum and converts commissary contractors to salaried staff
Summary
The court noted possible contractual noncompliance by Kellwell Food Management, voted to authorize an inmate-telecommunications addendum adopting offsite document scanning, and approved converting commissary-funded contracted workers to part-time salaried employees; a requested higher pay rate for a specialty part-time employee was not approved.
Simpson County Fiscal Court on Aug. 2 discussed the county jail’s contracts and inmate services, directing follow-up on a contested food-service price increase and approving an addendum to the jail’s inmate-telecommunications agreement.
Judge/Executive Mason Barnes said the county would contact Kellwell Food Management after staff raised concerns that the company’s proposed price increase did not comply with contract language limiting…
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