Commission authorizes multiple public‑safety contracts and a resolution to use ARP funds for jail project
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County commissioners approved the mayor's signature on a Life Check Systems renewal for the jail, contracts for mental‑health evaluations, geotechnical services for the jail project, an EMS–medical examiner agreement, and a resolution authorizing use of American Rescue Plan Act funds toward a new jail.
County Mayor Kerry McCarver presented and the commission approved a package of contracts tied to the jail and public‑safety operations at the Sept. 20 meeting.
By roll call vote 8–0 the commission authorized the mayor to sign a two‑year renewal with Life Check Systems for the Cheatham County Jail (monthly fee $500 per the quote). The commission also approved execution of a state contract for payment of outpatient mental‑health evaluations and treatment arranged under Tennessee Code Annotated Title 33, Chapter 7, Part 3, and approved a geotechnical services agreement to study existing ground conditions for the jail and highway garage.
Additionally, commissioners approved an agreement between EMS and Medical Examiner Kyle Kakac MD and accepted the mayor’s appointment of James Hedgepath to the River Road Utility Board. Commissioners approved a resolution stating the county will use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding toward the new jail “to the greatest extent permissible.” The ARPA resolution passed on a roll call vote 8–0 (Resolution 10 and subparts recorded in meeting minutes).
Sheriff Mike Breedlove reported 101 inmates in the jail and told commissioners the county has been seeing an increase in overdoses and overdose deaths; the minutes note a recent spike in daily overdose fatalities. Mayor McCarver also said he had signed a 100% THSO grant contract for the sheriff’s department.
The geotechnical proposal attached to the county packet described a program of 15 borings, limited rock coring, laboratory testing and a written report for a lump‑sum fee of $7,700; a draft report will be provided after fieldwork and a final stamped report will follow reviews. The Life Check Systems renewal quote in the packet specified a two‑year renewal through Oct. 19, 2023, at $500 per month and listed per‑unit equipment prices.