Lifetime Citizen Portal Access — AI Briefings, Alerts & Unlimited Follows
Union County approves $7,363 purchase of 'Guardian' jail-management system; initial funding to come from opioid-settlement funds
Loading...
Summary
The county approved buying the Guardian jail-management system for $7,363.50 to improve inmate tracking and medication management. States Attorney Zenner and Sheriff Jim Prouty indicated initial payment would use opioid-settlement funds; ongoing costs will be added to the sheriff’s budget.
Union County commissioners approved the purchase March 31 of the "Guardian" jail-management system, an RFID-based technology designed to improve inmate tracking, medication management and documentation. The purchase amount recorded in the minutes is $7,363.50.
Chief Jailer Cameron Moore asked the board to consider the system. States Attorney Zenner and Sheriff Jim Prouty discussed funding; the minutes state the initial purchase would be funded from opioid-settlement money and that ongoing operating costs would need to be budgeted by the sheriff’s office.
The board’s motion to approve the purchase was made by Commissioner Kimmel and seconded by Commissioner Ballard and carried. The minutes do not list a separate vote tally. The record does not specify which line-item or fiscal-year budget will absorb ongoing costs; that planning was left to the sheriff’s office and county budgeting process.