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Votes at a glance: Pine County board approves inmate-communications contracts, collective bargaining agreement and timber auction
Summary
At its April 6 meeting the Pine County Board approved two Reliance Systems contracts for inmate communications (telephone/video and texting/commissary), authorized up to $10,000 in building-fund security modifications, approved a tentative collective-bargaining agreement with road-and-bridge supervisors, and authorized a timber auction of tax-forfeited parcels.
The Pine County Board approved several administrative items and contracts at its April 6 meeting:
1) Reliance Systems inmate-communications agreements: The board approved two contracts for telephone/video calling and a secure texting/commissary platform. Staff explained the Federal Communications Commission's new incarcerated-person communications (TIPCS) rate cap effective April 6 eliminated commissions but allows a 2-cent-per-minute…
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