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Sheriff's office wins approvals for dental, equipment and body-scanner maintenance; raises staffing/PTO issue
Summary
The board approved a continuation dental contract for inmate care, renewed a maintenance agreement for the jail body scanner, accepted donated police equipment from Austin PD, and authorized radio purchases; Sheriff Jerry Gooden also asked commissioners to consider a policy update for mandatory-jail staffing and PTO/comp-time fairness.
The Scott County Board of Commissioners on April 15 approved several sheriff's office items and heard concerns about staffing and leave policies.
Sheriff Jerry Gooden presented a continuation contract with Mid-America Dental Office for inmate dental visits at $2,800 per visit; commissioners voted to approve the contract and authorized the sheriff to sign pending…
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