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County official: Health and Wellness grant change ended inmate transport contract; Julie Finney to provide on-site services
Summary
At a Haskell County commissioners meeting, staff reported the county lost an inmate-services contract after a grant rewording by Health and Wellness; the county said Julie Finney will sign a new contract to provide the same on-site services and carry insurance.
At a Haskell County commissioners meeting, Terry, a county staff member, said the county has "basically lost a contract" with Health and Wellness after that organization's grant was reworded, and that the change prevents the county from transporting inmates to the provider.
Terry said the county has been "working on something" to maintain services and that Julie Finney has agreed to sign a contract to come to the jail, provide the same services and verify insurance coverage. "She is going to sign a contract with us, and she's going to come to the jail for the same amount of money and check her inmates, her insurance and everything," Terry said.
County leaders discussed the operational need: with the outside provider no longer available for inmate transport, bringing a provider into the jail preserves access to needed services without moving inmates offsite. Commissioners did not record additional conditions to the arrangement during the meeting.
There was no public discussion recorded in the transcript about the terms of the new contract, the length of the proposed agreement, or whether the county will seek bids. The meeting record does not specify whether the county will seek competitive proposals or how the contract will be funded.
Next steps: county staff said they are in the process of finalizing the contract with Finney; the transcript does not record a vote or formal approval for that contract during this meeting.
