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Commission approves jail telecom contract with Turnkey Corrections
Summary
The Henry County Commission approved a contract with TCTC Telecom LLC (doing business as Turnkey Corrections) for the sheriff's office telecommunications after the clerk reported negotiations and a roll-call vote; the contract responds to recent FCC requirements affecting jail communications.
The Henry County Commission on June 4 approved a contract with TCTC Telecom LLC, doing business as Turnkey Corrections, to provide telecommunications services for the sheriff’s office. The clerk reported that Sheriff Aaron Brown, Capt. Rod Mills and Jackie Watson attended the meeting to present the sheriff’s report and contract materials, and that Jackie Watson had negotiated terms to address Federal Communications Commission changes affecting jail processes.
Commissioner Patricia Bradley moved to sign the contract; Commissioner Mark Larson seconded, and the motion carried by roll-call vote, the clerk recorded. The clerk also noted the sheriff’s office will incorporate the training and practices detectives are currently undertaking to support the new contract’s implementation.
The clerk said the contract documents and related information are available on the sheriff’s office website. No vote tally was recorded in the minutes beyond the clerk’s notation that the motion carried with a roll-call vote. The commission did not provide additional financial details or schedule information at the meeting.
The commission moved on to other agenda items; next procedural steps for contract execution were not specified beyond the motion to sign.
