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Madison Parish jurors approve interim mental‑health services agreement for jail after staff death
Summary
The Police Jury voted to fill a jail mental‑health services vacancy created by the death of a provider and approved an agreement with Mrs. T. Sims to provide those services, authorizing President Sanders to sign the contract.
The Madison Parish Police Jury on Nov. 10 authorized an agreement to ensure continued mental‑health services at the parish jail following the death of the prior provider, identified in the minutes as Ms. Ashley.
Mr. Jerry Hicks moved to fill the vacancy and to enter into an agreement with Mrs. T. Sims to provide mental‑health services; Mr. Stanley Ogden seconded the motion. The motion authorized President Jane Sanders to sign the agreement on behalf of the Jury and was carried without recorded dissent.
The minutes record the action as a personnel and contracting matter to maintain services at the jail; the text does not provide contract length, compensation, or provider qualifications. Jurors also heard a separate public works budget request from Mr. Tommy Durrett asking the Jury to consider purchasing an asphalt zipper, but no purchase motion was recorded at the meeting.
The agreement and any associated funding or contract terms were not provided in the meeting minutes and will likely appear in a future agenda or contract document if formalized.
