Commissioners direct county to replace damaged inmate partial denture, not full set
Purchasing presented a $3,179 advance payment request for a full extraction and denture after a jail policy failure damaged a partial denture; court directed staff to return to the original dentist and replace only the damaged partial denture, per a unanimous motion.
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Purchasing staff brought a request for an advance payment of $3,179 to Imperial Family Dentistry to extract damaged teeth and provide new dentures for an inmate (Ronald Fulz) after the jail's laundry process reportedly destroyed a partial denture. Captain Hayne provided an incident report indicating the dentures were washed and dried, which Purchasing said rendered them unusable. "They washed and dried them which ruined them," a Purchasing representative said during the discussion.
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