Commissioners say Abraxas's $600'$700 per-diem expectations stalled talks
Officials recounted prior negotiations with private operator Abraxas and said high per-diem rates (reported at $600'$700 per bed per night) made other counties unwilling to sign on; commissioners discussed issuing an RFP to attract competing bids and to shift occupancy risk off taxpayers.
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Several commissioners revisited earlier negotiations with private operator Abraxas and described the per-diem Abraxas proposed as a core stumbling block. One commissioner said, "When we talked with Abraxas, there was this continual issue of the per diem. Their number was 600 to $700, and that was really why we never moved forward." Meeting participants said some counties were unwilling to pay that rate, which made a multi-county contractual model difficult.
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