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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: March 4, 2014
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Paul Lawson
SUBJECT: Securus Technologies - First Amendment
DEPARTMENT: Corrections
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Request authorization for Chairman to sign 1st Amendment to
Contract #C14-2102-COR with Securus Technologies amending the interstate calling rates
and the minimum annual guaranteed commission (MAG) from $350,000 to $310,000.
BACKGROUND: A recent Federal Communications Commission ruling limits rates for
interstate telephone calls from inmates using inmate telephone systems and sets rates for
said calls at $.021 per minute for debit calls and $.025 for collect calls effective February
11, 2014. The new regulation also provides that no commission shall be paid on revenues
earned through the completion of interstate calls of any type. The Securus contract offers a
generous minimum annual guaranteed commission (MAG) payment which will be adjusted
downward by $40,000.00. Commissions may exceed this amount depending on utilization
of the phone system by inmates.
OPTIONS: Approve Disapprove
RECOMMENDATIONS: Approve
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
Ernie Padgett, County Administrator