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• LAW OFFIC5S OF A.C. MAYYI±RR • <br /> • KOE Mayer, Burns, .Koenig & Janulewicz (+►-+) <br /> • JEROM E. JANULEWICZ 308 NORTH LOCUST STREET, SUITE 308. P.O. 130X 2300 D. AH EARL D. LSGFiWEDE <br /> GRAND ISLAND. NEBRASKA 2004). • €8802.2300 • <br /> • • • TELEPHONE 308 -384 -110 FAX 308 -384- 36 <br /> January 5, 2011 : • • • • <br /> • • Gerard A. (Fred) Ruiz, Director • • • . • • <br /> • , Hall County Department of Corrections • <br /> PO Box 2008 - <br /> Grand Island, NE 68802 -2008 • • • <br /> Dear Fred: • • . • . <br /> • <br /> ' .At your request l reviewed the "First Addendum to Contract for Commissary • . <br /> Services," a copy of which is attached hereto. This addendum, if approved, will - <br /> • •require the vendor, Swanson Services•Corporation, provide certain hardware, <br /> ..software, and training relative to a new ordering and delivery system for inmate <br /> • commissary iterns and provide cash machines and debt cards as outlined In the <br /> . addendum. Additionally, Swanson will pay for necessary wiring and electrical . <br /> • Installation up to $8,000 for the new hardware. The addendum further provides <br /> that the term of the commissary services contract be extended for an additional • <br /> five renewal periods of one year each. Upon completion of five years of ' <br /> .continuous use the Cobra Banker, kiosks, and, booking cashier machine will <br /> • . become the property of the •department <br /> It is my understanding that the addendum will; amo oth er benefits, allow ttie • , . <br /> ...departmennt to take advantage of a new, more efficient system for handling its <br /> • commissary order and delivery system. Department employees would no longer <br /> be required to receive commissary orders from inmates, collate those orders, and • • • • <br /> place the orders with the vendor. Additionally, the vendor will deliver commissary <br /> • items directly to the inmates. Currently deliveries are made by corrections staff '• • <br /> as part of their regular job duties. These are viewed as ancillary, one -of -a -kind: <br /> accessory systems for use in conjunction with, or•in some cases .updates to or <br /> . = replacements of, the existing contracted .services, equipment, software, and • • <br /> accounting system obtained through a previous request for bids or proposals : • - • • • <br /> process, and would not require . new bidding process. • • <br /> 1 approve the.form of the agreement. • ... . • • • • . • <br /> " tifig. S• rely, j M • • �� E.nulewicz <br /> n <br />