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AGENDA: Marion County commissioners meet to consider psychiatric services contracts

Colm Willis, Marion County commissioner, sits in on a video conference on May 5, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

The Marion County Board of Commissioners meets Wednesday to consider several contracts for psychiatric services and to extend a contract for policing in east Salem.

AGENDA

Commissioners will consider approving a $540,000 contract with Robert Wolf to provide medical director services for the county’s behavioral health programs until May 2024.

They will consider approving a $273,000 contract with Nathaniel Kravitz to provide psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner services to individuals in mental health programs through June 2023.

They will also consider approving a $500,000 contract with Salem Health to provide acute inpatient psychiatric services retroactive from January through December.

Commissioners will consider approving $4.1 million in incoming funds from the East Salem Service District to provide stormwater services through June 2026.

Additionally, they will consider approving an additional $4.9 million for a contract that provides Marion County Sheriff’s Office deputies in east Salem. The total contract would be $9.8 million and last until June 2024.

Meeting details: The commissioners meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Senator Hearing Room at 555 Court Street N.E. The meeting is streamed live on YouTube

-Saphara Harrell