County to mull cell usage for jail administrators

NEW BOSTON, Texas — Bowie County Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. today to consider providing cellular telephone usage service to at least eight jail administrative personnel members.

Commissioners, who will meet in their second floor gathering room at the courthouse, will consider providing cellular phone service to Jail Administrator Joseph Wilson, Assistant Jail Administrator Robert Page, Maj. Eric Nelson, Security Captains Sherdona Walker and Nathaniel Johnson, Administrative Security Lt. Paul

Magee, Maintenance Supervisor Albert Cantu and Transportation Sgt. David Alexander.

These administrators will be supervising both the county’s 748-bed Correctional Center as well as the Bi-State Justice Center’s 164-bed jail.

LaSalle Corrections, a private company that’s managed Bowie County’s Correctional Center for several years, will be withdrawing once its current contract expires Feb. 12.

In other business, the court will consider approving a request from the Bowie County Tax Assessor-Collectors Office to contract with the

Dallas-based Certified Payments credit card vending firm in order provide county residents with a reduced rate on credit card usage fees.

“We are looking at passing on whatever savings we can find to the citizens — especially in the difficult times we are still facing right now,” said Bowie County Tax Assessor-Collector Josh Davis.

Commissioners will also go into closed executive session to continue discussing cyber security, personnel matters and litigation regarding cybersecurity hack attacks last month.