Legislation Details

File #: 26-00398    Version: 1
Type: Administrative Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/27/2026 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 5/5/2026 Final action:
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a Service Agreement with ViaPath Technologies to provide Inmate Communications Services, as follows: a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with ViaPath Technologies, formerly presented to the board as Telmate LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Tel* Link (GTL) to provide Inmate Communications Services at the Sheriff's Office Northern Branch Jail and Santa Barbara Main Jail facilities for a period effective January 01, 2026, through December 31, 2028; and b) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a project that is subject to environmental review under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are governmental funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
Sponsors: SHERIFF-CORONER OFFICE
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - ViaPath_Technology_Service_Agreement_RFP 9180002, 3. Attachment B - Contract_Summary_RFP_9180002, 4. Attachment C - Certificate_of_Liability_Insurance_COI_RFP 9180002
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Consider recommendations regarding a Service Agreement with ViaPath Technologies to provide Inmate Communications Services, as follows:

 

a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with ViaPath Technologies, formerly presented to the board as Telmate LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Tel* Link (GTL) to provide Inmate Communications Services at the Sheriff’s Office Northern Branch Jail and Santa Barbara Main Jail facilities for a period effective January 01, 2026, through December 31, 2028; and

 

b) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a project that is subject to environmental review under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are governmental funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.