MI HR0424

Urges Governor Snyder to terminate the $145 million 3-year Aramark Correctional Services contract for prison food service that began October 1, 2013, which was expected to save 20 percent ($16 million) compared to using state employees.

Documents failures in the first year including food shortages, unapproved substitutions, unsanitary conditions, maggots in food service areas, illness outbreaks, and at least one federal lawsuit; over 100 Aramark employees (nearly one-third of the workforce) were permanently banned from facilities due to sexual contact with prisoners and smuggling drugs and tobacco.

Notes similar problems occurred in Florida, Kentucky, and Ohio, with Florida terminating its Aramark contract; state penalties of $98,000 (March 2014, forgiven) and $200,000 (August 2014) have been ineffective.

Questions whether the contract is delivering promised savings, noting Aramark's original proposal did not meet the mandatory 5 percent savings requirement and questions whether expected cost benefits from the re-analysis are being realized.

Directs copies of the resolution be transmitted to Governor Snyder, the Michigan Department of Corrections director, and the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget director.