A Winnfield Council-approved system will allow inmates housed in the city jail to make phone calls with more privacy than the visitation room.  Funding that installation is Correct Solutions Telephone.  

A benefit to law enforcement is that the department will have access to the recorded conversations,  City Attorney Clay Carroll explained at the Council’s February 11 meeting.  “At the end of the day, a phone is needed.”

The jail which should be fully reopened by this summer currently has no dedicated phone system for inmates.  Asst. Chief Charles Curry explained that Correct Solutions is the same company that the city used when the jail was previously operational.  The installed system will provide privacy for the calls while leaving the visitation room open for use.

In other action, the council adopted Ordinance 1, previously introduced to transfer the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame on Main Street to the State of Louisiana.  The action was taken to allow a $1.2 million state grant to move forward to combine the old depot and the former Youth Shop/Girlfriend building into a single complex with a new entrance and façade.

The council also declared as surplus a red bucket truck from the Electric Department that council member Chiquita Caldwell said needs work and has a broken bucket.

And for the Fire Department, Robert Jones was approved for his move from volunteer to part-time firefighter.