DEPARTMENT
Senior Services
REQUESTED ACTION (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval to amend an existing contract - Senior Services, 25ITB1357652A-KM, Indigent Burial Services with Mutual Meadows, Inc (Peachtree Corners, GA) in an amount not to exceed $49,000.00 to amend the scope of work to provide burial for unclaimed cremations. Effective upon BOC approval.
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REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
In accordance with Purchasing Code Section 102-420, contract modifications within the scope of the contract and necessary for contract completion of the contract, in the specifications, services, time of performance or terms and conditions of the contract shall be forwarded to the Board of Commissioners for approval.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Health and Human Services
COMMISSION DISTRICTS AFFECTED
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IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
Yes
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND: The purpose of this amendment will enable the contractor to provide cremation services.
Scope of Work: Provide interment and cremation services for the indigent to include cemetery plots, furnishing of gravesites, cement vault, opening and closing of grave sites, lowering services, cremation, and interment of cremains and perpetual, care. This is done pursuant to the O.C.G.A ? 36-12-5, keeping of adequate records of all such interments and providing normal maintenance care which all lot owners receive. Indigent people are typically people with no family, no assets, and no money, which is left to the local government to administer funeral arrangements. This program provides a decent burial for Fulton County citizens who die and have no resources to pay for the interment costs at the time of death.
Community Impact: Fulton County provides approximately 3...
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