DEPARTMENT
Senior Services
REQUESTED ACTION (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval to renew an existing contract - Department of Senior Services, 21ITB000028ACJC, Indigent Burial Services in the amount of $418,750.00 with Mutual Meadows (Peachtree Corners, GA), to provide dignified professional burial services as a last resort for any unclaimed County resident or deceased person declared indigent if the death occurred within Fulton County. This is the first of two renewals options. One renewal option remains. Effective January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023. (APPROVED)
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REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION
In accordance with Purchasing Code Section 102-394(6), the Purchasing Department shall present all renewal requests to the Board of Commissioners at least 90 days prior to the contract renewal date or 60 days if the contract term is six (6) month or less.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM
Health and Human Services
COMMISSION DISTRICTS AFFECTED
All Districts ?
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IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
Yes
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
The Department of Senior Services recommends Mutual Meadows Inc. to provide Indigent Burial Services for Fulton County deceased Indigent persons.
Scope of Work: O.C.G.A. Section 36-12-5 provides that "[w]henever any person dies in this state and the decedent, his or her family, and his or her immediate kindred are indigent and unable to provide for the decedent's decent interment or cremation, the governing authority of the county wherein the death occurs shall make available from county funds a sum sufficient to provide a decent interment or cremation of the deceased indigent person or to reimburse such person as may have expended the cost thereof voluntarily . . . ." This contract will provide interment and cremation services for the indigent to include cemetery plots, furnishing of gravesites, ce...
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