DEPARTMENT
Senior Services
REQUESTED ACTION
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Request approval to renew an existing contract - Department of Senior Services, 25ITB1357652AKM, Indigent Burial Services in the amount not to exceed $494,975.00 with Mutual Meadows Inc. (Peachtree Corners, GA), to provide dignified professional burial services as a last resort for any deceased person declared indigent or unclaimed Fulton County resident if the death occurred within Fulton County. This action exercises the first of two renewal options. One renewal option remains. Effective dates: January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026. (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) months or less.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM
Health and Human Services
COMMISSION DISTRICTS AFFECTED
All Districts ?
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District 6 ?
IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
Yes
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
The Department of Senior Services recommends approval to fulfill County obligations to provide indigent burial services when necessary.
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 of normal maintenance care which all lot owners receive. The gravesites are located at Lakeside Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 7720 Ono Road, Palmetto, GA 30268. 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 b...
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