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County approves $500,000 hotel placement contract and updates indigent-burial vendors; officials say backlog cleared
Summary
The Board approved a two-year $500,000 contract for emergency hotel placement and established a qualified list of funeral vendors for indigent burials. County staff said a pandemic-era backlog was cleared and that 92 indigent burials were completed; vendors are paid once correct invoices are submitted, typically within about two weeks.
The Board approved a contract with Halsey Associates’ Village Hotel to provide emergency hotel/motel placement for unhoused individuals and families from Dec. 1, 2024, through Nov. 30, 2026, not to exceed $500,000.
Donald Bradley, deputy director for the Department of Citizen Services, presented the contract and commissioners approved it by roll call. Vice President Cooper said he supported expanding options to assist people in need.
On the related agenda items, the Board also approved a qualified list to…
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