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LaSalle County coroner asks finance committee to consider buying decedent transport van
Summary
Coroner Rich proposed purchasing a fully equipped transport van (estimated $81,459) to reduce recurring transport charges and staffing burdens; the Public Safety Committee voted to refer the funding question to the county finance committee.
At the LaSalle County Public Safety Committee meeting, Coroner Rich proposed purchasing a fully equipped decedent transport vehicle and associated equipment at an estimated total cost of about $81,459 and asked the committee to send the funding request to the county finance committee for consideration.
Rich told the committee the coroner’s office averaged roughly 80 decedents a year for budgeting purposes and reported an existing transport line item of $55,750. He said bringing decedents back to LaSalle County instead of paying funeral homes or outside services to deliver bodies to the regional morgue could cut his transport expense roughly in half and recoup the vehicle cost in less than three…
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