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Board approves in‑house medical‑examiner plan amid public scrutiny over procurement
Summary
Supervisors approved a plan and $4 million in budget authority to build a county morgue and bring medical‑examiner services in‑house. The move followed months of public allegations about the prior contract and calls for a third‑party review of procurement practices.
The Mohave County Board voted Nov. 17 to move forward with a multi-year plan to bring medical-examiner services in-house, authorizing staff to design and remodel a county facility and begin recruitment and budgeting to deliver fully operational services by July 1, 2027.
Supervisor Lettman, who sponsored the measure, said the county needs an in-house capability after years of contracting out services. County staff presented a plan that would use $4,000,000 budgeted in FY26 for design and remodel of a county-owned building identified as suitable for a morgue, and estimated annual operating costs of…
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