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Commissioners table mortuary transport award after competing funeral homes accuse winner of unfair advantage; sheriff to take reports
Summary
After purchasing staff recommended Shafer Mortuary Services as low bidder for transport services, multiple funeral-home representatives and transport providers contested the award, alleging that a firm operating both transport and funeral services creates competitive conflicts and that justices of the peace bypassed the bidding decision; the court voted 5–0 to table the award, form a stakeholder committee and have the sheriff take reports for potential grand jury review.
Purchasing staff recommended Shafer Mortuary Services as the lowest and best bidder for county transport/removal services at the Sept. 22 Potter County Commissioners Court meeting. The court then heard extensive public comment from funeral-home owners, transport providers and other stakeholders who said the award process and current practice produced unfair advantages and raised procedural and ethical concerns.
Several speakers urged a return to a neutral rotation or to structure contracts to separate body removal/transport from…
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