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County to update burial assistance policy to cover higher medical‑examiner cremation fee
Summary
Staff proposed and commissioners agreed to place on consent a policy update that adds the medical examiner's cremation sign‑off fee (increased from $50 to $75) to the county's burial assistance coverage; staff said the county paid approximately $137,070 of a $150,000 burial assistance budget in 2025.
Tina Ebertowski, supervisor in income maintenance who oversees adult and long‑term care teams, presented a proposed update to Crow Wing County’s burial assistance policy to reflect a rise in the medical examiner’s fee for cremation paperwork.
Ebertowski told commissioners that state statute requires the county to provide final disposition for persons without apparent means and that the…
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