Funeral-services board requests spending authority for license-management update and inspector contracts

Della Smith, executive director of the State Board of Funeral Services, told the committee the board licenses funeral establishments and professionals, reported 482 active establishments and 1,660 licensees, and seeks $47,171 in spending authority for inspector contracts, leases, legal/fiscal services and a one-time license-management system update. "We maintain a $230,360 cash balance for the last fiscal year," Smith said when describing the board’s financial position.