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Commissioners update indigent‑burial procedures and approve mortuary rotation schedule
Summary
The court updated a 2006 order on indigent burial and cremation procedures and approved a separate order establishing a rotation and contract exemption for funeral home services to ensure transparency and an orderly process for handling indigent decedents.
The Commissioner's Court approved an updated County order (revising a 2006 order) that updates procedures and forms for indigent burials and cremations. County staff and the district attorney's office worked on the revisions and described the changes as bringing order to the process.
The court also approved an order establishing funeral home service contracts and a rotation schedule, which creates an exemption from competitive bidding for public and safety‑time‑sensitive mortuary services and aims to ensure transparent costs and an orderly process for the sheriff's office and county handling of indigent decedents. Staff said they met with local funeral home providers to solicit input before finalizing the approach.
