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PROPOSED INTERAGENCY AGREEMENT AMENDMENT
Department(s): Cook County Medical Examiner
Other Part(ies): Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Request: Authorization to amend an interagency agreement
Good(s) or Service(s): Transportation and burial services for human remains received from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Agreement period: 11/19/2015 - 11/18/2017, 7/14/ 2017 - 11/30/2019
Fiscal Impact: FY17 $25,000.00; FY18 $48,000.00; FY19 $36,000.00
Accounts: 259-237 Services for Minors or Indigents
Agreement Number(s): None
Summary: The current policies and operations of the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office (ME) requires that it have the ability to bury cremated remains, unidentified decedents, infants and fetal remains to be disposed at the public expense. As set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Catholic Cemeteries will arrange for the burying of human remains from the ME, which shall consist of pickup and delivery of human remains, supplying a grave, an interment service, and a concrete outer burial container in accordance with the terms and conditions of this MOU.
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