Coroner Removal Services Contract
Summary
The coroners want to move mortuary transport and services from the current provider to Ellis Hospital, which charges nothing for body storage for 30 days and offers remote medical-examiner consults. Savings could be considerable, and the county can piggyback on Albany County's RFP, with an updated transport resolution due in March.
At a glance
- Total mentions
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Last discussed Mar 17, 2026.
Impact analysis
Expected considerable cost savings versus the current arrangement; a deputy coroner position is also requested.
Residents get faster, better coroner services and taxpayers potentially save money.
The current transport service provider, which would lose the county's business.
Mentions & discussions (2)
County Legislature — March 17, 2026
After the informal list of funeral homes doing body transports shrank to zero, the county put the work out to bid and got one respondent — the low bidder — for a three-year contract. Some legislators are uneasy about a funeral home that says it was never notified and about concentrating the work with a single vendor.
County Legislature — January 20, 2026
The coroners want to move mortuary transport and services from the current provider to Ellis Hospital, which charges nothing for body storage for 30 days and offers remote medical-examiner consults. Savings could be considerable, and the county can piggyback on Albany County's RFP, with an updated transport resolution due in March.
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