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File #: 2025-21605   
Type: Consent Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/18/2025 Meeting Body Board of County Commissioners
On agenda: 1/6/2026 Final action:
Title: Request Approval of Contract Amendment (Renewal): 20P-151-CA-04 Disposition of Unclaimed Bodies - Gratitude and Compassion, LLC dba Roberts of Ocala Funerals and Cremation, Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; estimated expenditure of $46,000)
Attachments: 1. 20P-151-CA-04 AGN CNT, 2. 20P-151-CA-03 EC, 3. 20P-151-CA-02 EC, 4. 20P-151-CA-01 EC, 5. 20P-151 EC

 

SUBJECT:

Title

Request Approval of Contract Amendment (Renewal): 20P-151-CA-04 Disposition of Unclaimed Bodies - Gratitude and Compassion, LLC dba Roberts of Ocala Funerals and Cremation, Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; estimated expenditure of $46,000)

Body

 

INITIATOR:

DEPARTMENT:

Susan Olsen, Director

Procurement Services

 

DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:

On October 6, 2020, the Board approved an agreement with Gratitude and Compassion, LLC doing business as Roberts of Ocala Funerals and Cremation (“Roberts”) to provide services for care and disposition of unclaimed decedents in Marion County. The services in this agreement include respectful pickup, storage, cremation, disposition of cremated remains, as well as all required legal and administrative documentation.

 

Roberts has performed these services in a satisfactory and professional manner.  Community Service’s staff recommends renewing the agreement for an additional five (5) years, extending the term through October 31, 2031.

 

A draft contract is attached for review.  Upon approval at today’s meeting the agreement will be sent to Roberts for signature, and upon approval by Legal, it will be forwarded for the Clerk’s and Chairman’s signatures.

 

BUDGET/IMPACT:

Neutral; estimated annual expenditure of $46,000. Funds are available in line AA335564-531109.

 

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Recommended action

Motion to approve and allow staff to issue, and upon approval by Legal, authorize the Chairman and Clerk to execute the contract with Gratitude and Compassion, LLC dba Roberts of Ocala Funerals and Cremation under 20P-151.

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