Item C01BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: January 19, 2011 Division: County Administration
Bulk Item: Yes X No Department: Medical Examiner
Staff Contact Person/Phone #: Reggie Paros/289-6002
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of Resolution amending Resolution No. 007-2009 in order
to provide for a Cremation Approval Fee charged by the District 16 Medical Examiner
ITEM BACKGROUND: On January 28, 2009, Board adopted Resolution No. 007-2009,
authorizing the District 16 Medical Examiner to establish fees to be charged to third parties for specific
services.
Dr. Hunt Scheuerman, District Sixteen Medical Examiner, has requested that a Cremation Approval
Fee of $50.00 per approval be added to the fee schedule. Many districts in Florida already have such
a fee in the $25.00 - $75.00 range.
It is estimated that the additional fee would generate about $20,000.00 annually. The fees would be
billed, collected and accounted for by the Medical Examiner's Office with the purpose being to offset
future funding needs.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: On January 28, 2009, Board adopted Resolution No.
007-2009, authorizing the District 16 Medical Examiner to establish fees to be charged to third parties
for specific services.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: This is not a contract.
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval
TOTAL COST: N/A INDIRECT COST: BUDGETED: Yes No
COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty YES OMB/Purchasing N/A Risk Management N/A
DOCUMENTATION:
DISPOSITION:
Revised 1 /09
Included X Not Required
AGENDA ITEM #
RESOLUTION N0. — 2011
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 007-2009 IN ORDER TO
PROVIDE FOR A CREMATION APPROVAL FEE
WHEREAS, on January 28, 2009, the Board of County Commissioners approved
Resolution 007-2009, authorizing the District 16 Medical Examiner Office to establish fees to be
charged for third parties for specific services; and
WHEREAS, S. 497.6079 F.S., requires that a legally authorized person provide written
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authorization for a cremation; and
WHEREAS, S.497.002(37) includes the medical examiner in the list of legally
authorized persons; and
WHEREAS, S. 406.08, F.S., specifies that certain agencies shall pay the fees for medical
examiner services for bodies of persons who dies in their custody, that the state may a all or
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part of fees for transportation services that might otherwise have been borne b the County,
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indicating that there are fees attributable to medical examiner services; and
WHEREAS, S. 406.11(1)(c), F.S. requires the medical examiner to determine the cause
of death when a body is to be cremated, regardless of which legally authorized person arranges
for cremation; and
WHEREAS, the state has not pre-empted the ability to locally determine fees to be
charged for services related to cremation; and
WHEREAS, the general rule regarding fees for services is that they must be related to
the cost of providing that service, which would allow the fee to be set at the average cost of
providing the service even though in some instances the actual cost mayslightly g be higher or
lower than the fee.
NOW THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA;
1. Resolution No. 007-2009 is hereby amended to add an eighth item to Exhibit A for
Fees to be charged to Third Parties for Specific Services as follows:
8. Cremation Approval Fee $50.00
2. All other provisions of Resolution No. 007-2009 and Exhibit A remain in full force
and effect.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida at a regular meeting Meld on the 19th day of Jan , A.D., 2011.
Mayor Heather Carruthers
Mayor Pro Tem David Rice
Commissioner Kim Wigington
Commissioner George Neugent
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
(Seal)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
By:
Deputy Clerk
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
BY:
Mayor
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