The County requests bids on Burial Services for indigent persons within the County. (A) Upon notification by the Director of Administration or County Executive, the successful bidder will promptly recover the body and deliver the body to the successful bidder’s location. (B) The body will be prepared for burial in accordance with State Law. (C) The successful bidder will notify the County’s Public Works Department 48 hours before delivery to the County’s burial site. The County Public Works Department will prepare a burial plot. The successful bidder will deliver the body to the designated site and assist the Public Works Department in marking the grave. The Public Works Department will cover over the grave. Approximately five indigent persons are buried annually in the County. The County’s burial sites are: (1) Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, MO (2) Neely’s Cemetery, Jefferson County Highway Y and Tinhouse Road, Hillsboro, MO (3) Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery The majority of indigent burials require that the body is recovered within the limits of Jefferson County. There may be occasions when the body must be recovered from an adjoining County.
