Brazos County commission reluctantly approve a 300% increase in transporting deceased bodies to out of town medical examiner offices

This podcast contains comments from the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.Brazos County commissioners reluctantly approve tripling the payment for transporting the deceased to medical examiners offices in Austin and San Antonio, from $500 to $1,500 for reach round trip.The county's purchasing agent, Charles Wendt, says the local funeral home that has had the contract was the only one interested in continuing the service...but only if their price increased for the first time in several years.Commissioners were told the purchasing office is rebidding the service and contacting providers again who are local as well as out of town.The price increase comes about two months before the opening of Brazos County's new medical examiners office.Click HERE to read and download the amended contract that was approved at the April 21, 2026 Brazos County commission meeting.