Minnesota to Spend $6.9 Million on Warehouse Facility for Storing Dead Bodies

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Alpha News

The state of Minnesota plans to spend $6.9 million to acquire a warehouse facility for the “temporary storage of human remains.”

Anthony Gockowski

May 11 2020

The state of Minnesota plans to spend $6.9 million to acquire a warehouse facility for the “temporary storage of human remains.”

The funds will come from the COVID-19 Minnesota Fund and was recommended for approval by Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans.

Frans has the authority to transfer and disperse funding requests that are below $1 million, but any request higher than $1 million must be approved by the Legislative COVID-19 Response Commission.

“The requisite number of commission members having provided a positive recommendation, I hereby authorize $6,900,000 from the COVID-19 Minnesota Fund to the Department of Administration to purchase a facility that can accommodate a surge in demand for the timely, dignified, and temporary storage of human remains,” the budget request states.

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