La. to pay Kenyon $119,000 a day for body recovery
Wed Sep 14, 2005 1:43 PM ET
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept 14 (Reuters) - The state of Louisiana will pay Kenyon International Emergency Services almost $119,000 a day for two months for the job of recovering, documenting and handling the bodies of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, according to documents released by the state.
The contract between the company and the state's Department of Health and Hospitals runs from Sept. 12 to Nov. 15 at a daily personnel rate of $118,980, after a 10 percent discount. Kenyon also estimated expenses of around $639,000 for the first 31 days of its mission, covering everything from body bags to trailers to laundry services for its staffers.
Kenyon initially said last week it had been hired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to recover bodies in New Orleans and elsewhere.
But on Tuesday Gov. Kathleen Blanco said the state had signed a contract directly with the company because the recovery work was going too slowly and Kenyon was threatening to pull out for lack of a written contract with FEMA.
FEMA said it offered a contract to Kenyon, which the company declined. It also said the state's contract with Kenyon was eligible for reimbursement under various federal relief programs.
A spokesman for Service Corp. International (SCI.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which owns Kenyon, could not immediately comment on whether the contract would have a material impact for SCI.
As of Tuesday the confirmed body count in Louisiana was 423, and while more dead are expected to be found, fears have eased that the toll could pass 10,000.
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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept 14 (Reuters) - The state of Louisiana will pay Kenyon International Emergency Services almost $119,000 a day for two months for the job of recovering, documenting and handling the bodies of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, according to documents released by the state.
The contract between the company and the state's Department of Health and Hospitals runs from Sept. 12 to Nov. 15 at a daily personnel rate of $118,980, after a 10 percent discount. Kenyon also estimated expenses of around $639,000 for the first 31 days of its mission, covering everything from body bags to trailers to laundry services for its staffers.
Kenyon initially said last week it had been hired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to recover bodies in New Orleans and elsewhere.
But on Tuesday Gov. Kathleen Blanco said the state had signed a contract directly with the company because the recovery work was going too slowly and Kenyon was threatening to pull out for lack of a written contract with FEMA.
FEMA said it offered a contract to Kenyon, which the company declined. It also said the state's contract with Kenyon was eligible for reimbursement under various federal relief programs.
A spokesman for Service Corp. International (SCI.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which owns Kenyon, could not immediately comment on whether the contract would have a material impact for SCI.
As of Tuesday the confirmed body count in Louisiana was 423, and while more dead are expected to be found, fears have eased that the toll could pass 10,000.
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