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Joint resolution approving a Line Item Transfer within the Coroner’s budget in the amount of $22,013 and increasing the headcount of the Coroner’s Office by one.
Staff Summary
• The Coroner’s Office has been utilizing a contract to provide pathology services while recruiting for a full time Pathologist. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Coroner’s Office budget included sufficient funds for that outsourced function.
• The Coroner’s Officer has identified a qualified candidate and now wishes to convert that contractual “Medical Fees” budget into salary and benefits for the remainder of FY 2020 in the amount of $22,013.
• It is also necessary to increase the authorized full-time staff in the Coroner’s Office from 13 positions to 14 positions.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Coroner’s Office has been utilizing a contract to provide pathology services while recruiting for a full time Pathologist; and
WHEREAS, the FY2020 Coroner’s Office budget included sufficient funds for that outsourced function; and
WHEREAS, the Coroner’s Office has identified a qualified candidate and now wishes to convert that contractual “Medical Fees” budget into salary and benefits for the remainder of the fiscal year in the amount of $22,013; and
WHEREAS, approval is needed to increase the headcount of the Coroner’s Office full time staff by one; and
WHEREAS, a line item transfer is needed for the additional staffing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that an increase in full time position count and a line item transfer in the amount of $22,013, as indicated in the attached are hereby approved.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on September 8, 2020.