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Joint resolution authorizing an emergency appropriation from the Fund 267 Coroner Fees Fund reserves in the amount of $14,441.21 for operational expenses for the Coroner’s Office.
Staff Summary
• The Coroner’s budget for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 consists of both a Corporate Fund annual appropriation and an annual appropriation for the Coroner Fees fund.
• Per the Illinois State Statute, the Coroner Fees fund can be used for electronic and forensic identification equipment, other related supplies or the Coroner’s Office operating expenses.
• As presented at the Law and Judicial and Financial and Administrative Committee Joint Budget Hearing, the Coroner’s Office saw an increase in the number of deaths during FY2017. As a result, the Coroner Fees fund covered the operational costs for various needs of the Coroner’s Office, including lab services, operational supplies such as body bags, and motor vehicle repairs, in the amount of $14,441.21 above the FY2017 adopted budget. Between these two appropriations, the Coroner is under budget for FY2017 but an emergency appropriation is needed to cover these additional costs, as they are in the Coroner Fees Fund.
• This resolution appropriates funds in the 267 Coroner Fees fund for operational expenses and a vehicle replacement originally scheduled for FY2018 in the amount of $14,441.21 from the balance in the 267 Coroner Fees fund.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board appropriates funds in the Coroner Fees Fund (Fund 267); and
WHEREAS, the FY17 Budget did not include sufficient funds to fully fund the operational expenses in 2017; and
WHEREAS, sufficient reserves are available in the Coroner Fees Fund reserves; and
WHEREAS, an emergency appropriation in an amount of $14,441.21 is necessary for FY17.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this Lake County Board, that an emergency appropriation in the amount of $14,441.21 is hereby authorized in the FY17 budget in the Coroner Fees Fund, which will be funded from Fund 267 Coroner Fees Fund balance.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on February 13, 2017.