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PROPOSED TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Department: Medical Examiner
Request: Transfer Funds from Personnel Salaries to Professional Services
Reason: To provide funding for emergency contracted forensic pathologists
From Account(s): 11100.1259.17140.501010, $230,000.00
To Account(s): 11100.1259.10155.520835, $230,000.00
Total Amount of Transfer: $230,000.00
On what date did it become apparent that the receiving account would require an infusion of funds in order to meet current obligations? What was the balance in the account on that date, and what was the balance 30 days prior to that date?
1/29/2021; balance $82,904.34; balance on 12/29/2020, $89,282.34
How was the account used for the source of transferred funds identified? List any other accounts that were also considered (but not used) as the source of the transferred funds.
Source account contains funds budgeted for salaries of forensic pathologists in positions currently vacant.
Identify any projects, purchases, programs, contracts, or other obligations that will be deferred, delayed, or canceled as a result of the reduction in available spending authority that will result in the account that funds are transferred from.
None of the above anticipated.
If the answer to the above question is “none” then please explain why this account was originally budgeted in a manner that caused an unobligated surplus to develop at this point in the fiscal year.
Current shortage of available forensic pathologists is becoming more severe and has created hiring difficulties.
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