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PROPOSED TRANSFER OF FUNDS
Department: Cook County Medical Examiner
Request: Approval of a transfer of funds within our operating budget.
Reason: Due to the increasing costs of our rental/ laundering scrubs contract, the Medical Examiner's Office is seeking to purchase our own scrubs in order to save approximately $50,000.00 or more on the current contract.
From Account(s): 259-237, $20,000.00
To Account(s): 259-320, $20,000.00
Total Amount of Transfer: $20,000.00
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?
On 6/23/2014 it became apparent that account 259-320 would need additional funds in order for the Medical Examiner's Office to purchase their own scrubs in order to reduce current contract appropriation. The balance on the account on 6/23/2014 was $4,850.00 and 30 days prior to that was $6,169.00.
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.
The account used for the source of funds is the Services for Minors or Indigent account. Due to the severe winter weather these past months, burials were canceled due to the frozen ground, which led to excess money that was not used.
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.
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.
This account was originally budgeted for two burials per month for approximately 30 bodies per burial at $474.00 per body for 10 months. Due to the severe winter weather which no one can predict, the cemetery canceled burials for several months.
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