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PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT
FY2016 Amendment No. 5
SOURCE OF FUNDING: Amusement Tax; Hotel Accommodations Tax; Firearm and Firearm Ammunition Tax
EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Amendment to offset the withdrawal of expanding the "Amusement Tax" to in-home cable television. Amendment also offsets increases in supplies at the Cook County Health & Hospital System, the restoration of salaries at the Department of Facilities Management, an increase in funding for the Veterans' Assistance Commission, increase in funding at the Office of the State's Attorney toward alternative sentencing programs, and the repayment of an Illinois Emergency Management Agency Grant. Balances Amendment # 1394.
IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $3,970,000
BUDGETARY UNIT: All Departments with Non-Union Personnel Account Salaries 110, Department 499 Account Health Insurance 176, Department 200 Account Salaries 110, Department 452 Account Services for the Indigent 237, Department 499 Account Appropriation Adjustment 814,CCHHS.
COMMENTS: The offset accomplished with the delay of Non-Union Cost of Living Adjustments to June 1, 2016 from December 1, 2015 ($3,321,145). A decrease in employee Health Insurance costs in the Public Safety Fund ($131,859). A decrease in the behavioral health services Transition Center to be piloted in conjunction with the Office of the Sheriff ($900,000). A decrease in the contract toward Community Counseling Centers of Chicago ($1,351,552). Finally, a decrease in funding toward facility maintenance at the Stroger Campus ($1,351,552). Please see attached the ($3,321,145) to offset the reduction in revenues through the delay of Non-Union Cost of Living Adjustments to June 1, 2016 from December 1, 2015. Also attached are the changes to the Property Tax Levy as allocated to the Health Enterprise Fund as a result of this amendment. The subsidy to the Health Enterprise Fund decreases from $125,000,000 to $121,235,196
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