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PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT
FY2016 Amendment No. 7
SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A
EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Amends the Budget Resolution to allow for hiring positions that have been appropriated if a department has not met its Turnover Adjustment.
IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0
BUDGETARY UNIT: Resolution
COMMENTS: Section 26.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution and Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2016, the maximum amounts available for appropriation to each budgetary unit or groups of budgetary units shall be set at 97% of the Final Adopted Appropriation for personnel and non-personnel accounts. In addition, the Budget and Management Services Director shall establish quarterly allotments of non-personnel funding. The Budget and Management Services Director has the sole discretion and is hereby authorized to release a portion of this holdback or allotment upon request and justification by the Agency. Should an Agency’s request for a release of the holdback be denied by the Budget and Management Services Director, the Agency may request a release directly from the Board of Commissioners; the Cook County Health and Hospital System and the Cook County Land Bank Authority where applicable; the Budget and Management Services Director shall be provided advance written notice of any holdback release requests submitted to the Agencies applicable governing board. For purposes of controlling expenditures, the expenditure of or incurring of obligations against any appropriation may be further delayed, restricted, or terminated with regard to any object or purpose for which appropriations were made in the appropriation bill or resolution. A monthly schedule for the year of proposed expenditure, including any limitations or conditions against appropriations for each bureau and/or agency shall be made within 30 days of the adoption of the annual appropriation bill, and such schedule, as amended by the President of the County Board, shall be binding upon all officers, agencies, and departments, and such schedule of expenditure or of incurring obligations may not be exceeded, provided that any such schedule may be revised after three calendar months have elapsed since the last schedule.
If a Department has not met its budgeted turnover adjustment, the Department may still hire to fill positions that are appropriated in the Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2016.
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