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PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT
FY2016 Amendment No. 8
SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A
EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Revise Section-9 of the Budget Resolution to allow the newly appointed Superintendent the time and flexibility to address operational needs based upon a thorough assessment of the JTDC.
IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0
BUDGETARY UNIT: Volume I - Resolution, Section-9
COMMENTS:
Section 9. In order to make necessary transfers of $10,000 or less within and between the 100 (excluding the 110 account), 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 800 accounts/account series, the Elected Officials, Heads of Departments, Offices, Institutions or Agencies are hereby required to request and receive advance approval from the Director of Budget and Management Services. Upon request and justification from the Agency, the Director of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to review said transfer requests and approve said transfer requests in an amount equal to $10,000 or less within and between accounts without Board approval. A report of such approved transfers shall be made to the Cook County Board of Commissioners by the Director of Budget and Management Services via placement of said report on a Board Agenda on a quarterly basis. Except for transfers authorized in Section 8, transfers requested that are equal to or less than $10,000 from the 110 account or greater than $10,000 that are within or between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 or 800 account series will require the advance approval by the Board; transfers requested that are equal to or less than $10,000 from the 110 account or greater than $10,000 that are within or between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, or 800 account series in the Health and Hospital System or for the Land Bank will require the advance approval by the Health and Hospitals System Board or the Land Bank Board, respectively. No transfers are required for shifts in funds between business units within the same department for non-personnel accounts. Transfers made for department 018, account 350 are restricted to the following accounts: 183, 190, 241 or 289. The Elected Officials, Heads of Departments, offices, institutions and Agencies of the County, are prohibited from incurring any liability against any account in excess of the amount herein authorized for such account without securing the prior approval by the Director of Budget and Management Services and/or the Board of Commissioners or the Health and Hospitals System Board for the pledging of appropriate unencumbered balances for subsequent transfer as provided for by the Board of Commissioners or the Health and Hospitals System Board. The Director of Budget and Management Services is hereby authorized to issue rules governing transfers.
To further ensure an efficient and effective transition of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center to the Office of the Chief Judge from the Temporary Administrator, the Director of Budget and Management is authorized to make transfers within Department 440, Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, to the 110 account from the 115, 119, 120, 169, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 800 and other related accounts to cover salaries and wages without explicit consent by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, so long as the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center's budget does not exceed its total adjusted appropriation. In order to make necessary transfers within and between the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 800 accounts/account series the Chief Administrator of the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is hereby required to request transfers within one year of transition of the Center and receive advance approval from the Director of Budget and Management Services. Upon request and justification from the Agency, the Director of Budget and Mangaement Services is hereby authorized to review said transfer requests and approve said transfer requests without Board approval. The Director of Budget and Management Services is also authorized to make use of prior year encumbrances for the purposes of funding at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center where such expenditures are projected to exceed appropriations. The Office of the Chief Judge will provide a report to the Board of Commissioners summarizing any transfers made under this provision.
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