To: Martin L. Cousineau, Finance Committee Chairperson
From: Rochelle Brown, Prosecutor’s Office Operations Director
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RE: Approval of a proposed amendment to the 2024-2025 Appropriations Resolution to provide for increased employee costs and travel costs; this amendment requests $32,000.00 in general fund balance to be allocated in the attached line items
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Prosecutor’s Office requests approval for an additional $32,000 in general funding added to line items as listed, (1) $13,000 1010-203.00-995.029 County Appropriation for additional costs in account 2381-296.01-718.000 Medical Insurance account, (2) $4,000 1010-203.00-995.045 County Appropriation for additional costs in account 2383-296.01-723.000 Post Retirement Benefit account, and (3) $15,000 Travel Witness Out-of-State account 1010-296.01-913.013.
BACKGROUND:
(1)The first request for $13,000 in additional funding is due to a staff member going from single-person medical insurance to family as she had gotten married since the budget was implemented. (2)There was a staff switch in our STOP grant and this left a $4,000 deficit in the cost of the employee who is now under that grant. (3) Due to the new county policy of using Bishop Airport (specifically United and American airlines) and the increase of trial cases with out-of-state witnesses, this has increased our costs for witness travel. There is no easy way to predict these costs annually due to the number of cases that may or may not go to trial and where witnesses live.
DISCUSSION:
See background
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
This additional funding would be costing the General Fund $32,000.00. A budget amendment is attached.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Promotes safe communities by working with law enforcement agencies in the processing of criminal cases.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to authorize appropriating an additional $32,000 in general funding to the line items as listed in the attached budget amendment, related to medical insurance, staffing, and witness travel costs, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the May 7, 2025 meeting of the Finance Committee of this Board), and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.