REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 23, 2020
FROM
JASON ANDERSON, District Attorney
SUBJECT
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Budget Adjustments for Contracted Services and Worker's Compensation Insurance Fraud Prosecution Grant
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve budget adjustments in the amount of $184,445 to appropriation and reimbursements and authorize the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector to post adjustments within the District Attorney's 2019-20 budget, as detailed in the Financial Impact Section (Four Votes Required).
(Presenter: Michael Fermin, Assistant District Attorney, 382-3662)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of additional Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The District Attorney (Department) requests budget adjustments within the 2019-20 budget as reflected below to provide sufficient appropriation for costs associated with contracted services for forensic toxicology and transcription services.
Appropriation and revenue adjustments are also requested in the Special Revenue Fund for additional grant funds of $184,445 received from the CA Department of Insurance for the Worker's Compensation Insurance Fraud Prosecution Program. The budget adjustments will allow the Special Revenue Fund to reimburse the Department's General Fund for nearly all of the salary and benefit costs of staff assigned to the grant. Staff assigned to the grant are budgeted in the Department's General Fund to ensure sufficient appropriation and fund balance for salary and benefit costs. The State issues the grant funds once a year, typically close to the end of the County's fiscal year. When the funds are received, the Special Revenue Fund reimburses...
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