Resolution No. 97

Amending The 2025 Ulster County Budget To Fund A Deputy Medical Examiner (Medicolegal Investigation) Position - Amending The 2025 Ulster County Position Listing – Department Of Health

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Status: 
Adopted

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Referred to: The Health, Human Services and Human Rights Committee (Chairman Uchitelle and Legislators Collins, Corcoran, Harmon, Kitchen, Lopez, and McCollough), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Collins, Hansut, Kovacs, Nolan, Roberts, and Uchitelle)

 

Chairman of the Health, Human Services and Housing Committee, Abe Uchitelle, and Deputy Chair Craig V. Lopez offer the following:

 

WHEREAS, this Resolution has been submitted at the request of the County Executive on behalf of the Department of Health (DOH); and

 

WHEREAS, the Medical Examiner’s Office is open 24/7 and requires constant staff coverage; and

 

WHEREAS, the Medical Examiner’s Office currently has positions in the 2025 Adopted Budget for (1) part-time Medical Examiner, (1) part-time Deputy Medical Examiner and (2) full-time Deputy Medical Examiners (Medicolegal Investigation), and less than part-time, non-benefited pay of $20,660.00; and

 

WHEREAS, the Department of Health cites that due to an increase in the average caseload there is a need to establish an additional full-time Deputy Medical Examiner (Medicolegal Investigation); and

 

WHEREAS, with increased staffing in Medicolegal Investigation, the part-timeMedical Examiner’s role would reduce to less than half time; and

 

WHEREAS, the incumbent part-time Medical Examiner is currently working ten (10) hours per pay period; and

 

WHEREAS, this staffing ensures sufficient coverage of the office, in-line with the needs of the county; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to reflect this, an amendment of the 2025 Ulster County Budget is necessary; now, therefore be it

 

RESOLVED, that the 2025 Ulster County Personnel Listingis hereby amended as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

     CREATE

 

POSITION #

TITLE

 

AMOUNT

1185-xxxx

Deputy Medical Examiner (MI)

(Full-Time, Management)

*Annual Salary

Annual Benefits: $36,619.00

(F/T Salary to Year End Starting 4/7/25: $57,080.00

Benefits to Year End Starting 4/7/25: $27,079.00)

Effective April 7, 2025

*$ 77,191.00

    

                                                  

 

Other Part Time Pay

* Annual Salary

Annual Benefits: $1,182.00

(F/T Salary to Year End Starting 4/7/25: $11,420.00

Benefits to Year End Starting 4/7/25: $874.00)

Effective April 7, 2025

 

INCREASE

 

 

 

AMOUNT

 

*$ 15,444.00

 

 

 

 

     DECREASE

 

POSITION #

TITLE

 

AMOUNT

1185-1001

Medical Examiner

(From Part-Time to OtherPart-Time, Management)

Effective April 7, 2025

 

$ 68,514.00

 

 

 

 

 

RESOLVED, that the 2025 Ulster County Budget is hereby amended as follows:

 

                                                  

 

AA.1185.1061-1300.1300

(App.#) 

 

INCREASE

 

Regular Pay

 

 

AMOUNT

 

$  57,080.00

 

 

                                                  

 

AA.1185.1061-1400.1400

(App.#)

 

AA.1185.1061-8000.8000

(App.#)

 

AA.1185.1061-8010.8010

(App.#)

 

AA.1185.1061-8020.8020

(App.#)

 

AA.1185.1061-8020.8035

(App.#)

 

AA.1185.1061-8020.8055

(App.#)

 

AA.9900.9900-3700.9990 

(Rev.#),

DECREASE

 

Part Time Pay

 

 

Retirement

 

 

Social Security

 

 

Dental

 

 

Health Insurance

 

 

Optical

 

 

Appropriated Fund Balance

AMOUNT

 

$ 57,094.00

 

 

$   1,835.00

 

 

$          1.00

 

 

$       170.00

 

 

$    2,522.00

 

 

$         23.00

 

 

$    4,565.00

 

and moves its adoption.

 

 

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 

AYES:                        NOES:      

 

 

 

Passed Committee: Health, Human Services and Human Rights on _______________.

 

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

 

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$4,565.00 – REDUCTION TO 2025 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS           

$4,565.00 – REDUCTION TO 2025 APPROPRIATED FUND BALANCE

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Updated: March 28, 2025