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AUGj 985 BOOK 1 FAG F. 814 different transporters that are delivering the bodies to the facilities at Longwood. Dr. Walker signs these bills, sends them to us, and we pay them direct. Vice Chairman Scurlock asked if the Medical Examiner has the legal ab.ility to overspend funds without authorization to do so, and Attorney Vitunac noted that the law does not provide for deficit financing; however, there are contingency funds because of the possibility that some departments may go over. Vice Cha-irman Scurlock wished to be more specific in terms of where the overrun has taken place. He believed that last year when Dr. Walker came in, and he really presented his own budget since he is the Medical Examiner, the Commission chose not to select that particular budget and intended to fund it at the level of $50,000. He believed that at the budget workshop session, the Commission had concern re the type of service that was going to be offered to Indian River County, and in fact, suggested that if the service of Drs. Rogers and Cox could continue to be used, we would not have to pay transportation fees for delivering bodies all the way down to Longwood; also that the actual use of Indian River Memorial Hospital facilities was substantially less than the fees charged at Longwood. The Vice Chairman wished to have a breakdown of costs in terms of those particular activities - transportation, the fees of Drs. Rogers and Cox, etc. OMB Director Barton reported that there is a budget of $50,000 and we have spent $50,174.95. This is broken down as follows for 91 autopsies: Transportation $ 5,251.45 Longwood Medical Center 2,103.00 Medical Examiner's Office 42,820.50 As to the differences between last year and this year, the OMB Director noted that Dr. Walker's office has been charging us basically $400 per autopsy, plus the different types of tests they perform, for which we get a separate bill. Dr. Rogers and 77