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Cox were charging $375.00, but had sent a letter saying that as of October 1st their fees would go to $400. Indian River Memorial Hospital charged $25.00 per case, and Longwood charges $61.00 per case. When the autopsies were performed in Indian River County, we did not pay anything in transportation bills, and the average charge which we are paying now is about $75 per transport. Commissioner Bird noted that $75 times 90 transports multiplies out to $7,000, not $5,000, and the OMB Director noted that he has some unpaid bills. Vice Chairman Scurlock understood there was a state study done re medical examiner's offices throughout the state, and it seemed that the appropriate figure for funding these particular activities fell around $1.00 per capital, which in Indian River County would have been about $75,000 for this past year. What he would suggest is that we possibly underfunded last year based on this new study. OMB Director Barton noted that the study said the state average is about 80t per capital, but the Legislature felt $1.00 per capital would be more in lines. Vice Chairman Scurlock emphasized that his main concern is lack of communication'and also whether it is legal to spend funds that are not budgeted. We budgeted only $50,000 and the proper procedure that should have been taken before any additional funds were spent would have been to approach this Commission and request a budget amendment. That did not happen and Dr. Walker continued to spend additional monies, even more than is reflected here because there are unpaid bills. Dr. Walker stressed that the budget under which he is operating is not the budget he proposed; it was proposed by Dr. Cox and States Attorney Stone without prior consultation with him. Commissioner Bird figured that if the number of autopsies that were performed had been performed locally by Drs. Rogers and 78 AUG 91 19185 BOOKS Fr, c 8'-/ 5