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shall then be presented to each of the four (4) Boards of County Commissioners for consideration during the Board's normal budgetary process. The proposed budget shall be subject to the approval of each of the four (4) Boards of County Commissioners. The Counties agree that the proposed budget may not be increased without the consent of all four (4) counties. In the event any of the four (4) Boards of County Commissioners determine to reduce the total unified budget as proposed, the Board(s) reducing the proposed budget shall amend the proposed total budget, adopt the amended total budget and notify the other counties of the action taken on the budget within seven (7) days. The amended total budget, if reduced by one (1) or more of the counties, shall be deemed to be the approved budget by all four (4) counties. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Medical Examiner from requesting additional appropriations for good cause shown, from the Counties during the budget year. The Counties acknowledge that the effect of this section will be that any of the four (4) Board of County Commissioners may reduce the total budget without the consent of the other counties and that the lowest approved total budget shall be deemed to be the total budget approved by the Counties. SECTION 4. DIVISION OF RENTAL AND OPERATING EXPENSE. (a) The expenses of operating the Medical Examiner's Office including rental and purchase of additional equipment as set out herein shall be divided among and borne by the Counties based on a formula in which the ratio of the number of autopsies performed for each County in the previous year (A) to the number of autopsies performed in the four counties in the previous year (B) is weighted 50 percent, and the ratio of the number of deaths in each county in the previous year (C) to the total number of deaths in the four counties in the previous year (D) is weighted 50 percent. The formula is expressed as (A/B x 0.5) + (C/D x 0.5) = respective County's share of expenses. (b) CALCULATION. The Counties agree to calculate the division of rental and operating expenses April 1 of every year during the term of this Agreement beginning in 2019 by using the above formula based on the autopsy and death figures from the year preceding the year the expenses are recalculated. The recalculation shall be effective on the following October 1. SECTION S. PAYMENT OF RENTAL AND OPERATING EXPENSES. (a) During the term of this Agreement, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie Counties shall pay to IRSC its estimated, respective share of the rental of the Morgue in advance annually on the 11t day of October of each year effective beginning in 2018. During the term of this Agreement, the Counties shall pay to the Medical Examiner its estimated, respective share of the Medical Examiner's monthly operating expenses based on the budget approved by the Counties and on the formula set out in Section 3. The operating expenses shall be paid in advance monthly beginning on the 1St day of October, 2018. (b) If during any period of this Agreement, the rental and operating expenses of the Morgue are less than the amounts received from the Counties, the excess funds shall be carried forward to the next year and shall be applied to that county's share of the operating expenses for the next succeeding year. 4 s:\atty\agreemnt\interloc\Medical Examiner—Second Amended & Restated