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County Coroner A1185 Mission Statement: No greater honor will ever be bestowed on an officer or a more profound duty imposed on him than when he is entrusted with the investigation of the death of a human being. It is his duty to find the facts, regardless of color or creed, without prejudice, and to let no power on Earth deter him from presenting these facts to the court without regard to personality. Department Description: The Coroner’s Office makes inquiries into all deaths, whether natural or unnatural, in Cortland County. Such duties and responsibilities include investigation into said deaths as violent, unlawful or criminal violence, suicide, criminal abortions, homicides, etc. The Office assists the various law enforcement agencies and District Attorney’s Office and requests and oversees autopsies as needed. Organizational Chart: Two elected coroners, 100% County funded. Department Narrative: Objective for 2017: To work together and as individuals within the laws of New York State and Cortland County to oversee death investigations and autopsies; to contain the budget insofar as doing this job will allow; Progress on 2016 objectives: We have met and/or exceeded objectives set forth; Internal and external forces impacting services for 2017: There are no internal forces impacting services rendered for the coming budget year and external forces are difficult to predict—external forces being the number of deaths investigated and manner of deaths; Cost containment: The Coroners have identified and initiated parameters surrounding the whys and wherefores of death investigation in an effort to hold costs down for this office; New program proposals: None. 2016 YTD: 39 cases with 0% of those cases being criminal and 2% being civil. ---PAGE BREAK--- Statistics Performance Indicators: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 2017 Actual Actual Actual YTD Projected Estimated Autopsies 28 26 25 16 28 30 Investigations 76 56 71 39 60 65 Itemized Detail of Objects of Revenue and Expenses: Out of County Year Autopsies # of Cases # of Autopsies Budgets 2012 0 76 28 $150,187 2014 0 56 26 $145,076 2015 1 71 25 $144,677 2016 (YTD) 2 39 16 $155,551 The percentage of civil, civil and criminal and criminal cases in 2015 were 7% with 2016 YTD for criminal cases is 0% and civil cases is ---PAGE BREAK--- CORTLAND COUNTY OFFICE OF THE CORONER YEAR-TO-DATE EXPENSES AS OF AUGUST 11, 2016 Budgeted Expended Balance 2015/2016 2015/2016 2015/2016 Removals (TLC) $16,000/18,000 $6245/6305 $8420/10,650 Medical Fees* $45,000/50,887 $20,031/16,605 $24,718/24,884 Investigations to date: 41 Autopsies to date: 18 *Medical fees include autopsies, toxicology, x-ray examination and the pathologists’ fees.