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-3- <br />Function <br />2002 -03 <br />2003 -04 <br />Amount <br />Percent <br />Amount <br />Percent <br />Solid Waste <br />$45,501 <br />10.4 <br />$25,700 <br />19 <br />Total <br />$439,287 <br />100 <br />$654,591 <br />100 <br />In summary, over 70 percent of the County's overtime expenditures in 2003 -04 are in <br />the area of Public Safety, Over 87 percent of the overtime expenditures are in the <br />areas of Public Safety and General Services combined. <br />Overtime Uses — Needs /Issues Leading to Overtime <br />Attachment 4 provides examples of the uses of overtime hours. <br />Reasons for Overtime Cost Increase in 2003 -04 <br />In 2003 -04 as compared to 2002 -03, the expenditures for overtime increased by <br />$215.304, <br />Of this total increase, $109.252 is accounted for by the transfer of the Emergency <br />Transportation function from the Orange County Rescue Squad to the County <br />effective July 1, 2003. For 2002 -03, the overtime for emergency transportation was <br />a part of the total contract stipend given the Orange County Rescue Squad so these <br />expenditures were not reflected in the County 2002 -03 overtime expenditures. <br />Therefore the full transportation amount for 2003 -04 shows as an increase. In total <br />the amount expended for Emergency Transportation in 2003 -04 (overtime, <br />temporary wages, permanent salaries and so forth) was within the amount budgeted <br />for 2003 -04. The Emergency Transportation budget for 2003 -04 was $999,770 and <br />total expenditures were $947,292. <br />• The overtime departments with overtime cost increases in 2003 -04 as compared to <br />2002 -03 are listed below: <br />Department <br />Overtime <br />Cost Increase <br />Aging & OPT <br />$4,991 <br />Animal Services <br />$27 <br />Budget <br />$636 <br />Commissioners' Office <br />$370 <br />Cooperative Extension <br />$136 <br />Emergency Management (Other <br />than Transportation) <br />$74,685 <br />Health <br />$5,423 <br />Information Technology <br />$71 <br />Library <br />$268 <br />