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Medical Examiner Autopsy Table Update
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DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
Staff was advised that there were issues with the autopsy tables in December 2024 by the Medical Examiner’s staff. The current tables have non-functional brakes and broken or malfunctioning wheels. In order to be fiscally responsible, the Medical Examiner’s staff asked for a technician to see if the tables could be repaired. Once the technician showed up, they found that there were no repairs that could be made to the tables. It was then that the Medical Examiner’s staff obtained quotes to replace 12 of the autopsy tables in the amount of $45,980. Due to the unforeseen circumstances, a budget amendment had to be placed on the next available BCC agenda on March 18, 2025. An update of the budget amendment was made on the May 14, 2025 Medical Examiner Agenda with the presentation of the 2nd Quarter Budget report.
It was verified with the Medical Examiner’s staff that the tables were delivered on July 22, 2025. Per Statutes, the old autopsy tables will have to be disposed of by a biomedical waste transport company through the Department of Health, through which the Medical Examiner’s staff will have to call to obtain a quote. This may or may not require a future budget amendment (that will show in the quarterly report).
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