Introduced by the Law & Courts and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

WHEREAS, the 55th District Court generally collects over $1.9 million dollars each year from their Traffic, Civil, Criminal, and Probation Divisions; and

WHEREAS, the 55th District Court's petty cash fund has been used to balance the general ledger where there has been a cashier error; and

WHEREAS, a total of $40.00 has been used from the Petty Cash Fund to balance these errors; and

WHEREAS, the Director of Financial Services was consulted and agrees that the errors made have been minimal when compared to the amount of revenue received, and further agrees that fraud is not a consideration in this matter.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners approves the transfer of $40.00 from the 55th District Court's supply line item to reimburse the 55th District Court's Petty Cash Fund.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners recognizes that the process of balancing the Petty Cash Fund will be conducted on a yearly basis to assure proper accounting.

LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Pratt, Schafer, Lynch, Bernero, Juall, Schmidt

Nays: None Absent: Smiley Approved 3/2/00

FINANCE: Yeas: Bernero, Grebner, Czarnecki, McDonald, Schafer, Minter, Juall

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 3/8/00