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Council member inquires about OCME budget increase and hiring plans
4:18:19
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse inquires about the recent budget increase for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) and their plans for hiring new staff. She notes that the preliminary plan added $3.9 million in fiscal year 2025 and $11.3 million in fiscal year 2026 for hiring 83 people at OCME.
- Narcisse asks specifically about the number of forensic pathologists being hired
- She questions how many people were hired for different titles within OCME
- The council member expresses surprise at OCME's apparent lack of need for additional help
Mercedes Narcisse
4:18:19
Thank you, chairs.
4:18:20
Thank you.
4:18:20
Thank you so much, and thank you for being here.
4:18:24
One of the questions we I just asked, I mean I just heard the chair say that what can we do to help you?
4:18:31
But it seemed like you're doing very well.
4:18:34
You don't need much help.
4:18:35
The preliminary plan added 3,900,000.0 in fiscal twenty twenty five and 11,300,000.0 in fiscal twenty twenty six of their hiring of 83 people of OCME, right.
4:18:48
How many of those people are forensic pathologists and how many people were hired for different titles within their OCME?