2019-10-17 Prelim budget - 5-Coroner2020 preliminary budget meeting: Coroner
October 17, 2019
3:30 p.m.
Present: Commissioner Jackson, Commissioner Stamper, Commissioner Fund, County Manager Erik
Martin, Budget Services Manager Becky Butler, Warren McLeod, Dawn Harris
Citizens Budget Committee members: Frank Corbin, Paul Crowner, Bill Kassen, Bill Marshall, and Bill
Serrahn
Other guest(s): Lindsey Pollock
Recorder: Tamara Martin
Becky Butler said the preliminary 2020 budget for Coroner includes revenues totaling $34,245 and
expenditures totaling $506,575. Warren McLeod said that Lewis County receives 40% autopsy
reimbursement from the state for every autopsy performed and external exam. We have a contract with
4 pathologists. Autopsies are required on any death that is not natural and any on the job death. There
are certain cases that will require an autopsy.
Deputy Coroners work on-call. They perform medical & legal death investigations.
New coalition is Cribs for Kids. There have been 15 donations of cribs this year in effort to prevent
accidental suffocation from when parents roll onto their children in their beds. The Lewis County
Coroner’s Office is also being proactive against opioid overdoses with awareness programs.
Toxicology has an 8-month turnaround time.
In case of a mass casualty in Lewis County, agreements are in place with other counties for storage of
decedents.
Meeting ended at 4:03 p.m.