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Regional planning commissions ask lawmakers to clarify state grant rules in H.233
Summary
Directors of regional planning commissions told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee that language in H.233 should make clear that RPCs are political subdivisions and that guidance on indirect cost rates and bidding (Bulletin 5) needs updating to reflect federal changes and common state practice.
Peter Gregory, director of 2 Rivers Adequiche Regional Commission, and Charlie Baker, executive director of the Genesee Regional Planning Commission, told the House Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs on April 4 that H.233 should give clearer direction to state agencies about how to treat regional planning commissions and other political subdivisions when state-funded grants are awarded and administered.
Gregory said RPCs are "political subdivisions of the state, much like municipalities," and argued their work for state agencies should be treated as intergovernmental transfers rather than as procurement of goods or vendor services. He said that lack of clarity in state guidance imposes time and cost burdens on both RPCs and their member municipalities. "These delays have caused a lot of frustration on our part," Gregory said, adding that the…
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