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Finance committee recommends $200,000 to study county indirect costs and grant rates
Summary
Barnstable County finance committee voted 4–1 to recommend a $200,000 supplemental appropriation from unreserved fund balance to fund an internal and external indirect-cost rate study for grants and departmental services; members debated scope, timing, and whether dredge rates should be included.
The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates standing committee on finance voted to recommend a $200,000 supplemental appropriation to fund studies of federal indirect cost rates and internal cost allocations that would inform how the county charges for grant administration and core services.
Finance Director Carol Coppola told the committee the appropriation would be funded from the county’s unreserved fund balance and pay for an RFP-driven study: an external federal indirect-cost rate effort and an internal allocation study for county departments including IT and laboratory services. "We would prepare the schedule of federal awards (SEFA) internally and CLA’s involved with…
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