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Kootenai County to seek FTA OK to recover indirect transit costs
Summary
County staff told commissioners they will seek Federal Transit Administration concurrence to designate the de minimis indirect cost rate for FTA grants and will incorporate indirect costs into grants under development and CARES Act amendments so the county can begin recovering indirect costs as early as fiscal 2027.
Chad Engel, presenting a transit report to the Kootenai County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 10, said federal rules (2 CFR 200) require indirect costs be identified and approved in advance through formal planning and budgeting documents and that final approval rests with the Federal Transit Administration.
Engel told the commissioners that adding indirect costs to grants already open is not recommended by FTA because the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) amendment and FTA…
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