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Committee backs $200,000 indirect-rate study after debate on retiree-health cushion
Summary
The finance committee voted 5-0 to recommend that the assembly allocate $200,000 (in category D) for an indirect-rate study, financed by fringe-benefit reductions; members debated leaving an extra $37,000 in retiree health insurance as a cushion against uncertain retiree counts.
The Barnstable County Finance Committee voted unanimously to recommend that the full assembly fund a $200,000 indirect-rate study to refine how shared costs are allocated across county departments.
Treasurer/Director Coppola told the committee that health-insurance savings across the general fund totaled about $237,000; she…
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