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Idaho Falls considers 5-year cost-allocation policy that would shift IT and utility costs
Summary
Councilors heard a proposal to allocate indirect city costs using five-year averages of actuals; staff said the change smooths spikes but would shift IT costs and raise allocations to enterprise funds (notably power and airport) and will be brought back for adoption May 7.
City finance staff presented a proposed cost-allocation policy to the Idaho Falls City Council on April 20 that would allocate citywide indirect costs (IT, HR, finance, municipal services administration and similar divisions) using five-year averages of actual expenditures rather than budget-based drivers.
Finance staff explained the intent: to create a repeatable, documented methodology that reduces year-to-year volatility and better reflects how services have been used over time. "We're trying to make it so that we can at least have a 3-year run at this particular policy without having to go in and change it," a finance…
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