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i; <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF CO~IIKISSIONERS <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. $.~, <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 17, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Cost Allocation Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Finance PUBLIC HEARING: YES NO: X <br />ATTACHMENTS): INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Chavious <br />Contract <br />TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br />Hillsborough-732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br />Mebane -227-2031 <br />Durham -688-7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a contract with David M. Griffith & <br />Associates for preparation of the County's Indirect Cost <br />Allocation Plan. <br />BACKGROUND: Office of Management and Budget Publication A-87 <br />requires the County to develop a new Cost Allocation Plan each <br />year. This plan allows the County to receive reimbursement for <br />local resources used to administer State and Federal programs. <br />David M. Griffith & Associates for have prepared the plan <br />the past several years with no fee increase. The proposed fee <br />for the development of the current Cost Plan is $9,000,which is a <br />slight increase over the previous years. The County has paid <br />$8,500 for the cost plan for the past five years. <br />In the past, reimbursements from Federal and State Agencies <br />resulting from the Cost Plan have consistently been in excess <br />of $250,000. These reimbursements have occurred mainly in the <br />areas of Social Services and Child Support Enforcement. <br />RECOb~NDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board authorize <br />the contract with David M. Griffith & Associates for the <br />preparation of the Indirect Cost Allocation Plan and authorize <br />the Chair to sign it. <br />