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41 <br /> Chapter 2: Costs and Funding <br /> These figures differ from previous estimates in that the administrative costs covered by the <br /> NCDOT Community Transportation Program (CTP) grant are included as costs. The indirect <br /> cost elements have been included as line items where possible, and as a combined indirect <br /> central services cost for accounts that could not be matched with the G-codes. This total <br /> administrative and operating cost represents all known costs except Planning and Inspections, <br /> Comprehensive Planning Division costs (staff time, office operations and supplies) that are not <br /> charged to the transit system and not included in the county's budgeted direct costs or <br /> estimate of indirect costs. <br /> If the transportation planner position in the Comprehensive Planning Division was charged as <br /> a direct cost, the combined salary and indirect costs on it would add $84,000 to this total. <br /> However, the transportation planner is also involved in other transportation programs, and <br /> perhaps a fairer allocation to OPT in the long term would be 50%, or $42,000. In addition, <br /> approximately io% of the Comprehensive Planning Supervisor (for supervising the two Planner <br /> Its involved in OPT issues) and 15% of the other Planner II (for work on OPT-related <br /> OUTBoard agenda items) should be included as OPT-related costs. Based on the salary and <br /> fringe for those positions, the additional cost would be approximately$25,2oo, resulting in a <br /> total administrative and operating cost of$i,o88,112 (based on the FY 2014 actuals). <br /> Much of this total expense is covered by federal and state grant funds and other revenues, as <br /> discussed below. If divided by the 16,336 service hours operated in FY 2014, this total operating <br /> and administrative cost would be $66.6o per hour. For estimating costs of incremental service <br /> expansions that would not require additional administrative staff, the administrative costs <br /> included the County's CTP grant, administrative indirect costs included in the above budget, <br /> and the additional comprehensive planner costs discussed above are all subtracted from the <br /> total, resulting in an operating cost of$733,588, or$44.28 per service hour. This lower figure is <br /> the operating budget that reflects the costs involved in putting additional vehicle hours into <br /> service. There is no capital expense included for FY2014,which is an atypical situation. <br /> CAPITAL COSTS <br /> As noted above, OPT has just received two vehicles, and five more are on the way.All five of <br /> these vehicles were funded by NCDOT under the FY 2015 CTP program, with a local cost of <br /> $48,25o, and a combined state and federal share of$434239• <br /> For FY 2o16, OPT has requested another three vehicles: one minivan and two 28-foot light <br /> transit vehicles (small buses),with a total local share of$23,23o and combined state and federal <br /> funding of$209,056. These are replacement vehicles. Three replacement mobile radios are <br /> included in this application. <br /> KFH <br /> NCDOT Orange County 25 <br /> Transit Assessment Study <br />