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The Library Development Study draft recommends reducing or eliminating "indirect costs" as one way to provide more money for System programs. (See http://www.libraryconsultant.com/TexasLDDraft.htm, Recommendation #2.) In case you were wondering, "indirect costs" are what a grantee pays to administer certain aspects of a grant. Bookkeeping and audit costs are typical indirect costs, along with staff time to oversee the grant and to make reports to the granting agency. Some granting agencies -- such as TIF -- don't allow indirect costs to be charged to the grant. However, the cities which are the grantees for 9 of the Systems are allowed by the State Library to charge for indirect costs. The 9 cities have different ways of calculating their costs, and the indirect rate as a percentage of the total grant varies from 2.84% in Houston to 16.27% in Abilene. I've posted a table for all 10 Systems at http://www.ctls.net/IndirectCosts.htm Austin's actual indirect rate as a percentage of the total grant is 14.1%. But because the other city-hosted Systems don't charge rent to the grant, rent is included to indicate Austin's comparable rate of 22.44% of the total grant. NTRLS, the 10th System, is operated by a non-profit which doesn't charge indirect cost, but does include some costs -- such as rent, bookkeeping, and auditing -- as part of the grant. These costs are included in the rate shown in the table of 12.24% of the total grant. Bob Gaines --------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Include in body: unsubscribe ctls-l For information on CTLS-L please visit: http://www.ctls.net/document/ctls-l.htm
