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NARRATIVE <br />Kittitas County <br />Central Services <br />Simplified Indirect Cost Allocation Plan <br />For Year Ended December 31 , 2017 <br />In orde r for the county to comply with fede ral regulations , 2 CFR Part 200 , Uniform <br />Adm inistration Requirements, Cost Principles and Aud it Requirements for Federal Awards <br />(Uniform Guidance); Kittitas County has to adopt a simplified Central Services Ind irect Cost <br />Allocation Plan . <br />This Central Services indirect cost allocation plan is for accounting , informatio n <br />technology , communications , and human resources which provide departments centralized <br />services . This is a process whereby these central services costs can be identified and assigned <br />to benefitted activities on a reasonable and consistent basis. This central service cost allocat ion <br />plan provides that process and is fair and equitable . <br />Each county department/fund is listed show ing the total 2017 actual expenses and 201 7 <br />direct salaries and wages . The distribution base is the direct salaries & wages of each <br />department/fund . <br />The departments are divided into 2 categories : Indirect Functions that Provide Services <br />to the Service Providing Units and Departments that Provide Direct Services to the Citizens of <br />the County . The Indirect functions are departments that provide Central Services to each <br />County Department. The other Departments provide serv ices directly to the cit izens. Those <br />departments may have some indirect costs. The explanation of each of these services is listed <br />below. <br />DEFINITIONS <br />Additional Costs -Addit ional expenses not accounted for at the department level ; including <br />depreciation . <br />All Other Direct Costs -the amount remaining from total costs less additional expenses , <br />unallowable costs , indirect costs and direct salaries & wages . <br />Capitalized Assets -Purchases of Asset that has a value $5 ,000 or above and has a life longer <br />than one year. These assets are depreciated . The Capita lized Asset is removed as an <br />unallowable cost. <br />Central Services -services that are provided to the organizat ion, the customers of the Centra l <br />Services are the internal departments , wh ich include Auditor Account ing , Informatio n <br />Technology, Communications, and Human Resource . <br />Central Serv ice Cost allocation plan -means the documentation identifying , accumulating , an d <br />allocating or developing rates based on the all owable costs of services provided by a <br />governmental unit on a centralized basis to its departments and agencies . The costs of these <br />serv ices may be allocated or billed to users . <br />Department -all County Departments and/or County Funds. <br />Depreciation -Allocating the costs of a Cap italized Asset to periods benefiting the assets use. <br />1