Existing county grant MOA paid from county appropriations

MSUE will continue to pay fringe costs per detail contained in existing memoranda of agreement for position partnered and paid for by county units of government.  For the existing agreements where the county pays the fringe, we will charge a fringe rate of  41%, effective July 1, 2004.  This is an increase from 36.5%, or 4.5 percentage points higher.  Rates will be reviewed annually, with the change occurring on July 1.

 All other partnered MOA

MSUE will continue to partner on positions with other county partners who exercise memoranda of agreement through county units of government or directly with MSUE.  As memoranda are updated, new contracts are signed, or renewal of grants are pursued, fringe loading rates should be revisited and actual fringe costs are to be written into these new grants, contracts or memoranda.  Should the fringe cost exceed the funding partner’s ability to pay, any shortfall is the responsibility of the local unit accepting those partner dollars.

 Current MOAs falling into this category will be “grand-parented” at the subsidized rate (41% as of July 1, 2004) until January 1, 2006, after which the partner pays full cost.  (Note: This rate will be reviewed and any change implemented effective July 1, 2005, and be the same as the rate for county grant fringes paid from county appropriations.)

 
New MOA

All new memoranda for new positions, regardless of funding source/s (including county appropriated funds), should be developed with actual fringe costs built in, based on the split of salary costs (partner/MSUE).