"Administrative Costs"

According to the Journal, Middletown just received $2.4 million for home revitalization. The story gives a breakdown of how the money is to be distributed. One of the categories is "administrative costs" to the tune of $214,437. Whenever I see listings like this and see the old proverbial "administration costs" or a "miscellaneous" category, just once, I would like to see an exact breakdown of who will be receiving the money and what services were provided for that money. Because this area is so vague, alot of money can be wasted or convenienently "lost" or "misappropriated" in a category like this. It makes one tend to "distrust" the old hierarchy of power with the cash given when money distribution is listed in these "generality" areas. The article also lets us know that Ginger Smith is the "community revitalization director". This is a newly created position isn't it? Why did they move Dave Duritsh (sp?) to Public Works Director and create a position for Smith who was the Public Works Director? Why is she still on the payroll? Because these are public gov. positions, paid for by the taxpayer, shouldn't an explanation be warranted here, Ms. Gilleland?

That is the first thing I thought too. Those admin costs could employ 3-4 people for a year. Is that much work required? Perhaps it is. We should never underestimate the amount of paperwork required to get anything done in Govt.  Still I would like to see a breakdown of the hourly rate once this $214,437 is spent.