The Cost of Public Clinics

OPERATING COSTS	City	County	Total
Personnel	$9,771,835	$1,700,416	$11,472,251
Non-Personnel	$3,880,849	$ 438,695	$ 4,319,544
Total Operating Exp.	$13,652,684	$2,139,111	$15,791,795
OTHER COSTS
Admin. Support	$1,242,143	$0	$1,242,143
Debt. Service	$ 103,288	$0	$103,288
Other	$ 58,300	$0	$ 58,300
Total Other Req.	$1,403,731	$0	$1,403,731
Total Requirements	$15,056,415	$2,139,111	$17,195,526
Employees (Full-time)	208.23	42.33	250.56

Travis County contributes about $2 million to the public clinic system's $17 million annual cost and maintains the five rural clinics. County officials question whether that investment would be better spent on insuring non-city indigents through an HMO plan. Whether the rural clinics would remain open is uncertain.