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AGREEMENT BETWEEN RAMSEY COUNTY AND LITTLE CANADA FOR A SCORE FUNDING RECYCLING GRANT This Agreement is between Ramsey County (the "County ") and Little Canada (the "Municipality "), 1. a. OBLIGATIONS Reimbursement 1. The Municipality is obligated to provide for curbside recycling for at least four materials, including programs or provisions for assuring residential recycling service is available to residents on -site at all multi -unit housing and manufactured home parks. The County may deny reimbursement to the Municipality, or seek recovery of payments disbursed to the Municipality, if the Municipality is unable to verify that recycling collection service is provided at each place of residence. The County may deny reimbursement, or seek recovery, of that portion of the grant amount equivalent to the proportion of households not provided recycling collection service. 2. The Municipality shall identify GreenGuardian.com as a source for recycling and waste reduction information in any public education materials. 3. The Municipality shall incur expenses for reimbursement by the County in accordance with the budget established in Attachment A. This budget may be modified by the Municipality only with the express written consent of the Saint Paul- Ramsey County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section. Reimbursement is not to be requested for expenses reimbursed by other sources or for expenses that do not meet the eligibility criteria outlined in the SCORE grant application guidelines. Proper documentation is required for reimbursement. Funds not spent by the Municipality during the budget year will be retained by the County. Unpsent funds will be available to the County to use for SCORE - eligible expenditures. 4. Subject to the provisions of section 1 -a -5, below, the County shall reimburse the Municipality for adequately documented requests consistent with Attachment A submitted by the Municipality. 5. The County's obligation under this Agreement is subject to the availability and provision of funding from the State of Minnesota. The County may immediately cancel this Agreement or reduce the reimbursement to the Municipality to the extent funds received from the State are reduced or eliminated. The County is acting as fiscal agent for the Municipality and in no event shall be obligated to reimburse the Municipality in an amount in excess of that actually received from the State. 6. Reimbursement will be made according to the following schedule: For the period of: January 1 - March 31 April 1 - June 30 July 1 - September 30 October 1 - December 31 Reimbursement will occur after: April 1, 2008 July 1, 2008 October 1, 2008 January 1, 2009 This schedule notwithstanding, the County may withhold up to 10% of the total grant amount until the Municipality submits complete Reports as required in Section 1.b. b. Reports 1. The Municipality shall submit a report to the County by February 1, 2009. The report will include program information for January 1 through December 31, 2008. The report is to include 3