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INTERIM ,4tLacAme''d / INTERIM 800 MHz Trunked Regional Public Safety Radio System Standards, Protocols, Procedures Document Section: Section 6. Board Financial Policies and Procedures Sub - Section: 6.4 Procedure Title: Aid & Grants to Local Units of Government Date Established: 5/15/03 Replaces Document Dated: Date Revised: 5/28/03 TOC Approval — Signature: MRB Approval - Signature: 6/6/03 1. Purpose or Objective The purpose of this standard is to define a set of rules and procedures for carrying out the intent of the statutes governing the Metropolitan Radio Board insofar as they affect the Board's powers to provide aid to local units of government and to provide a portion of the financing of the capital costs for local units of government opting to participate in the Second Phase. 2. Background: The 2002 Minnesota Legislature amended the statutes relating to the Metropolitan Radio Board, allowing the Board to use its general fund money to provide "aid to local units of government for sites and equipment in support of mutual aid and emergency medical communications services." The 2003 legislature further amended the law and defined the Second Phase of the regional system as "the Metropolitan Radio Board providing assistance to local government units building subsystems in the metropolitan area that did not build their own subsystems in_the first phase." A third new provision increased the revenue bonding authority of the Board by an additional $12 million, using a 1.5 cent per month increase in the amount of the 9 -1 -1 surcharge on telephone wire and wireless lines effective July 1, 2004 as the revenue source for the new bonds. Further, the statute restricted the Board's ability to provide funding for the Second Phase by stating that "The proceeds of bonds issued under this paragraph must be used to pay up to 30 percent of the cost to a local government unit of building a subsystem and may not be used to finance portable or subscriber radio sets." These statutory changes were contained in the Anti- terrorism legislation and were passed in response to the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center of September 11, 2001, as part of an effort to improve Minnesota's ability to respond to a potential attack here. The original law passed in 1995 provides that a design plan for subsequent phases of the system be drafted and adopted by the Board. In keeping with that requirement, the Board has hired 6.4 Aid & Grants to Local Units of Govt. 1 Section #