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7 <br /> <br /> Collection Costs (recycling grant funds cannot be used for collection <br />costs) <br /> Other <br />b. For each line item on the report’s expenditures sheet, indicate: <br /> Total County grant funds used <br /> City/Township funds contributed <br /> % of County grant used for particular line item <br /> Total expenditures <br /> <br />IX. Recycling Performance <br />A municipality’s performance will be evaluated based on information from the annual work <br />plan project status reports, and reasonable effort towards reaching outcomes from work plan <br />activities implemented and progression along the recycling continuum. PHE reserves the right <br />to request documentation for information submitted. <br /> <br />Failure by a municipality to demonstrate measureable progress towards one or more of the <br />work plan goals will result in a Recycling Improvement Plan be submitted 90 days of being <br />notified by PHE. The Plan must be negotiated with PHE and specify the efforts that will be <br />undertaken by the municipality to improve its recycling program to achieve the identified goal <br />in the work plan by implement strategies agreed upon by municipal staff and PHE. The plan <br />should focus on components of the recycling continuum. Funding will be withheld until the <br />municipality’s Plan is completed and approved by PHE. <br /> <br />X. County Responsibilities <br /> <br />1. Grant documents <br />PHE will provide the grant application and work plan by January 1st for each municipality <br />to use to request grant funding and to develop project work plans. PHE will also provide <br />the annual report for municipalities to report on their recycling program. Annual reports <br />are available year round. <br />2. Meetings <br />PHE staff will continue to host quarterly recycling coordinator meetings and will make <br />meeting materials available on the City Recycling Resources webpage on the County’s <br />website. PHE staff will also continue to coordinate individual work plan meetings with <br />each municipality to identify grant projects. <br />3. Technical assistance <br />PHE staff will help identify if and how additional technical assistance is needed. <br />4. Payments <br />Grant payment will be made in one installment, which is to be used for recycling <br />program expenses in 2023. The payment will be made within 60 days of execution of the <br />Recycling Grant Agreement. <br />5. Recycling tonnages <br />Recycling tonnages for each municipality will be collected by the Minnesota Pollution