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1 <br /> <br />Municipal Recycling Grant Guidelines <br /> <br />2023 <br /> <br />Municipalities in Washington County are responsible for establishing and maintaining municipal <br />recycling programs. The County provides educational, financial and technical assistance to local <br />governments to aid these programs. The County’s municipal recycling grant program assists <br />municipalities with recycling program expenses. <br /> <br />Grant funding levels are dependent on municipality household counts and recycling program <br />activities. Municipalities are encouraged to apply for the maximum level of funding. Four levels <br />of grant funding are available: <br /> <br />1. Base Funding: funding to cover administrative and program expenses to sustain existing <br />programs and covers the BASIC category of the recycling continuum. Base funding is <br />dependent on the number of households in a community. <br />2. Project Funding: funding to target specific grant projects that are related to achieving <br />recycling goals and covers projects contained in the IMPROVED and ADVANCED <br />categories of the recycling continuum. <br />3. Incentive Funding: funding for one-time special projects or purchases that cannot be <br />covered with project funding. Project funding should be applied for before incentive <br />funding is applied for. <br />4. Shared Resources Funding: funding for collaboration among multiple municipalities. <br />I. Eligibility Requirements <br />In order to receive funding through the Washington County municipal recycling grant program, <br />municipalities must meet the following eligibility requirements: <br /> <br />1. A municipality’s curbside recycling program shall be established by ordinance or a <br />contract with a recycling contractor and be in operation during 2023. <br />2. Municipality must support State efforts in obtaining hauler reports by ensuring <br />compliance through ordinance, contract or license requirements and the ability to <br />exercise punitive actions, if needed. <br />3. All multi-unit dwellings (4 or more units) must have recycling service available. <br />4. At a minimum, the municipality must meet or plan to meet the components under the <br />BASIC category of the recycling continuum (see page 9). <br />5. At a minimum, municipal staff must participate in two recycling coordinator meetings <br />and one meeting with PHE staff per year to develop the two year grant project work <br />plan. <br />6. Supply Verification of Compliance with Minnesota Statute 115.471 and 115A.46 Public <br />Entities Law (if applicable)