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8 <br /> <br />o 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 line item <br />▪ Total expenditures <br /> <br />Recycling Performance <br />A municipality’s performance will be evaluated on information from the annual work plan project status <br />reports, and reasonable effort towards reaching outcomes from work plan activities implemented and <br />progression along the recycling continuum. PHE reserve s the right to request documentation for <br />information submitted. <br /> <br />Failure by a municipality to demonstrate measurable progress towards one or more of the work plan <br />goals will result in a Recycling Improvement Plan be submitted 90 days of being notified by PHE. The <br />Plan must be negotiated with PHE and specify the efforts that will be undertaken by the municipality to <br />improve its recycling program to achieve the identified goal in the work plan by implement strategies <br />agreed upon by municipal staff and PHE. The plan should focus on components of the recycling <br />continuum. Funding will be withheld until the municipality’s Plan is completed and approved by PHE. <br />County Responsibilities <br />The County will be responsible for the following: <br />1. Grant documents <br />a. 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 />report forms for their recycling program(s). Annual reports are available year-round. <br />2. Meetings <br />a. PHE staff will host quarterly recycling coordinator meetings and will make meeting <br />materials available on the City Recycling Resources webpage on the County’s website. <br />PHE staff will also coordinate individual work plan meetings (as needed) with each <br />municipality to identify grant projects. <br />3. Technical assistance <br />a. PHE staff will help identify if and how additional technical assistance is needed. PHE <br />staff strongly encourage municipal staff to use technical assistance as provided. <br />4. Payments <br />a. Grant payment will be made in one installment, which is to be used for recycling <br />program expenses in 2026. The payment will be made within 60 days of execution of the <br />Recycling Grant Agreement. Incentive funding will disbursed upon the verification of <br />project completion – until such verification, the municipality is responsible for any <br />payments necessary for the completion of the project. <br />5. Recycling tonnages <br />a. Recycling tonnages for each municipality will be collected by the Minnesota Pollution <br />Control Agency (the State) from the community’s recycling hauler(s) on a bi-annual <br />basis. Reports are available by request. <br />6. Residential recycling survey <br />a. If requested, PHE will develop a survey on residents’ recycling knowledge and behavior <br />for municipalities to promote and distribute regularly.