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GUIDELINES AND <br />APPLICATION INFORMATION. <br />Ramsey County Recycling Grant Program <br />t Background <br />The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners has approved funds for <br />the purpose of exp ,iding municipal recycling program in 1988. A <br />grant program has been established for muncipalities to finance <br />recycling using these funds. The funds will pay for 1004 of the <br />cost for once -monthly curbside collection. <br />ProaraM go <br />Al <br />The main goal of the Recycling Grant Program is to expand <br />curbside recycling services so that all the households in the <br />county have monthly curbside recycling service in 1988f • This <br />goa_ is consistent with the overall landfill abatement goals in <br />the Ramsey County mastergan f4.L ,.Loj yi ;Jaste Management. <br />I, . <br />The County grant monies for recycling are available to all <br />municinalitiea and townships within Ramsey County. This includes <br />the cities of St. Anthony and White Bear Lake, which are partly <br />In other counties. The amount of funds available to these two <br />cities will based on the number of households actually in Ramsey <br />County. The City of Spring Lake Park and North Oaks will not be <br />eligible for funding if they are exempted from the recycling <br />service charge. <br />How Can Zbi Grant Fundg Be Used? <br />The funds can be used for expenses incurred by a city in <br />providing a recycling program. The major expenditures will likely <br />be payments to a collection contractor, public education and <br />program administration. Part of the application process will <br />require the applicant to submit a proposed budget. Public. <br />education and program administration costs cannot exceed 25 <br />percent of the total recycling program budget. <br />991 Does The Program Work? <br />Cities and towns requesting funds must submit an application to <br />the county which outlines an implementation plan for curbside <br />recycling. The application must contain a tentative budget, the <br />implementation plan for the recycling program and a draft request <br />for proposal (RFP) which the city will be issuing to recycling <br />service providers. Not having gone out for bid yet, it will be <br />difficult for cities to accurately project a budget for <br />