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RAMSEY COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT <br /> SOLID WASTE DIVISION <br /> 1994 MUNICIPAL GRANT GUIDELINES: SCORE FUNDING GRANTS <br /> SCORE FUNDING GRANTS are provided to municipalities in Ramsey County. <br /> Grants are provided to a municipality pursuant to an Agreement between <br /> the County and city following application for a grant by the city. The <br /> grant funds will be capped for each city, and will be calculated on a <br /> per capita basis . <br /> A. Eligible Expenses: <br /> A municipality may use SCORE funding grant funds for the following <br /> types of expenses : <br /> 1. Administration: Salary and benefits of full time or part time <br /> dedicated employees who are primarily responsible for planning, <br /> coordinating, implementing or promoting the municipal recycling <br /> program. <br /> 2. Promotion: Promotional activities to encourage recycling and <br /> cash prize drawings as incentives are eligible if included in the <br /> grant application. Promotional activities may include production <br /> and distribution of fliers and brochures, lawn signs, posters, <br /> articles in newsletters, and advertising in the media. <br /> 3. E i ment: Purchase or lease of equipment used only for <br /> col ection and transportation of recyclable materials, or <br /> • collection and storage of recyclable materials at municipal <br /> drop-off centers, purchase or lease of equipment dedicated to <br /> managing recycling data, such as bar coding equipment, purchase of <br /> containers for collection of recyclables, and purchase or lease of <br /> tree and shrub waste recycling equipment are examples of eligible <br /> expenses . All equipment must remain the property of the City. <br /> 4 . Collection of Recyclable Materials: The cost of collection of <br /> recyclable materials trom sing a family dwellings, multi-family <br /> units and municipal facilities, for programs that will maintain and <br /> increase the level of residential or municipal facility recycling <br /> beyond the level of recycling achieved in 1993 . The <br /> recycling portion of clean-up events is an eligible expense. <br /> B. The City must complete a grant application, on a form provided by <br /> the County which includes the following information: <br /> 1 . A description of the City' s curbside recycling program and long <br /> term source of funding; <br /> 2 . A description of programs or provisions for assuring residential <br /> recycling service is available to residents of multi-family units <br /> and manufactured home parks . <br /> • <br />