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BWSR Meeting Minutes June 23, 1999 Page Seven E) General Services Grant: This non-competitive base grant is for expenditures necessary for district operations. The legislature increased the FY00 appropriation $228,000. F) RIM Reserve Services ($748,850): This grant is allocated to SWCDs as compensation for local delivery of the RIM Reserve Program and the conveyance of easements. The grant amount is calculated by a Board approved formula and reflects the amount of RIM Reserve activity in the SWCD. Wayne, on behalf of the cost-share committee, recommends approval of the allocations. Ron Harnack suggested that action be taken separately on the Regular Statewide Cost-Share Base Grants and the General Services Grants. Owen Knutson, President of MASWCD requested BWSR endorsement of these two grant allocations. *~` General Services Grant -Moved by Paul Krabbenhoft, seconded by Ginny Imholte, that 99-40 half of the general services increase be distributed to all SWCDs equally and half of the increase be distributed on workload as determined by the April 1999 MRCS/SWCD workload analysis. Ron Harnack stated that more discussions and determinations are needed regarding the workload analysis vs. the base level funding needs and capacity for SWCDs and what is the state's obligation. Chair Roer stated that there is a need to look at the economic benefit and criteria. Discussion followed. Motion passed on a voice vote. Pat Bloomgren abstained. ** Regular Statewide Cost-Share Base Grants -Moved by Allan Oehlke, seconded by 99-41 Paul Krabbenhoft, that the $500,000 increase in base grants be distributed to SWCDs based on the existing cost-share formula. Discussion. Barb Cobb stated that any new formula would not be completed until 2001, there are needs for the cost-share dollars now and the money should be distributed now. Motion passed on a voice vote. ** Moved by Ginny Imholte, seconded by Barb Cobb, to approve cost-share committee 99-42 recommendations to approve the FY00 SWCD Grants for Regular Statewide Cost- Share Base Grants, Special Projects, Special Minnesota River Basin, Feedlot Water Quality Management, General Services, and RIM Reserve Services. Motion passed on a voice vote. Ron Harnack reported that additional dollars are available through the PCA feedlot program and from NonPoint dollars remaining at the end of the year. PCA is agreeable to have their remaining funds be granted to support the needs of the nonpoint engineering joint powers board (JPB). Staff recommends that the $269,000 be granted to the JPB and distributed by grants of ~ $90,000 to JPB's #1, #5 ~ #11 (Marshall- Beltrami, Morrison, and Goodhue, respectively), to help lessen the deficiency for the