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SAINT PAUL • RAMSEY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SECTION 2002 MUNICIPALGRANTGUIDELINES: SCORE FUNDIN6 GRANTS SCORE FUNDING GRANTS ore provided to municipalities in Ramsey County. Grants ore provided to o municipality pursuant to an Agreement between the County and municipality following application for a grant by the municipality. The grant funds ore copped for each municipality, and are calculated on a per capita basis. EliQible Expenses General Information . SCORE funds are granted by the State. Ramsey County must follow State low that sets out restrictions on how funds may be used, including how funds ore used by grantees. Inappropriate uses may result in the County (and, by extension, grantees) receiving less funding. . SCORE funds can only cover expenses that ore not reimbursed by another source (e.g., clean-up fees, recycling service charge, outside grant program, etc.). . Changes from the budget adopted in the grant agreement ore possible (such os moving money from one budget area to another, replacing o project in the budget with o new one, etc.), but requests to do so must be mode in writing. County staff must obtain the County Manager's written approval to change the budget once it is adopted. . Creative and innovative ideas are encouraged! bo not let these guidelines limit your ideas. However, if you would like to use SCORE funds for a project that does not seem to fit the guidelines, please talk to County staff first to make sure you have the funding support you need for a successful project. Equipment: All equipment must remain the property of the Municipality. Examples of eligible expenses include: . Purchase or lease of equipment used only for collection and transportation of recyclable materials, or collection and storage of recyclable materials at municipal drop-off centers (e.g., trucks, storage containers, sorting equipment, etc.) . Recycling collection containers, bins, totes, bags, etc. . Purchase or lease of computer/data processing equipment used for managing recycling data (e.g., bar coding equipment, etc.) . Recycled content products that contain post consumer waste (not just pre-consumer/post- industrial recycled content), but only the "premium, " if any, above the price of o comparable virgin product (examples of eligible recycled content products include plastic lumber, plastic picnic tables, copy paper and other office supplies, paint, glass rood aggregate, garbage bags, carpet, etc.) . Brush/wood waste chipping equipment: purchase, rental, maintenance expenses . Equipment that results in waste reduction, approved on o case-by-case basis (e.g., duplexing units for laser printers, air hand dryers for restrooms)