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ATCP 50.30(3)(i) (i) A county's demonstrated cooperation and commitment, including its commitment of staff and financial resources.
ATCP 50.30(3)(j) (j) A county's demonstrated ability to manage and implement funded projects.
ATCP 50.30(3)(k) (k) The degree to which funded projects contribute to a coordinated soil and water resource management program and avoid duplication of effort.
ATCP 50.30(3)(L) (L) The degree to which funded projects meet county soil and water resource management needs and state program requirements.
ATCP 50.30(3)(m) (m) The degree to which county activities implement the county's approved land and water resource management plan.
ATCP 50.30(3)(n) (n) The county's annual financial contribution for soil and water resource management programs, as last reported under s. ATCP 50.18 (1) (c).
ATCP 50.30(3)(o) (o) The need for award caps or other cost control measures to maximize funding available to meet conservation priorities or needs on agricultural lands.
ATCP 50.30(3)(p) (p) A county's commitment to meet department targets implementing the conservation practices established in the annual grant application.
ATCP 50.30(3)(r) (r) Other factors relevant to the administration of this chapter.
ATCP 50.30 History History: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 13-016: am. (1) (2) (intro.), (b) to (d), cr. (2) (e), (f), am. (3) (b), (g), (h), (m), renum. (3) (o) to (3) (r), cr. (3) (o), (p) Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14.
ATCP 50.32 ATCP 50.32Annual staffing grants to counties.
ATCP 50.32(1)(1) General. The department shall award an annual staffing grant to the county land conservation committee in each eligible county. With the department's written permission, a county conservation committee may reallocate staffing grant funds to another agency of the county, or to a city, village, town, county drainage board, lake district, or tribe operating in the county.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: The department may award annual staffing grants from applicable appropriations under s. 20.115 (7), Stats. The department may not use bond revenue funds for county staffing grants.
ATCP 50.32(2) (2)Grant contract. The department shall distribute an annual staffing grant under sub. (1) according to an annual grant contract with the county. The contract shall comply with s. ATCP 50.36 and shall include all of the following:
ATCP 50.32(2)(a) (a) The total grant amount under sub. (1).
ATCP 50.32(2)(b) (b) The subtotal amount allocated from each relevant fund source under s. ATCP 50.28 (1) (a).
ATCP 50.32(2)(c) (c) Grant terms and conditions, including conditions required under this section.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: Grant contracts, including grant amounts and fund sources, must conform to the grant allocation plan under s. ATCP 50.28. Bond revenues may not be used for staffing grants.
ATCP 50.32(3) (3)Use of annual staffing grants; general. A county may use an annual staffing grant under sub. (1) in the year for which the grant is made. The county may use the grant for any of the following purposes, subject to the terms of the grant contract:
ATCP 50.32(3)(a) (a) Employee salaries, employee fringe benefits, and contractor fees for county employees and independent contractors performing soil and water resource management activities for the county land conservation committee.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: Soil and water resource management activities may include activities under this chapter, ch. 91, Stats., and s. 93.90, Stats., the CREP program activities and projects funded by DNR under ss. 281.65 and 281.66, Stats., and activities related to DNR notices of discharge under ch. NR 243.
ATCP 50.32 Note A county may contract with engineers, nutrient management planners, computer specialists, information and education specialists, consultants, and other independent contractors to work on behalf of the county land conservation committee. A county may use annual staffing grant funds to pay for the services of these independent contractors.
ATCP 50.32(3)(b) (b) Training for county employees and land conservation committee members to the extent authorized under sub. (3m).
ATCP 50.32(3)(c) (c) County employee support costs under sub. (4).
ATCP 50.32(3)(d) (d) Landowner cost-share grants, to the extent authorized under sub. (11).
ATCP 50.32(3m) (3m)Training costs. An annual staffing grant may pay for any of the following county employee and land conservation committee member training costs, including registration fees, travel, and materials:
ATCP 50.32(3m)(a) (a) Training in conservation planning and management, technical standards implementation, clerical assistance, computer usage, and communications.
ATCP 50.32(3m)(b) (b) Courses building skills to perform current responsibilities or develop professionally in the field of soil and water management.
ATCP 50.32(3m)(c) (c) Other training costs identified in the grant application for the grant year in which the funds are to be expended.
ATCP 50.32(4) (4)Staff support costs. An annual staffing grant may pay for any of the following county employee support costs identified in the grant application:
ATCP 50.32(4)(a) (a) Mileage expenses at the state rate. A staffing grant may not be used to lease or purchase a vehicle.
ATCP 50.32(4)(b) (b) Personal computers, software, printers, and related devices.
ATCP 50.32(4)(c) (c) A proportionate share of the costs for required financial and compliance audits.
ATCP 50.32(4)(d) (d) Costs for information and education materials, newsletters, office supplies, maps and plats, photocopying, printing, and postage. This does not include rent or capital expenditures.
ATCP 50.32(4)(e) (e) Other staff support costs that the department identifies, in the grant application form, as being reimbursable for all counties.
ATCP 50.32(5) (5)Grant amounts.
ATCP 50.32(5)(a)(a) The department may award different grant amounts to different counties under sub. (1), based on a consideration of factors identified in s. ATCP 50.30.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: Subject to the availability of funds, the department may offer each county a minimum staffing grant amount specified in the annual grant application. See s. ATCP 50.26. In lieu of offering a minimum grant award, or in addition to such an award, the department may base awards on the grant priorities in s. ATCP 50.30. The department has legal discretion to adjust grant awards from year to year, based on any of those factors.
ATCP 50.32(5)(b) (b) The total grant amount reimbursed to a county for training and support costs may not exceed 10% of a county's annual grant allocation.
ATCP 50.32(6) (6)Grant payments.
ATCP 50.32(6)(a)(a) The department shall make grant payments under sub. (1) on a reimbursement basis. The department shall pay reimbursement within 30 days after the county land conservation committee files a valid reimbursement request under sub. (7). The department shall pay reimbursement, at the rate provided under sub. (8), on reimbursable expenditures identified in the reimbursement request. Total payments may not exceed the total grant award under sub. (1).
ATCP 50.32(6)(b) (b) The department may reimburse eligible costs that are incurred during the grant year and paid by January 31 of the year following the grant year. The department may not reimburse any costs incurred after December 31 of the grant year, or paid after January 31 of the following year. Unspent funds remain with the department, for distribution under a future annual allocation plan.
ATCP 50.32(6)(c) (c) If a county redirects the unused portion of an annual staffing grant for cost-share payments to landowners, as provided in sub. (11), the department shall reimburse county cost-share payments to landowners according to s. ATCP 50.34.
ATCP 50.32(7) (7)Reimbursement requests.
ATCP 50.32(7)(a)(a) To obtain a reimbursement payment under sub. (6) (a), a county land conservation committee shall file a reimbursement request on the form provided by the department. A county may file a reimbursement request on or after November 1 for costs incurred before November 1. A county may file a second reimbursement request for costs not covered by the first request. A county may file no more than 2 reimbursement requests, and shall file all reimbursement requests by February 15 of the year following the grant year.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: The department does not provide paper copies of its grant forms. To obtain the most current program grant forms, including the form to request reimbursement from the department, counties should refer to the program's working manual on the department website at: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/ATCP50.aspx.
ATCP 50.32(7)(b) (b) An authorized county representative shall sign each reimbursement request. The request shall certify that the county has fully paid the costs for which the county seeks reimbursement, and that those costs are eligible for reimbursement under this chapter and the grant contract.
ATCP 50.32(7)(c) (c) A reimbursement request shall specify the nature and amount of costs on which the county seeks reimbursement. If the county seeks reimbursement of employee salaries, employee fringe benefits, or independent contractor fees, the request shall specify all of the following for that employee or independent contractor:
ATCP 50.32(7)(c)1. 1. The position number of the employee, or the contract number of the independent contractor.
ATCP 50.32(7)(c)2. 2. The total amount of salaries and fringe benefits, or the total amount of contractor fees, on which the county seeks reimbursement.
ATCP 50.32(7)(c)3. 3. Whether the employee or independent contractor is a first, second, or subsequent position for purposes of s. 92.14 (3) and (5g), Stats.
ATCP 50.32(7)(c)4. 4. The amount of applicable matching funds provided to cover the county portion of salary and fringe benefits.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: Counties can use various funding sources to meet their match requirement, including county levy, permit fees, private grants, federal grants, state funds other than those under chs. 92, 281, and 283, Stats., or any other qualifying source.
ATCP 50.32(7)(c)5. 5. The share of the employee or independent contractor costs that are attributable to other land and water resource management activities.
ATCP 50.32(7)(d) (d) If a county reallocates grant funds to a local government or tribe under sub. (1), the county shall submit reimbursement requests on behalf of that local government or tribe. The county shall submit and certify each reimbursement request according to this subsection, based on information that the local government or tribe certifies to the county. The department may reimburse the local government or tribe based on a valid county request under this paragraph.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: A county land conservation committee need not submit documentation supporting its certification under sub. (7), but must keep that documentation on file as required by sub. (9). The committee must make the documentation available to the department and grant auditors upon request.
ATCP 50.32(8) (8)Reimbursement rate.
ATCP 50.32(8)(a)(a) The department shall reimburse eligible county costs for employee salaries, employee fringe benefits, and independent contractor fees at the rate provided under s. 92.14, Stats.
ATCP 50.32(8)(b) (b) The department may reimburse eligible county employee training and support costs at 100%, subject to sub. (5) (b).
ATCP 50.32(8)(c) (c) For the purpose of determining reimbursement rates under s. 92.14, Stats.:
ATCP 50.32(8)(c)1. 1. A county may choose which employees or independent contractors are considered the county's first, second, and subsequent staff persons.
ATCP 50.32(8)(c)2. 2. The department may reimburse eligible costs for the county's first designated staff person at 100%.
ATCP 50.32(8)(c)4. 4. Except as provided under subd. 2., the department may reimburse eligible staffing costs at the rate prescribed in s. 92.14 (5g) (a), Stats.
ATCP 50.32(8)(d) (d) A county receiving an annual staffing grant under this chapter shall maintain its annual soil and water resource management expenditures at or above the average annual amount that the county expended in the years 1985 and 1986, as required by s. 92.14 (7), Stats. A county may count, as part of its contributions under this paragraph, county expenditures for employees and independent contractors who work for the county land conservation committee. A county may not count capital improvement expenditures, or the expenditure of grant revenues that the county receives from other governmental entities.
ATCP 50.32(9) (9)Records.
ATCP 50.32(9)(a)(a) A county land conservation committee shall keep records related to annual staffing grants under this section. The records shall document that the county used grant funds according to this chapter and the grant contract. The county shall retain the records for at least 3 years after the end of the grant year.
ATCP 50.32(9)(b) (b) If a county reallocates grant funds to a local government or tribe, that local government or tribe shall also keep records under par. (a).
ATCP 50.32(10) (10)Bond revenues may not be used for county staffing. Bond revenue funds may not be used for an annual staffing grant under sub. (1).
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: Bond revenues are those appropriated under s. 20.866 (2) (we), Stats. The Wisconsin constitution limits the use of bond revenues.
ATCP 50.32(11) (11)Redirecting staffing grants for cost-share payments to landowners. A county may redirect a portion of its annual staffing grant to fund cost-share grants to landowners under s. ATCP 50.34 if all of the following apply:
ATCP 50.32(11)(a) (a) The department approves, in writing, the total staffing grant amount that the county may redirect.
ATCP 50.32(11)(b) (b) The county uses the redirected funds in the year for which the funds are allocated.
ATCP 50.32 Note Note: The department will pay approved cost-share reimbursements according to the procedure in s. ATCP 50.34.
ATCP 50.32 History History: CR 01-090: cr. Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 08-075: am. (7) (a) Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-016: am. (3) (b), cr. (3m), r. and recr. (5) (b), am. (7) (b), r. and recr. (7) (c) 4., am. (8) (b), (c) 2., r. (8) (c) 3., am. (8) (c) 4. Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 16-083: am. (7) (a) Register January 2018 No. 745, eff. 2-1-18.
ATCP 50.34 ATCP 50.34Grants for conservation practices.
ATCP 50.34(1)(1) General. The department may award an annual grant to each eligible county to finance county cost-share grants to landowners. The department shall award the grant to the county land conservation committee. The committee may make cost-share grants to landowners for conservation practices needed to comply with any of the following:
ATCP 50.34(1)(b) (b) State or local regulations identified in the county's land and water resource management plan under s. ATCP 50.12 (2) (b).
ATCP 50.34 Note Note: The committee may use funds for recording fees and other related costs allowed under this chapter, but may not award funds under this chapter to cover state or local permit fees.
ATCP 50.34(1)(c) (c) Objectives identified in the county land and water resource management plan under s. ATCP 50.12.
ATCP 50.34(1)(d) (d) Any applicable requirements or provisions in ch. 92, Stats.
ATCP 50.34 Note Note: The department may award grants under sub. (1) from applicable appropriations under s. 20.115 (7), Stats., or from the bond revenue appropriation under s. 20.866 (2) (we), Stats. Bond revenue grants may only be used for the purposes identified in sub. (4).
ATCP 50.34(2) (2)Grant contract. The department shall make grant payments under sub. (1) according to an annual grant contract with the county. The contract shall comply with s. ATCP 50.36, and shall include all of the following:
ATCP 50.34(2)(a) (a) The total amount awarded under sub. (1).
ATCP 50.34(2)(b) (b) The subtotal amount awarded from each relevant fund source under s. ATCP 50.28 (1) (a).
ATCP 50.34 Note Note: Grant contracts, including grant amounts, grant purposes, and fund sources, must conform to the grant allocation plan under s. ATCP 50.28. Grant contracts may specify the use of funds, as necessary, to implement the terms of the grant allocation plan. Bond revenues may only be used for purposes identified in sub. (4).
ATCP 50.34(2)(c) (c) Project funding extensions under sub. (6), if any.
ATCP 50.34(2)(d) (d) Grant terms and conditions, including terms and conditions required under this section.
ATCP 50.34(3) (3)Grant payments. The department shall make grant payments under sub. (1) on a reimbursement basis. The department shall reimburse the county after the county certifies that the cost-shared practice has been properly installed and paid for. To obtain reimbursement for a cost-shared practice, a county land conservation committee shall do all of the following on forms provided by the department:
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