NR 47.955 NoteNote: So that applicants may better comply with state procurement and cost-containment requirements, the department makes available the document titled Procurement Guide for Local Governments Receiving Grants. This document is available from the department upon request by writing to: Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, 101 S. Webster Street, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921, DNRUrbanForestryGrants@wisconsin.gov, or on-line at: http://dnr.wi.gov/aid/documents/procurementguide.pdf. NR 47.955(3)(3) Ineligible costs. The department may not reimburse costs not directly associated with the implementation of this subchapter. Those costs include, but are not limited to the following: NR 47.955(3)(a)(a) Costs incurred before or more than 365 days after a governor’s declared state of emergency for the applicant’s area. NR 47.955(3)(b)(b) Costs for the repair of structures, vehicles, fences, sidewalks or other objects damaged by damaged trees or their parts. NR 47.955(3)(c)(c) Legal or settlement costs due to storm-related litigation. NR 47.955(3)(d)(d) Costs of routine urban forest management to trees unaffected by the storm. NR 47.955(3)(e)(e) Fines and penalties due to violations of, or failure to comply with, federal, state or local laws or regulations. NR 47.955(3)(f)(f) Ordinary applicant operating expenses, also called indirect costs, such as salaries and expenses of elected officials that are not directly related to urban forestry management. NR 47.955(3)(g)(g) Costs incurred in a contract which creates a real or apparent conflict of interest. NR 47.955(4)(4) Conflict of interest prohibition. An apparent conflict of interest arises when an official or employee of an applicant participates in the selection, awarding or administration of a contract supported by the grant and either: NR 47.955(4)(a)(a) The official or employee, or his or her spouse or partner or children, has an ownership interest in the firm selected for the contract. NR 47.955(4)(b)(b) A person identified in par. (a) receives a contract, gratuity or favor as a result of the award of the contract. NR 47.955 HistoryHistory: CR 08-062: cr. Register May 2009 No. 641, eff. 6-1-09; correction in (2) (d) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register May 2010 No. 653. NR 47.956NR 47.956 Application review criteria. NR 47.956(1)(1) The department shall review and consider, as a group, all applications postmarked within 60 days of each state of emergency declaration made by the governor. Each application in the group shall be evaluated for all of the following factors: NR 47.956(1)(a)(a) Extent of tree damage in public areas, residential properties, businesses and natural areas. NR 47.956(1)(b)(b) The damaged area within the applicant’s jurisdiction as a percentage of overall land area. NR 47.956(1)(c)(c) Repair work needed in the categories of tree removal, stump grinding and cleanup; tree restoration; tree planting and the estimated cost of those repairs. NR 47.956(2)(2) Each eligible applicant will share grant funding with all other reviewed applications in its group consistent with the provisions in s. NR 47.957 (3). NR 47.956 HistoryHistory: CR 08-062: cr. Register May 2009 No. 641, eff. 6-1-09. NR 47.957(1)(1) Source of grant funding. The department shall allocate up to 20% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.370 (5) (az) and (2) (mv), Stats., for grants issued under this subchapter. An individual grant awarded by the department under this subchapter may range from not less than $4,000 and not more than $50,000. NR 47.957(2)(2) Restrictions. The department may not award funds under this subchapter if eligible costs were received by the applicant from any of the following sources: