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)(c)(c) Grant terms and conditions, including conditions required under this section. 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(3)(b)(b) Training for county employees and land conservation committee members to the extent authorized under sub. (3m). 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)(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(5)(am)(am) The department shall offer each county a minimum staffing grant, as specified in the annual grant application, subject to the availability of funds. 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)(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-sharing to landowners, as provided in sub. (11), the department shall reimburse the county for cost-sharing to landowners according to s. ATCP 50.34. 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 upon incurring sufficient expenses. 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.