R357-29-105. Grant Administration and Reporting

(1) The application for the Rural County Grant will become available to counties: (a) on or before July 1; and (b) after approval of the previous year's annual report. (2) The application will close: (a) at the discretion of the office; and (b) no later than August 1. (3) Each grant recipient shall submit an annual report for the previous year containing: (a) a description of the projects for which the grant funding was used or encumbered; (b) the effectiveness of the award in improving economic development in the county; (c) how much matching money was utilized by the county; (d) an explanation for why funding was not used or encumbered; (e) where unused funds are being held; (f) a letter from the CEO board attesting that: (i) it participated in advising the county's governing body throughout the year; (ii) it approves of the content submitted in the annual report; and (iii) it helped prepare the annual report; (iv) it complied with Title 52, Chapter 4, Open and Public Meetings Act; (g) minutes from each meeting of the CEO board where the Rural County Grant was discussed; and (h) any other information requested by the office. (4) If the county used Rural County Grant funds for any third-party consultant or county employee: (a) the grant recipient will provide the office with a report from the third-party consultant or county employee; (i) describing services provided and projects and activities they worked on; (ii) describing the deliverables and outcomes of their work and services; and (iii) how much time in approximate hours spent for work and services provided to the county; (b) the grant recipient will provide a letter reporting the effectiveness of grant funds paid to the third-party consultant or county employee in improving economic development in the county; (5) Failure to spend or encumber funding from this grant program during the fiscal year for which it was awarded may result in the withholding or denial of future funding.