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DocuSign Envelope ID: 365EDC56-CB99-4887-94B3-OCB30EADFBB4 Eligible Expenses The following items are examples of eligible expenses allowed for reimbursement. Collection Expenses: If residents are charged recycling fees for curbside or recycling events, waste abatement funds will reimburse the difference between the fees collected and the cost of recycling or composting the materials. Equipment: The cost to purchase, maintain and repair equipment that is used exclusively to operate the recycling or composting program. Containers: The cost for recycling or organics containers. Promotion:The entire cost of a publication if totally dedicated to waste reduction, recycling or composting information or a percentage of the cost for the portion of a municipal publication dedicated to waste management information. Staffing: Salary and labor directly related to recycling program administration and implementation may be funded up to 75% of total SCORE funding allocation. See staffing & labor section below for more information. Ineligible Expenses The following general operating expenses should NOT be submitted for reimbursement. Standard Operational Expenses/Building Overhead: Since most of the municipal recycling coordinators are part-time positions and staff serve multiple roles at the municipality, standard operating expenses including office space rental, leasing office equipment and general office supplies, are not eligible for reimbursement. Project Expenses: Specific to transportation, energy or ground water protection. Collection Costs:The costs for general waste and recycling collection at municipal buildings, trash costs when advertised as being accepted at a recycling/cleanup day, and costs associated with road side cleanup of illegally dumped materials should not be included in this application. General Municipal Staff: Staff time related to standard municipal operations (city administrator, office administration, facilities management, finance and legal staff) are not eligible for reimbursement. If municipal staff do not assist the recycling coordinator directly on activities to help the municipality achieve its recycling goal, e.g. communications and collecting, processing or marketing recyclable materials and organics, their time will not be reimbursed. Click hereto download the full Eligible Expenses document. 2022 Total Funding Allocation Rs MANAGE ONLY Your Community has access to the following funds for $ 92,186.00 (An additional $20,000 in discretionary funds may be available through the 2022: Supplemental Funding section.) 2022 BASE Funding Allocation All municipalities are eligible for base waste abatement grant funding. When completing this application, base funding requests should fall under one of the following categories: • regular curbside collection, • general operations of a drop-off center, • costs for spring and fall recycling days, • basic promotion, • yard waste collection and 2/10