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19. Trainee criteria—other than 18 years of age, are there any other requirements a city must consider in <br /> hiring? <br /> 1. The city must comply with all hiring laws and regulations. <br /> 2. The grant does not look at the trainee's qualifications in the review of the proposal and application. In <br /> most cases the municipality will not hire the trainee until after the grant award. <br /> 3. There is a requirement,though, that the trainee must be hired as a benefited/NON-EXEMPT employee <br /> of the municipality. <br /> 4. The municipality must comply with the construction code inspector competency criteria required by law <br /> within the first year of hire. See MN. Statute 32613.135 and MN. Rule 1301.1400. <br /> 5. The goal of the program is to work towards and achieve the application requirements of the Building <br /> Official-Limited certification. See MN. Rule 1301.0300. <br /> 20. If we are able to absorb the cost of education, books,supplies and safety equipment, in order to provide a <br /> slightly higher hourly wage, is that allowed? <br /> Yes.The grant requires a budget be submitted and justified (narrated). All line items asked for, in the budget <br /> worksheet, should be provided. These will be considered by the reviewers. It is understood that the cost of <br /> employing the trainee will be higher than the amount of the grant award and that the municipality will pay the <br /> portion that is not covered by the grant award. <br /> At the bottom of the budget worksheet, the budget items are totaled up and then at the top of the budget <br /> worksheet, the total amount of the budget request is entered.The requested amount cannot exceed the <br /> maximum awarded which is up to $65,000. Remember, the grant award is to help with the funding; not be the <br /> sole source. <br /> 19. Our city already has a person training with the current Building Official to take over and this person <br /> already has his building official-limited certification. Can we still get a BOT grant? <br /> Qualifying municipalities are free to submit a proposal to the BOT grant program. In it you will need to make <br /> your case for receiving and using the funds, the criteria is laid out in the RFP and application which are available <br /> on the BOT website: https://www.dli.mn.gov/bot . <br /> Also, remember,this is a competitive grant that will be scored by a review committee so the better case you <br /> make for your city needing and achieving the goals and requirements of the grant the better chance you will <br /> have of being awarded a grant. <br /> The Exhibit B-1 (entry level) and B-2 (advanced - previous BOT trainee)training requirements layout the required <br /> training for the aspect you choose depending on your trainee's progress thus far. If your individual already has <br /> that experience, you would be duplicating training and potentially taking funds away from others. <br /> 20.Are there specific trainings available for each of the items listed in the required training exhibit?Or is most <br /> of that to be provided by the current building official designated as the trainer? <br /> The training requirements are not provided by the grant program like an academy or college. The training city <br /> will pursue educational classes or ICC certifications, if necessary,to comply with Minnesota Rule 1301.1400, <br /> competency criteria for construction code inspectors and/or BO-Limited prerequisites in Minnesota Rule <br /> 1301.0300 (A-C).These are available through sources like: ICC and BIT college classes through North Hennepin. <br />