New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Chapter XV - Local Government Services
Part 815 - Local Government Efficiency Award
Section 815.4 - Grant awards

Universal Citation: 19 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 815.4

Current through Register Vol. 45, No. 52, December 27, 2023

(a) Subject to annual appropriations by the Legislature, grants will be made to successful applicants pursuant to the review and approval criteria set forth herein, in amounts not to exceed:

(1) $50,000 for high priority planning grants,

(2) $25,000 for two municipalities with an additional one thousand dollars for each additional municipality participating in the application, the maximum grant award not to exceed $35,000, for general efficiency planning grants,

(3) $200,000 per municipality, the maximum grant award not to exceed one million dollars, for efficiency implementation grants,

(4) $400,000 per municipality for twenty-first century demonstration project grants.

(b) Applicants will be required to provide matching funds, equal to 10 percent of the total cost of activities approved by the Department of State, as follows:

(1) ten percent matching funds for High Priority Planning Grants;

(2) ten percent local matching funds for General Efficiency Planning Grants;

(3) ten percent local matching funds for efficiency implementation grants, except that in the event an applicant is implementing a project that the applicant developed through a successfully completed planning grant funded under this Part or the shared municipal services incentive grant program (Part 814 of this Title), the local matching funds required shall be reduced by the local matching funds required by such successfully completed planning grant;

(4) ten percent local matching funds for twenty-first century demonstration project grants.

(c) State assistance shall be available on a reimbursement basis. Grantees shall submit periodic invoices and requests for payment as work is performed and costs incurred. No part of a grant shall be used by the grantee for recurring expenses such as salaries, utilities and fuel, except that for efficiency implementation grants and twenty-first century demonstration project grants the salaries of certain personnel essential for the effectuation of the joint activity shall be eligible for a period not to exceed three years.

(d) Prior to the final reimbursement payment, grant recipients shall submit to the Secretary copies of studies, agreements and other products resulting from the grant award.

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