Utah Admin. Code R357-46-105 - Funding Distribution and Reporting

(1) After GOEO approval of a Rural Communities Opportunity Grant:

(a) no more than 90% of grant funds will be disbursed to a community after:

(i) application approval;

(ii) a contract between the community and the state is entered; and

(iii) the community invoices the office for the funds; and

(b) the remaining funds may be disbursed to a community upon submission of a final report including satisfactory evidence of benchmark achievements toward completion of economic development projects and activities recorded in the grant contract.

(2) The maximum amount of funding a rural community can receive through this grant is $600,000.

(3) Each grant recipient shall submit an annual report containing:

(a) a description of the project, or projects, for which the grant funding is being used or encumbered;

(b) the effectiveness of the award in improving economic development in the community;

(c) how much matching money is being utilized by the community;

(d) a letter from the CEO board or equivalent attesting that:

(i) it is participating in advising the rural community's governing body throughout the year;

(ii) it approves of the content submitted in the annual report;

(iii) it helped prepare the annual report; and

(iv) minutes from each meeting of the CEO board where the Rural County Grant was discussed; and

(e) any other information requested by the office.

(4) Grant recipients shall submit a final report and reimbursement request by the contract termination date including:

(a) a description of the completed project;

(b) a report on whether the recipient met the goals and benchmarks detailed in the contract;

(c) a letter from the CEO board or equivalent 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;

(d) an invoice for the outstanding amount of awarded funding; and

(e) any other information requested by the office.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R357-46-105

Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-24, effective 11/29/2023