DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Information
TITLE
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Report On 2024 Clean Water Funds Well Seal Grant Awards
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Receive report on Clean Water Funds utilized for Well Seal Grant awards in 2024.
SUMMARY
Dakota County received several grants from the Board of Water and Soil Resources to support the Well Seal Grant Program. Funds utilized in 2024 included a Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Black Dog Watershed-Based Implementation Funding (WBIF) grant, an FY 2023 Competitive Clean Water Fund (CWF) grant, and an FY 2024 Competitive CWF grant. Dakota County was awarded a total of $225,000 between the three grants to be allocated toward staff time and cost-share grants for sealing abandoned wells.
The BWSR Grants Administration Manual requires that all landowner grant applications be documented in organization meeting minutes as a legal record of the board or council’s action and intent. The minutes must include the contract number, the amounts(s) and source(s) of funds being applied to the project, the type of project or practice(s) being installed, and any other information necessary to fully indicate the action and intent <https://bwsr.state.mn.us/node/12676>
A summary of the 2024 Well Seal Grant cost-share funding allocation and expenditures by funding source is shown below. Grant match requirements are achieved through a 50 percent landowner cost-share match. A detailed breakout of the 2024 grant awards and expenditures is provided in the attachment (Attachment: 2024 Well Seal Grant Awards).
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2024 Grant Expenditures |
Number of Grants |
Cost-Share Allocation |
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FY 2023 Black Dog WBIF Grant |
2 |
$2,179.50 |
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FY 2023 Competitive CWF Dollars |
15 |
$25,216.70 |
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FY 2024 Competitive CWF Dollars |
28 |
$42,873.45 |
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Total |
45 |
$70,269.02 |
RECOMMENDATION
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Information only; no action requested.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
None. Utilizing CWF grants to support staff time and the Well Seal Grant Program was approved by the County Board of Commissioners by Resolution No. 22-326 (August 9, 2022) and was identified in the 2023 and 2024 approved budgets.
☒ None ☐ Current budget ☐ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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Information only; no action requested.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
22-326; 8/9/22
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: 2024 Well Seal Grant Awards
BOARD GOALS
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CONTACT
Department Head: Nikki Stewart
Author: Valerie Neppl