Section 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.Utah Admin. Code R357-46-105
Adopted by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-24, effective 11/29/2023