Appendix A. Budget Example In the example below a county commissioner has identified the need to dig a big hole. Some of the work can be done with county resources, but the county will also need help with §319 funds to finish the project. County Resources Need help Task (match) (§319 funds) Planning Meeting $800 $200 Develop Plans and Specs $2,700 Dig the big hole 11,300 Purchase and plant trees around the big $1,500 $500 hole Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 3,000 Total: $5,300 $14,700 Big Hole Total Project Cost = $20,000 After submitting their proposal the State §319 Program responds: you can complete the big hole project for but “It looks like $20,000. That’s reasonable, unfortunately DEQ grant you $14,700 in §319 funds to use on the project. The rules can’t on funding require the County to pick up a minimum of 40% of the total cost of the project. If you can do that DEQ can fund the remaining 60%.[ Multiply the total project cost by 60% (.60) to calculate how much of the cost of the project can be paid for with §319 funds] The most DEQ can grant for this project is $12,000.” With the lesser amount from §319 program available to help fund the project the DEQ’s commissioner had to re-assess the project tasks and budget. His goal now was to determine whether County resources would be available to fund $2,700 of project work that he had planned to pay for with §319 grant funds. The commissioner studies the workplan and budget and soon realizes that the $2,700 budgeted to pay to have a consultant develop plans and specs for the project could be avoided by having County staff do this work. The project budget is subsequently revised, as follows. County resources Need help Task (match) (§319 funds) 1. Planning Meeting $800 $200 2. Develop Plans and Specs $2,700 3. Dig the big hole $11,300 $1,500 $500 4. Purchase and plant trees around the big hole
Appendix A. Budget Example In the example below a county commissioner has identified the need to dig a big hole. Some of the work can be done with county resources, but the county will also need help with §319 funds to finish the project. Task County Resources (match) Need help (§319 funds) Planning Meeting Develop Plans and Specs Dig the big hole $800 $200 $2,700 11,300 Purchase and plant trees around the big hole Ribbon Cutting Ceremony $1,500 3,000 $500 Total: $5,300 $14,700 Big Hole Total Project Cost = $20,000 After submitting their proposal the State §319 Program responds: “It looks like you can complete the big hole project for $20,000. That’s reasonable, but unfortunately DEQ can’t grant you $14,700 in §319 funds to use on the project. The rules on funding require the County to pick up a minimum of 40% of the total cost of the project. If you can do that DEQ can fund the remaining 60%.[ Multiply the total project cost by 60% (.60) to calculate how much of the cost of the project can be paid for with §319 funds] The most DEQ can grant for this project is $12,000.” With the lesser amount from DEQ’s §319 program available to help fund the project the commissioner had to re-assess the project tasks and budget. His goal now was to determine whether County resources would be available to fund $2,700 of project work that he had planned to pay for with §319 grant funds. The commissioner studies the workplan and budget and soon realizes that the $2,700 budgeted to pay to have a consultant develop plans and specs for the project could be avoided by having County staff do this work. The project budget is subsequently revised, as follows. Task County resources (match) Need help (§319 funds) 1. Planning Meeting $800 $200 2. Develop Plans and Specs $2,700 3. Dig the big hole $11,300 4. Purchase and plant trees around the big hole $1,500 $500
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