The ACP Grants were announced on December 18, 2015 with a February 5, 2016 deadline. Council has previously passed resolutions to proceed with ACP applications to enhance radio communications and infrastructure and to establish a regional occupational health and safety program with the Town of St. Paul, Town of Elk Point, and Summer Village of Horseshoe Bay.
Administration with the County and Town of Elk Point have been in discussions regarding two other potential ACP Grant applications over the last several months including:
- The construction of a salt shed facility located at the Elk Point Transfer Station
- The construction of a bulk water truck fill station located at the Elk Point Water Treatment Plant and Reservoir.
Administration with the County and the Town of St. Paul have been in discussions regarding one other potential ACP Grant application over the last several months:
- The resurfacing of a track surface for track and field athletics at the Regional High School in the Town of St. Paul
Criteria for the grant program has changed with points awarded for different areas. One of the significant changes was points awarded for municipal financial contributions. You get the most points if the municipalities fund 50% of the project. Consequently, we are writing up the grant applications to show 50% of the contribution so that we can best present our case for grant award. This changes the monies required for each municipality from what we previously thought:
Enhanced Regional Radio Communication (Radio upgrade) - $350,000 (still waiting for final numbers)
Municipality | Current Budget | Proposed Budget | Net Increase |
County of St. Paul 44% | 55,000 | 77,000 | 22,000 |
Town of St. Paul 43% | 53,750 | 75,250 | 21,500 |
Town of Elk Point 12% | 15,000 | 21,000 | 6,000 |
SV of Horseshoe Bay 1% | 1,250 | 1,750 | 500 |
Regional OH&S - $156,000 (does not include any clerical assistance)
Municipality | Current Budget | Proposed Budget | Net Increase |
County of St. Paul 44% | 11,000 | 34,320 | 23,320 |
Town of St. Paul 43% | 10,750 | 33,540 | 22790 |
Town of Elk Point 12% | 3,000 | 9,360 | 6,360 |
SV of Horseshoe Bay 1% | 250 | 780 | 530 |
Salt Shed - Elk Point $300,000
Municipality | Current Budget | Proposed Budget | Net Increase |
County of St. Paul 50% | | 75,000 | |
Town of Elk Point 50% | | 75,000 | |
Bulk Water Station - Elk Point - $561,262
Municipality | Current Budget | Proposed Budget | Net Increase |
County of St. Paul 50% | | 140,316 | |
Town of Elk Point 50% | | 140,316 |
St. Paul Regional High School Running Track - $130,000 (either request funding for remaining 62% or additional partners or grants for balance to get 50% funding - ie CIP, ARMA, Co-op Grant, NEAT, SPAA, Other)
Municipality | Current Budget | Proposed Budget | Net Increase |
County of St. Paul | | 20,000 | |
Town of St. Paul | | 20,000 | |
SPERD | | 10,000 | |
Finally the new criteria has points for projects being on individual municipality's strategic plans. There are full points for the same items to be included on a Regional Strategic Plan. Administration is proposing the development of a Regional Strategic Plan to include these projects as well as other Regional and joint initiatives that could be included on the plan. We would like to work on this plan over the next week and have the municipalities consider before the end of the month or in early February.