Ag Agenda Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, - PDF document

8/19/2020 Municipal Funding Deadlines Fast Approaching Wednesday, August 19, 2020 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT Ag Agenda Jill Remick, Director of Property Valuation and Review, Vermont Department of Taxes 1 • Coronavirus Municipal Records Digitization Grant • Local Government Expense Reimbursement Grant 2 Kim Canarecci, Public Assistance Officer, Vermont Emergency Management • FEMA Eligible Municipal Costs 3 Ken Shimomoto, Guidehouse Consultant, COVID-19 Financial Office • Coordination of Costs Between Grant Programs • For more information 4 Questions 2 1

8/19/2020 Cor Coronavir irus Munic icipal l Records Dig Digiti tizatio ion (D (DGZ) ) Gr Gran ant $2 million to reimburse certain costs associated with making digital copies of land records available online for Purpose public access Award Amount Maximum of $20,000 per recipient Application deadline: September 1, 2020 Important Dates Supporting documentation deadline: December 15, 2020 Eligible expenses must be incurred by: December 30, 2020 The following entities are eligible Eligible Entities • Vermont cities • Vermont towns • Vermont incorporated villages The following are representative of COVID-19 specific costs that are eligible Eligible Costs • Scanner purchase • Vendor contract fees for digitizing and making available via an online portal all historical, current and backlog of land records (per 24 V.S.A. § 1154) • Labor costs associated with additional staffing/overtime pay for clearing COVID-19 related backlog of land record scanning • Vendor contract fees to update municipal parcel data 3 Lo Local l Go Government t Exp Expense Reim eimbursement (L (LGER) Gr Gran ant Purpose $13 million to reimburse eligible COVID-19 expenses not covered by other funding sources Award Amount Maximum of $750,000 per recipient Application deadline: September 4, 2020 Important Dates Supporting documentation due: December 15, 2020 Eligible expenses must be incurred by: December 30, 2020 The following entities are eligible Eligible Entities • Vermont counties, cities, towns, unorganized towns and gores, unified towns, and gores of Essex County • Incorporated villages • Fire districts • Consolidated water and sewer districts • Solid waste management districts The following are representative of COVID-19 specific costs that are eligible Eligible Costs • Hazard pay for select set of “substantially dedicated” employees • Supplies and equipment (such as PPE for non-emergency workers) • Sanitation • Facility alterations • Overtime compensation • Redirection of staff for “substantially different” roles 4 2

8/19/2020 FEM FEMA: Typ ypical l Mun unicip ipal l Exp Expenses • Incremental (new temp or OT) staffing costs associated with COVID-19 Labor • Staff training and preparation resulting in incremental costs • Equipment, pharmaceutical and supply purchases associated with COVID-19 Supplies/Equipment • Food, Water, Medicine for emergency response • PPE for emergency responders and critical staff (e.g. police, EMS) • Direct cost of testing and treating potential and actual COVID-19 patients Others • Retrofitting a clinic or other space to serve as a hospital or testing center • Disinfection of public buildings that are not facilitating emergency work 5 Coo Coordinati tion of of Cos Costs Be Betw tween Gr Gran ant Program ams Gather all COVID-19 related costs from March 1, onward. Are you applying Did you issue for a grant Did you apply Tax Anticipation associated with for and receive Notes or your title record Apply for Local NO Did you apply NO NO NO NO a grant from otherwise incur modernization Identify your Are they Government Expense for and receive FEMA-PA eligible over Reimbursement the FEMA interest through the a grant from Firefighter’s expenses $3,300? (LGER) Grant with all expenses Vermont CDBG-CV1? Grant associated with Coronavirus remaining costs Program?* delayed tax Municipal Records payments?* Digitization Grant? YES YES YES YES YES Apply to FEMA-PA Remove all costs eligible Remove all costs eligible Remove all costs eligible Remove all costs eligible and remove those for that program from for that program from for that program from for that program from costs from your your total costs your total costs your total costs your total costs total costs Yes Yes * Application period has already closed if you have not received this grant Total Eligible Costs 6 3

8/19/2020 For More Information on Funding Options Municipal Records • For more information: Municipal Records Digitization Grant Site • The State of Vermont received $4,256,840 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV1) funds through the U.S. CDBG-CV1 Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal CARES Act which is administered by the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Department of Housing and Community Development - Vermont Community Development Program • For more information: CDBG Site • Website for LGER contains a primer providing guidance on how to apply for FEMA FEMA • For more information: LGER Site • FAQ document has been released on the LGER site LGER • For more information: LGER Site 7 Questions? 8 4