Funding outline

• Title: Funding Outline
• IBCC - Doc Type: Program Planning, Budget & Contracts

Program Funding (HB - 1400)

State Fiscal Rules
0 - $5,000 Discretionary
5 - $25,000 Discretionary, but must go to privatization
$25,000 or more Must go through a bid process – RFQ

Bid Process – Submit Request for Proposal (RFP); must be on the street for 30 days; a selection panel (3 -
5 people) score s the proposals based on predetermined criteria (expense, experience, etc.) .

Meetings
Facilities – M eeting arrangements (venue, food, equipment, etc.) will continue to be handled by DNR
with requests from the roundtables.

Member travel – Those needing reimbursement for travel will continue to submit travel reimbursement
forms to DNR. If a member is traveling more than 50 miles round - trip to any one meeting, they may
chose to submit travel reimbursement.

Facilitation
Roundtables – Roundtables wishing to use facilitation services should work with DNR to find the
appropriate facilitati on team. An effort will be made to allow roundtables access to the facilitator of their
choice, while maintaining consistency throughout the program. The contract for the IBCC facilitation
will include support to the roundtables as requested. Roundtable s can use that firm or another of their
choosing provided total to any one firm does not exceed $25,000. Total facilitation costs for all
roundtables can not exceed $47,091.

IBCC – During their June/July meeting the IBCC will decide if they would like c ontinued facilitation
assistance. If so, DNR will go through a bid process to find the appropriate firm . The contract /PO will
not exceed $49,880.

Water Needs Assessment
DNR proposes to contract with one technical assistance firm to assist the roundtable s with their water
needs assessment. DNR would put together a request and receive proposals from interested firms. The
IBCC would advise the selection committee in choosing the firm. The firm would then take task orders
from the roundtables in order to assist them with their needs assessment. The size of this contract would
be approximately $630,000.

This approach accomplishes a number of objectives. It furthers the IBCC’s role of coordinating a
common technical platform. It maintains a locally drive n process by allowing roundtables to direct the
work of the firm. It conforms with state fiscal laws by not devolving spending authority to a non - state
entity.

Education and Outreach
As roundtables and the IBCC identify the need for the creation and dissemination of educational materials
they can work with DNR to fund these activities using the $40,000 dedicated to this purpose.

The IBCC will advise DNR on the appropriate use of $50,0 00 to meet the legislative mandate of
developing public education, participation, and outreach efforts.