Staff from the Energy Infrastructure and Impact Office will be holding regional meetings in nine cities in oil country. These meetings will be with applicants for the City and Other Infrastructure grant round currently underway. A schedule for these meetings can be found at the following link.
Awards Made To Schools for Temporary Portable Classrooms
Awards Made for Emergency Services and Response
At its March 29, 2012 meeting, the Board of University and School Lands (Land Board) made awards for the January/February/March 2012 energy impact grant round focusing on emergency services and response infrastructure impacts. The recommendations for awards were developed through the efforts of the Energy Impact Grants Advisory Committee. Those receiving awards are identified in the list here.
The Energy Impact advisory committee has developed criteria and recommendations for the allocation of the grant funds. The current grant rating system includes the following rating categories:
Each entity should apply for the funds on a project basis. The funds are not intended to be dispersed without a project application.
The Legislature authorized the Land Board to appoint an advisory committee to assist in making its grant award determinations.
The committee established to make recommendations regarding policies, procedures and distributions of 65% of the Oil and Gas Impact Fund available to the smaller cities, counties, townships and other eligible political subdivisions, is made up of nine members:
