1. The grant application period opens on May 1 of each calendar year and closes on the last working day of June. The completed application and all attachments must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the last working day of the month of June. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the grant application is sent to and received by the Executive Director by the required date. The Authority assumes no responsibility for delays or other problems with the transmittal of the application.
2. Applications will be considered at the July Board meeting following receipt of applications. Member governments applying for a grant will be expected to have a representative at the Board meeting to explain the request and answer questions.
3. Once a grant request is approved by the Board, the applicant’s resolution, summary of the project and time schedule will be incorporated into a contract between the Authority and the local government. The contract (in three copies) will be sent to the local government for review, approval and signature by the local government and then sent back to the Executive Director for presentation to the Authority Board for final approval and signatures at the September or next appropriate Board meeting. Once signed an original signed copy of the contract will be sent to the local government.
4. Changes to the internal budget of the project, if applicable, may be approved by the Executive Director up to a 10% change in budget items. The Authority Board at a regular Board meeting must approve changes in excess of that amount. Requests for changes in the date of completion of the contract must be submitted in writing to the Executive Director for placement on the agenda at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Authority. Requests for an extension of the contract date must be done prior to the expiration of the contract.

Jack Sullivan, Executive Director
Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority
1107 Shalimar Drive
Tallahassee, Florida 32312