2. A copy of the county board resolution selecting the public safety answering point or a letter from the chair of the intergovernmental cooperation council affirming that the public safety answering point was selected by the majority vote of the council, as applicable.
DMA 2.06 Eligible and ineligible costs.
(1) Eligible costs. In this chapter all of the following costs are eligible for grants:
(a) Advanced telecommunicator training, including emergency medical dispatch protocol certification training from an emergency medical dispatch protocol training organization as approved by the 911 subcommittee.
(b) Public safety answering point equipment and software expenses for enabling Next Generation 911 services, including hosted equipment and software services.
(c) Activities to consolidate some or all functions of 2 or more public safety answering points.
(d) Enhanced continuity of operations planning and equipment.
(2) Ineligible costs. In this chapter all of the following costs are ineligible for grants:
(a) General public safety answering point overhead and staffing.
(b) Costs for providing emergency services or emergency services equipment.
(c) Costs for facility construction.
DMA 2.07 Awards.
(1) In consultation with the 911 subcommittee, the department shall do all of the following when awarding grants to eligible public safety answering points under this chapter:
(a) Determine the maximum percentage of funds that must be derived from local funding sources for all eligible public safety answering points. The amount required from local funding sources shall not exceed 25 percent of the grant amount awarded by the department to a public safety answering point in a grant period. The amount required from local funding sources shall be in addition to the grant amount awarded by the department.
(b) Set the maximum award amount that an eligible public safety answering point may apply for under each grant period based on the amount of funding available in the appropriation s. 20.465 (3) (qm), Stats., and the local funding source percentage identified in par. (a). (2) For any application received for activities to consolidate some or all functions of 2 or more public safety answering points, the department may reduce or waive the required local funding source percentage and maximum award amount identified in sub. (1) (a) and (b).
(3) No grant period shall exceed 18 months.
DMA 2.08 Reconsideration. An applicant shall have 30 days after receipt of the determination by the department to request reconsideration of any denial of funds. The applicant shall submit the request in writing to the department with a detailed rationale for overturning the determination. The department shall provide notice of the final determination to the applicant within 14 days after receipt of the request for reconsideration.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This rule takes effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. Dated at Madison, Wisconsin May 17, 2022.
STATE OF WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
BY ______________________________________
Maj Gen Paul E. Knapp, Adjutant General
