Water Monitoring Grant Program

Application Guidelines:

For projects taking place January 1 to December 31 in each application year. Application deadline is 4:30 p.m., on the last Friday in November of each application year.

Objective:

The objective of the Township of Armour Grant Program is to involve the residents of Armour in the preservation and protection of the quality of water in our watersheds including shoreline designated lakes and rivers.

Contact:

For more information contact the Clerk at clerk@armourtownship.ca

Program Details:

The Township of Armour is offering a program to provide limited funding to groups and associations or to one individual that represents a lake without an association involved with water quality testing and monitoring in shoreline designated lakes located within the boundaries of this municipality that are not covered by the Ontario Lake Partner Program offered by the Provincial Government.

Purpose of Grant Program:

The purpose of this grant program is to assist in the development of a water maintenance program for the shoreline designated lakes and rivers within the Township of Armour by providing funds to lake associations, other organizations or individuals that protect the waters within the Township and are operated by volunteers.

The goals of this grant program are:

• Provide funding to organizations or individuals to assist with water monitoring and testing of shoreline designated lakes and rivers in the Township that are not covered by other programs available.
• With the submission of a minimum of three (3) annual test results of a lake or river within the Township of Armour, additional consideration for funding will include education information to property owners, residents and users of the lakes which demonstrate an education of good stewardship and/or outline impacts of specific actions on the ecosystems of the lakes and rivers in the T ownship.

Application Qualifications:

To be eligible for support, your organization must:

• be a volunteer-based organization that has been in existence for a minimum of one year; or
• be an individual volunteer for a lake or river without a volunteer-based organization.

Who Cannot Apply:

• Health districts, libraries, private schools, government agencies, educational institutions, universities, preschools, and daycares;
• Schools are not eligible to apply by themselves, but can apply in partnership with an eligible organization (such as a Community Association). Activities held in schools or organized by schools must be:
• held outside of regular school hours;
• separate and distinct from the regular school curriculum; and  not just for the students of a particular school.
• Organizations that:
• provide third-party funding; or
• exist for the primary purpose of fundraising.

Funding:

The Township of Armour will be providing up to $1,500 to each organization or to one volunteer individual that represents a lake without a volunteer-based organization.

The grant process provides no guarantee that an applicant will receive funding. Organizations or an individual volunteer that represents a lake without a volunteer- based organization submitting applications for grants must submit to the Township all test results, receipts and documentation for eligible expenses, failure to submit required documentation will result in the grant application being rejected.

Only one application per application deadline will be considered from a given organization or for a given lake.

Eligible Projects:

Projects that focus on monitoring the water quality of shoreline designated lakes and rivers within the Township of Armour.

An organization which submits a minimum of three (3) water quality monitoring tests for the year may also be eligible for additional consideration for expenses related to informing and educating the public on good stewardship of the lakes or rivers in the Township of Armour, see eligible expenditures.

Eligible Expenses:

Expenses in relation to the monitoring of water quality of shoreline designated lakes and rivers in the Township of Armour including test fees, monitoring equipment and testing supplies.

Expenses in relation to the education information distributed to property owners, residents and users of the lakes or rivers which demonstrate an education of good stewardship and/or outline impacts of specific actions on the ecosystems of the lake or river in the Township of Armour, which will include information flyers which are provided specifically for the purpose and signs.

The message and location of a sign must be approved by Council prior to installing or erecting on municipal property.

Copies of all documents must be provided with the grant submission, including the distribution volume and location of the distribution.

Adjudication Process:

Applications will be reviewed by Council and processed upon approval.

Notification:

Applicants will be informed, in writing by the Township of Armour, of the results of their application within two weeks of a decision. A decision is to be made at the first meeting of Council after the application is submitted.

Reporting and Payment Procedures:

Successful applicants are required to submit a completed application and copies of receipts for eligible expenses, to the Township Office within 60 days of the completion of their project or no later than the last Friday in November in the application year, whichever comes first.

Recommendations for funding will go to the 1st Council meeting in December and once approved funds are released to the applicant organization.

Grant Submission Instructions:

Deliver One Original and One Copy of the completed application, with test results, receipts and any further required documents for eligible expenditures by the last Friday in November in the application year by 4:00 p.m.to: Township of Armour - Water Monitoring Grant Program P.O. Box 533, 56 Ontario Street Burk’s Falls, Ontario P0A 1C0