Resolution to Authorizing the Director of Land Resources and Environment to Accept Multi-Discharge Variance Funding; and Amending the 2022 Budget

Committee Status: 
Approved
Budget Status: 
External Source
Decision Impact: 
Significant
FTE Impact: 
Yes
Funding Source: 
Other (see budget status)

Purpose

Authorizing the Director of Land Resources and Environment to Accept Multi-Discharge Variance Funding; and Amending the 2022 Budget

Background

BACKGROUND: The Multi-Discharge Variance (MDV) program for phosphorus extends the timeline for Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permitted facilities complying with low-level phosphorus limits.  In exchange, facilities commit to step reductions of phosphorus within their effluent and provide funding to address nonpoint sources of phosphorus from farm fields or other natural areas through the implementation of practices designed to improve water quality.  Sauk County Land Resources and Environment Department can assist in the implementation of these practices.

 

In December 2021, the department submitted the paperwork necessary to participate in the MDV program and accept funding per Sauk County Resolution No. 100-2021.  Actual funding amounts did not become available until January 1, 2022.  The original MDV funding amount was anticipated to be $22,950.11; however, finalized funding amounts are now $83,296.24.

Resolution Files: 
PDF icon Updated Resolution MDV Budget Amendment
PDF icon Resolution MDV Budget Amendment
Budget Status (Other/External Sources): 

Fiscal Note: The 2022 LRE Department Budget did not include funding for the MDV program in the amount of $36,951.  This included $22,951 of new funding and $14,000 of carryforward funds.  As noted, an additional $60,346 is anticipated through the MDV program for Sauk County.

Resolution Body

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, to authorize the Director of Land Resources and Environment to accept multi-discharge variance funding and to:

Submit watershed plans, annual reports, and other documentation required by the MDV Program to the State of Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; and
Enter into cost-sharing agreement with landowners/operators to install best management practices utilizing MDV funding.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors that the 2022 Budget be amended to increase the Multi-Discharge Variance expenditure funded by municipal wastewater treatment facilities.

 

Approved for presentation to the County Board by the Land Resources and Environment Committee and Finance Committee, this 15 day of March 2022.

 

Requested Board Review Date: 
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
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