County board to standardize Rural County Grant form and limit some data requests
Summary
Board staff will standardize the Rural County Grant application to eliminate multiple circulating versions and stop requesting W-9s to reduce privacy risk; Shanny Wilson will post and enforce a single annual form and follow up on missing project details from applicants.
Board members instructed staff to stop accepting multiple versions of the Rural County Grant application and to publish a single, annually updated form on the county website.
Grant Administrator Shanny Wilson said she will "investigate why there are multiple forms being used" and will apply a rule requiring applicants to download and use the current application; she also stated, "we will not be asking for W9's anymore," signaling a change in the County’s data-collection approach to protect applicant privacy. The board discussed adding fields to future applications asking for current number of employees and projected revenue so reviewers can better assess economic impact.
The move comes after members said inconsistent application formats make it difficult to compare proposals. The board asked staff to confirm the single current application is available online and to add clear instructions telling applicants to download the current form. The change is procedural and intended to improve comparability of submissions rather than to alter eligibility criteria.
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