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subsection 10, will review, prioritize among and award applications | for competitive grants made pursuant to subsections 6 to 9: |
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| A.__One representative of the State Planning Office; |
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| B.__One representative of the Department of Economic and | Community Development; |
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| C.__One representative of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank or a | private financial institution with expertise in the areas of | business finance, commercial loans and return on investment; |
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| D.__One representative representing providers of | governmental services on a regional basis; and |
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| E.__Three representatives of municipal government | recommended by the Maine Municipal Association who formerly | served as a municipal officer or the chief administrative | official of a municipality, with one representing a rural | community with a population of less than 4,000 inhabitants, | one representing a suburban community with a population of | 4,000 to 15,000 inhabitants and one representing a service | center community with a population greater than 15,000 | inhabitants. |
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| The Governor's appointments must be characterized by broad | geographic representation. |
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| | 6. Competitive grants; standard of qualification. In making | competitive awards from the fund, and with respect to the | jurisdictions throughout the several local or regional | governments that are submitting each application for a grant to | fund or partially fund an efficiency project, the review panel | established in subsection 5 must identify: |
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| A.__The nature, scope and timing of the entire efficiency | project, including all proposed programmatic and governance | changes, system restructurings, employment reconfigurations | and capital or infrastructure investments; |
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| B.__The total cost of the efficiency project, including the | dollar value of the grant request and all other funds and | in-kind services contributed by the applicants and other | sources; |
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| C.__The annual cost of providing the targeted services | throughout the jurisdictions represented by the several | applicants for each of the 10 years before the | implementation of the efficiency project; |
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