(a) Each Wyoming Business Council Regional Director is available to assist applicants with the development of projects and preparation of applications. The Regional Director will use resources available such as the Department of Workforce Services and Wyoming's Community Colleges to define available workforce training programs that could be used in conjunction with educational development infrastructure and/or the labor market/workforce portion of the application. Draft applications must be provided to the Regional Director two weeks prior to submission.
(b) An application shall be reviewed by the council staff to determine eligibility and completeness.
(c) All grant and loan applications shall be reviewed by the office of the Attorney General for project structure, including recapture provisions, in advance of Council consideration.
(d) A complete application shall be forwarded by the Council staff with a recommendation to the Council for review. Incomplete applications will be either tabled or sent back to the applicant for resubmittal at a different time. An application that is determined by the Council staff to be incomplete shall be provided an explanation of the findings in writing within thirty (30) working days of its receipt where practical.
(e) The Council staff shall publish statewide notice of Council and Board meetings at which Business Ready Grant and Loan Program applications will be discussed.
(f) The Council shall consider each application, allow for comments from the public, the applicant and the Council staff and refer to the Board the application with a recommendation.
(g) Under extraordinary circumstances, the Council may recommend a waiver of rule requirements if the Council determines the waiver is consistent with the purpose of the Business Ready Community Grant and Loan Program.
085-1 Wyo. Code R. § 1-11
Amended, Eff. 7/25/2016.