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LCCMR chooses amended allocation package for 2026 RFP after debate over conflicts of interest and cuts
Summary
After debate about conflicts of interest, allocation methodology and which tiers to cut, the commission adopted an amended recommendation package for the 2026 RFP that included the Chronic Wasting Disease proposal and rebalanced other allocations; staff will document exact dollar adjustments.
The Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources approved a recommendation package for the 2026 RFP on July 18 after prolonged discussion about allocation methodology, conflicts of interest among members and where to cut to add a late-disclosed proposal.
Staff report and initial agreement LCCMR staff compiled members' second-round allocations into an "initial agreement" that funded projects in ranked order until the available appropriation was spent. The compilation process produced a cutoff in a tier where a group of proposals had the same number of members supporting them (the "tier 10" group). Including that entire tier produced an over-allocation of $4,815,000; excluding it would have left an underspend of $13,652,000. Under the process the commission adopted on June 11, staff included tier 10 and then presented options to rectify the $4.815 million overallocation.
Staff presented two principal options: (1) reduce all proposals within the last included tier (tier 10) by a uniform percentage…
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