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Legislature begins ARPA outside-agency allocation process; members demand transparency on evaluator scoring and pay
Summary
Legislators introduced a plan to allocate $35 million in ARPA outside-agency funds using outside evaluators and a spreadsheet-based process; a dispute arose over whether evaluators were paid, prompting calls for transparency and possible auditor review.
Jackson County legislators on Dec. 15 introduced a process to allocate a portion of the county's remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to outside agencies and debated evaluator selection, transparency and compensation.
Legislator Sean Smith described the process as one in which external evaluators reviewed applications against agreed criteria and produced scored recommendations. He said the legislative auditor's office and outside evaluators compiled average scores and that each legislator would receive a spreadsheet listing applicant names, a summary description of each request and…
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