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Board reviews budget, federal cooperative agreements and staffing shortfalls
Summary
Board staff reported the agency’s general appropriation outlook and federal cooperative agreements, noted IT and salary pressures, described available cooperative funds for HPAI response, and listed several scheduled hires and retirements affecting data management and program delivery.
Melissa Smith, the board's business manager, briefed members on the agency fiscal picture, federal cooperative agreements and cost drivers. She summarized the current general appropriation figures discussed in the presentation and the board's fiscal planning for FY27, and explained that salary, IT (MNIT) costs and outside testing contracts (University of Minnesota testing for poultry and CWD) are the largest regular expenditures.
Smith said federal and partner funds are…
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