Watch today's Wildlife Board meeting

Thanks Amy!

I really feel sorry for all the good folks at the DWR that want this issue to be handled in the right way, it has to be hard on them given the decision process and the shenanigans that have gone on by one particular group. Keep up the good work all you honest DWR guys and gals.

Welp... Here we go!

Thanks for the link.

Ive got my popcorn (french fries) and Mt Dew ready for the show!

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I gotta go pee. Tell them not to start until I get back ok.

Just explained conflict of interest and asked that anyone who has a conflict of interest to recuse themselves...let's see how that plays out.

LostLouisianian said:

Just explained conflict of interest and asked that anyone who has a conflict of interest to recuse themselves...let's see how that plays out.

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Surprised that at least a few of them recused themselves.

Handed out list of bidders or those bidding with a group. Chairman recuses himself due to conflict, turns over meeting to vice chair...3 members total were required to recuse themselves...4 members no conflict

Not going to be anyone left....

Just because they recuse themselves from the voting, does not mean they weren't involved in pre-meeting discussion or proposal reviews, correct? So, recusal at this point is almost worthless because they were already allowed to voice their opinions?

Only two proposals submitted, not saying who they are, referring to them as Proposal A and Proposal B

Going to review the proposals and scoring now, taking 30 minutes to look at them and if they need more time will ask for more time. Sorry guys I have a conflict coming up at the top of the hour and will not be able to monitor after 11:00. Will check in later to see what happened.

So are we going to be left with a decision of group A or group B at the end of this meeting and still not know who got the contract?

KineKilla said:

Just because they recuse themselves from the voting, does not mean they weren't involved in pre-meeting discussion or proposal reviews, correct?

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To clarify: The only individuals who have seen the proposals are the evaluation committee, the contract manager from State Purchasing, and the four board members who didn't recuse themselves. The members who had conflicts of interest were not given copies of the proposals.

So is the board also blind to who has submitted the bid?

Meaning, do they not know the which bid is which, but are evaluating the bids as only bid A and bid B?

Idratherbehunting said:

So is the board also blind to who has submitted the bid?

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I do not know if the proposals have the names on them or are just labeled proposal A and proposal B. The board was given the names of the two bidders and had to recuse themselves prior to seeing any proposal if there was a conflict based on Utah State rules. They said that for right now the proposals will be referred to as proposal A and proposal B

The gentleman on the left seems uneasy/fidgety. This is going to be Intresting!!

Idratherbehunting said:

Meaning, do they not know the which bid is which, but are evaluating the bids as only bid A and bid B?

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They are reviewing the actual proposals submitted to State Purchasing, so they do know which proposal came from each group.