The heads of grant making agencies shall evaluate grant proposals based on the relevance of such proposals to the purposes for which such grants shall be made, as stated in Section 41-24-3; the extent to which such grant proposal advances the program objective(s) of the grant-making agency, the ability of the grant recipient to fulfill the objectives of the grant proposal, the extent to which the grant proposal can benefit the greatest number of citizens, without persistently excluding any geographic regions of the state. All of the above information may be ascertained by appropriate measures, which shall include interviews, public hearings and recommendations by members of the Legislature.