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Committee authorizes temporary transit operations specialist to meet 2026 grant requirements
Summary
Brainerd's committee approved hiring a temporary, part-time transit operations specialist for up to 67 working days in 2026 to handle increased federal and state grant compliance and data verification; staff said the position is budgeted in the 2026 transit budget and is 100% grant-funded.
The Brainerd City Personnel and Finance Committee voted Dec. 15 to authorize hiring a temporary part-time transit operations specialist for 2026 to assist the transit division with grant compliance and workload coverage.
Chris explained that after hiring a full-time transit operations specialist the city found the temporary role helpful to document performance…
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