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Committee supports GTSB assignment policy for exempt employees, contingent on grant-provider review
Summary
The Maquoketa Finance & Personnel Committee voted to back a policy assigning GTSB responsibilities for exempt employees, but the approval is contingent on review and acceptance by the GTSB grant providers amid committee concerns about retroactive application and audit tracking.
The Maquoketa City Finance & Personnel Committee voted to support a proposed GTSB assignment policy for exempt employees on June 8, 2026, provided the policy is reviewed and accepted by the GTSB grant providers. The motion was made by Caroline Ehlinger and seconded by Chair Josh Collister; the minutes record the outcome as "All Ayes."
Ehlinger reviewed the grant-related language and expressed concern about whether the policy could be applied to already-awarded grants and whether insufficient tracking could become an audit finding later. Chair Collister also asked questions about funding and the city's ability to track the assignment. Staff member Josh Boldt recommended supporting the policy contingent on GTSB acceptance, and the committee approved that contingency.
The committee recorded no further changes to the policy text in the minutes; next steps in the record are limited to seeking external review and notifying grant providers. No statutory citations or ordinance numbers are listed in the minutes, and the committee did not record a schedule for follow-up in this transcript excerpt.
