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With lawmaker approval, some Iowa commission members could receive stipend

Members of some state boards and commissions could receive a $10,000 annual stipend if Iowa lawmakers approve a new configuration of the state's boards and commissions.

Merrilee GasserbyMerrilee Gasser
December 5, 2023
in State Government
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Iowa State Capitol Building at sunset in December of 2014.
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(The Center Square) – Members of the Iowa Board of Regents, the Council on Health and Human Services, and the Board of Education could receive a $10,000 annual stipend if lawmakers approve a new configuration of the state’s boards and commissions.

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On Monday, members of the State Government Efficiency Review Committee heard an overview of the recommendations published by the Boards and Commissions Review Committee in September.

According to the report, only three commissions provide a salary to part-time members. The Transportation Commission offers a $10,000 salary per year, the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission pays $12,000 per year, and members of the Gaming Commission receive $10,000 per year, the recommendations said.

The report also includes reducing the number of boards and commissions from 256 to 145.

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“The board’s recommendations are just that,” and the next steps are “up to the state’s elected leadership,” said Kraig Paulsen, director of the Iowa Department of Management and the review committee chair.

Beyond eliminating multiple existing boards and commissions, the committee recommended repealing the gender-balance requirement to “allow the most qualified Iowans to serve on boards and commissions.”

It also called for a modernization of Iowa’s open meetings laws to expand public participation through virtual or hybrid meetings and increasing engagement on “critical” boards and commissions by compensating members for more than “part time” work.

The Iowa Legislature created the review board as part of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ massive alignment bill, which also cut the number of cabinet departments from 37 to 16. About 500 unfilled positions were eliminated. The changes are projected to save the state about $214 million over the next four years, the governor previously said.

Lawmakers will take up the recommendations when they meet for the 2024 legislative session on Jan. 8.

Tags: Council on Health and Human ServicesIowa Board of RegentsIowa LegislatureIowa State Board of EducationKraig PaulsenState Government Efficiency Review Committee
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Merrilee Gasser is a former broadcast journalist who spent the first part of her professional career working in radio and TV from coast to coast. She continues to work as a freelance journalist and write novels, short stories, and creates children's activity books.

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