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Winona County restructures health and human services advisory committee into focused subgroups
Summary
The board approved a restructuring of its health and human services advisory committee into subgroups alternating public-health and human-services focus monthly, with the full committee meeting quarterly.
Winona County commissioners approved a reorganization of the county’s Health and Human Services Advisory Committee to create rotating, topic-focused meetings and quarterly full-committee sessions.
Staff presented a plan to have the advisory committee alternate between public-health and human-services focus each month, with the full advisory body meeting quarterly for broader discussion. The change is intended as a trial to increase substantive discussion on focused topics while preserving overall committee cohesion.
Staff said existing committee members had volunteered for the new structure and that no new applicants were required at this time. The county will retain the same overall committee chair and ask the same members to serve on the monthly, focused sessions. The committee restructuring was described as a trial run and staff will evaluate whether the approach improves participation and outcomes.
Commissioners moved and seconded the reorganization; the board approved the change. Staff said meeting notices and public-notice rules would apply and that most members are expected to attend both the focused and quarterly full meetings.
