During the regular meeting the Winona County Board took several formal votes on routine and substantive items:

- Consent agenda: The board approved a multi-item consent agenda that included contract renewals, grant acceptances and other routine items. (Motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote.)

- TIF correction (agenda item 9.3, subsequently renumbered): The board adopted a resolution to correct tax-increment financing calculations for a St. Charles TIF district after county tax calculations omitted capturing increment for taxes payable 2024. Staff explained the omission and said the county would pay the captured increment to the city, which disburses to the TIF district. The board approved the correction and directed staff to ensure other TIFs were set up correctly. (Motion moved by Commissioner Olsen; seconded by Commissioner Elsing; approved.)

- Appointment of county assessor: The board approved the appointment of Catherine Frett as Winona County assessor, conditional on preemployment processing. Staff reported a conditional offer at step 6 ($4,427.26 biweekly; annualized pay noted in packet). The motion to appoint passed by voice vote.

- Predesign direction (separate substantive motion): See separate article. The board approved participating in a joint predesign with the City of Winona under conditions (no county remodel funds spent until city confirms commitment; July review).

Votes were generally recorded as voice votes with aye/nay calls; the transcript records motions, movers and seconds but not roll-call name-by-name tallies for these items.

Ending: Staff will complete the TIF correction disbursement process, proceed with assessor preemployment steps, and implement the predesign directions described in the joint public-safety article.