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Anoka County HRA holds 2025 organizational meeting; trustees elect officers and confirm key appointments
Summary
At its 2025 organizational meeting the Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority elected officers, adopted a procedural resolution and confirmed appointments including Tanya Westaffner as executive director and Dean Gooten as assistant executive director.
The Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (ACHRA) held its 2025 organizational meeting and elected officers, adopted a resolution setting rules and meeting notice procedures for 2025, and confirmed staff appointments, including naming Tanya Westaffner as executive director and Dean Gooten as assistant executive director.
The board elected its 2025 leadership. Trustees selected a chair, a vice chair (Julie Jepsen) and Jeff Reiner as secretary-treasurer. The board approved the slate by voice vote after nominations and a second were recorded on the floor; the meeting record shows those motions carried by the customary “aye” voice vote.
The board adopted Resolution 2025-01, which the meeting record identifies as establishing certain rules and procedures for 2025 and designating the authority’s public meeting notice facility and legal publication for the year. A trustee offered the resolution on the floor and the board approved it by voice vote.
The trustees approved several appointments for the program year 2025. The board appointed deputies or assistants to perform specified administrative functions, including a deputy secretary/associate administrative assistant (or designee) and a deputy treasurer/division manager of finance and central services to perform collection, investment and accounting transaction duties; that motion was moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.
The board formally approved the appointment of Tanya Westaffner to serve as ACHRA executive director for 2025. The motion to appoint Westaffner was moved by Trustee Schulte and seconded by Trustee Jepsen; the record shows the board approved the appointment by voice vote. The board also approved the appointment of Dean Gooten to serve as ACHRA assistant executive director for 2025; the motion was seconded by Trustee Schulte and approved by voice vote according to the meeting record.
Trustee nominations and the chair’s informational report included a discussion about the ACHRA’s management committee structure. The chair said the board would initially continue the 2024 management committee appointments for 2025 but signaled a desire to consider returning more work to the full seven-member board later in 2025. Trustees asked staff to research legal and procedural issues tied to such a change, and staff noted they would look into any legalities, including the timing and requirements for trustee swearing-in (the transcript references a statute concerning swearing-in frequency, described in the meeting as “every five years,” but the statute is not named in the record).
The meeting record also notes an informational exhibit listing 2025 meeting dates for the ACHRA management committee and board meetings; the exhibit was provided for information and not acted on beyond acknowledgement.
There were no additional policy votes or program approvals recorded in the meeting beyond the organizational actions and appointments described above. The board adjourned after confirming the items on the organizational agenda.
