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Planning director named; commission forms comprehensive plan steering committee
Summary
Winona County appointed Ross Dunsmore as planning director (former interim) and approved a comprehensive plan steering committee composed of elected officials and community members; the commission scheduled the committee's first meeting for June 23 at 5:00 p.m.
Winona County announced the appointment of Ross Dunsmore as the permanent planning director and established a comprehensive plan steering committee that will guide the county’s zoning and comp-plan update process.
Commissioner Marcia (first name only in transcript) told the commission that Ross "has worked for the county in a number of capacities, very knowledgeable, and he was, interviewed and and selected to be the he had been wearing the interim hat, and now he gets to wear the the, full title of planning director." Ross Dunsmore described a long county career: "I've, been with the county for on Monday, 37 years. I'm starting 30 year 38. So I started with the county health department and community health services as a sanitarian. I still perform a lot of that work for the county..."
Commissioners also reviewed appointments to a comprehensive plan steering committee. Members named in the meeting record include John Nicholson, Jordan Potter, Michael Miller, Jean Hanson, Amy Van Gilder, Bethany Winchester, Dan Wilson, Darren Engler, Dwayne Wert, Dwayne Begley, Everett Rolfing, Lehi Groth, Jennifer Beardman, Kelsey Fitzgerald, Larry Graden, Mark Clark, Rita Young, Rob Miller, Thomas Lindsay and Commissioner Marcia. The commission set the steering committee’s first meeting for June 23 at 5:00 p.m.
Commissioners asked staff to provide brief updates on the steering committee’s work at future planning commission meetings rather than detailed reports; staff agreed to include concise updates on future agendas.
