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Board names watershed and WIOA appointees, confirms new facilities and security directors and declares pretrial supervision week
Summary
The Hennepin County Board appointed managers and advisory members for watershed and workforce bodies, confirmed two new county directors, and adopted a resolution recognizing pretrial probation and parole supervision week. The board also laid over a loan item to a future meeting.
The Hennepin County Board took several personnel and advisory-board actions during its July 8 meeting, appointing members to watershed and workforce advisory bodies, confirming two new county directors, and adopting a resolution recognizing pretrial probation and parole supervision week.
Appointments and community advisory boards
The board filled two manager seats for the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District (item 11B) following a verbal roll-call vote. After multiple rounds of voting and the clerk’s guidance, Thomas Duvel (as read into the record) attained a majority for one vacancy; Leslie Stovering attained the votes needed for the second vacancy. The record shows the board followed statutory guidance to “fairly represent the hydrologic areas of the district,” and staff referenced a memo that maps applicants to hydrologic areas.
For the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) community advisory appointments (item 11C), the board appointed Amanda Roesch to a private-sector business seat and Julio Vargas Essex to a higher education seat. The clerk confirmed each appointment verbally after commissioners named the candidates.
Director appointments
The board confirmed Patricia Fitzgerald as director of facilities operations effective Aug. 10, 2025. County staff described Fitzgerald’s 16 years with Hennepin County, her leadership of the Elevate Hennepin program, and prior private-sector experience in real estate and development.
The board also confirmed Luda Trondafalava (recorded variously in the transcript; the appointee introduced herself in remarks) as director of security effective July 8, 2025. Staff highlighted her eight years with the county and her role in transforming the security division, including work on “safe spaces” and support for survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence.
Other actions
The board unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing National Pretrial Probation and Parole Supervision Week in July 2025 and thanked county probation and parole staff for their work; county materials cited that Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation supervises more than 21,000 juvenile and adult clients at any given time. The board also moved to lay over item 11A, a loan to Hennepin Healthcare Systems Inc. for capital medical equipment purchases, to the July 29 board meeting.
Votes on these appointments and proclamations were recorded verbally on the record; the clerk announced successful appointees after each roll-call or voice vote.
