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Winona County board approves consultant contract, grant and labor agreement; several consent items cleared
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Winona County Board approved a professional-services agreement with Winona Health for pediatric consultant services, accepted a Minnesota Department of Health grant agreement, and passed a department-head labor contract 3–2; multiple consent items were also approved.
The Winona County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 23 approved a set of consent items and several standalone votes, including a professional-services agreement with Winona Health to secure pediatric medical consulting and a state grant agreement with the Minnesota Department of Health.
In consent business, the board approved a professional services agreement to have Dr. Kelly Osterman of Winona Health serve as a medical consultant and co-medical director to support pediatric care and vaccination protocols. Public-health staff told commissioners the county is required to have a medical consultant and that Dr. Osterman has begun attending advisory meetings in that role.
The board also approved the Minnesota Department of Health Community Health Board grant agreement for the State Health Improvement Partnership. Staff confirmed the grant requires a local 10% match but said levy funds will not be used for the match and that available non‑levy funds will cover the requirement.
Separately, the board took a recorded vote on the Department Head Association labor agreement covering 2025–2027. The agreement passed with a final tally of 3–2 in favor.
Other consent items approved by motion included routine grant renewals, procurement actions, and service agreements listed in the meeting packet. One consent item (8.12) had been pulled for separate consideration and was resolved by the 3–2 vote noted above.
The actions taken are procedural approvals and do not represent new county ordinances or statutes; staff said some items will return to the community-health board for additional resolutions (for example, co-medical director roles). The board did not adopt other substantive policy changes at this meeting.
What’s next: staff said the co‑medical director roles and associated resolutions will appear at the next community-health board meeting; fiscal details for the MDH grant match were described as covered by existing non‑levy funds.
