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Council approves street designation, accepts EMS funds and several personnel measures

Virginia City Council (Committee of the Whole) · February 17, 2026

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Summary

Virginia City’s Committee of the Whole approved a municipal state-aid street designation, accepted state ambulance-deficit funding to support power cots, and approved personnel items including an updated firefighter EMT MOU and three hires. Several other matters were moved to next week for more information.

The Virginia City Committee of the Whole on Feb. 17 approved a suite of routine actions including a street reclassification to capture state-aid funding and acceptance of emergency ambulance funds.

Matt Reed of SEH presented a proposal to designate roughly 0.71 miles of corridor in the Midway area (Midway Drive → Vermillion Drive → Anderson Road → Borgin Road) as a municipal state-aid route after city–county road exchanges. Councilor Paulson moved to approve the resolution establishing the municipal state-aid street; Councilor Motley supported the motion, and the chair called for a voice vote. The motion carried.

Assistant Chief Scott Frederickson said the city was awarded about $152,000 from the state ambulance deficit program and recommended using the funds toward power cot systems in ambulances, which cost about $30,000 per unit. Council approved a resolution to apply for and accept those funds.

The council also adopted an updated memorandum of understanding for a dual-role firefighter EMT position (personnel committee referral) and approved hires: Jed (Jedediah Holwa) as a dual-role firefighter paramedic (pending), and Jason Milroy and Ethan Bridal as dual-role firefighter EMTs under the revised MOU. All personnel motions passed by voice vote.

Other agenda items — including a parking-ticketing software upgrade (T2 system), a proposed cannabis microbusiness registration at the old North Star Drug building, and zoning questions related to nearby programming for a Minnesota Autism Center — were moved to the full council meeting for additional legal and financial review.

The committee adjourned at 10:21 a.m.