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As it seeks to connect Levee Park with downtown, the Winona City Council is moving to regain use of the railroad storage area between Johnson and Walnut streets. ....
County training reviews impartiality in permitting (1/23/2021)
Winona County officials making a “quasi-judicial” decision can cause trouble if they say the wrong thing when deciding a case, county attorney Karin Sonneman said during training on Jan. 14. Sonneman’s inclusion of the concept in her presentation to county officials might have been an attempt to shed light on an issue that can be murky and undefined. Some government decisions are quasi-judicial and some aren’t. Generally speaking, policy decisions like whether to create a new rule or fund a program are not quasi-judicial, while permitting decisions whether to give a specific citizen a permit are. During the ones that aren’t quasi-judicial, officials can debate each other and spout off about more or less whatever they feel like. But if they are called to make a quasi-judicial decision, impacting a specific person or entity, they have to avoid appearing to ha ....
County training reviews impartiality in permitting (1/23/2021)
Winona County officials making a “quasi-judicial” decision can cause trouble if they say the wrong thing when deciding a case, county attorney Karin Sonneman said during training on Jan. 14. Sonneman’s inclusion of the concept in her presentation to county officials might have been an attempt to shed light on an issue that can be murky and undefined. Some government decisions are quasi-judicial and some aren’t. Generally speaking, policy decisions like whether to create a new rule or fund a program are not quasi-judicial, while permitting decisions whether to give a specific citizen a permit are. During the ones that aren’t quasi-judicial, officials can debate each other and spout off about more or less whatever they feel like. But if they are called to make a quasi-judicial decision, impacting a specific person or entity, they have to avoid appearing to ha ....