Chris Meyer

Moved to approve the county's plan for spending opioid settlement money. She also moved to use that money for addiction treatment at Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center. Both passed 5-0.

November 26, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to approve state grant contracts for safe drinking water for private well users. She also moved to approve well cleanup and volunteer nitrate testing agreements. Each passed 5-0.

June 11, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to approve a formal inspection process for livestock feedlots in the county. The board approved it 5-0.

April 9, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to deny a permit for Rosanne and Keith Naunheim to build a house near the edge of a bluff above Homer. The board denied it 3-2.

August 22, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to adopt the county's 2022-2032 solid waste plan. She added language to explore using the City of Winona's methane digester. The plan passed 4-0.

May 23, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on dropping the planned county public health emergency ordinance; that failed 2-3. She moved to give the Advocacy Center of Winona $15,760, which passed 3-2. Her motion to give Big Brothers Big Sisters $30,000 failed 2-3.

November 23, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to create a county ordinance so the board could act quickly in a public health emergency. The motion passed 3-2. Earlier she voted no on tabling talk of a mask ordinance; that failed 2-3.

August 24, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on ending the Southeast Minnesota Water Resources Board, a group of counties that worked on water issues. The county board approved ending it 3-2.

May 14, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on setting up a committee to review the county's animal unit cap, the limit on how large a livestock feedlot can be. The motion failed 2-3.

March 12, 2019Supports Environment and Public Health

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on a 3.5% increase in the 2026 county property tax levy; it failed 2-3. She then seconded a 10.96% increase, which passed 3-2.

December 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to set the draft 2025 county property tax levy at a 12% increase. It failed 2-3. She voted no on a 9% draft levy, which passed 3-2.

September 24, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on a $101,927 county housing authority tax for 2025; it failed 2-3. She then seconded a plan adding $25,000 for a housing trust fund. That $126,927 plan passed 3-2.

August 13, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to sell two more sets of county jail bonds, one for $10,000,000 and one for about $6,925,000. Both motions passed 3-2.

December 14, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on dropping the planned county public health emergency ordinance; that failed 2-3. She moved to give the Advocacy Center of Winona $15,760, which passed 3-2. Her motion to give Big Brothers Big Sisters $30,000 failed 2-3.

November 23, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on studying a 40-bed jail instead of an 80-bed jail. That motion failed 2-3. She then moved to approve the jail design committee's plan, which passed 3-2.

December 22, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to sell $10,000,000 in county bonds to pay for the new jail. The board approved the sale 5-0.

November 10, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to hire a construction manager for the new county jail project. The motion passed 3-2.

June 9, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to approve a county ordinance creating a local housing trust fund. The board approved it 5-0.

September 10, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on a $101,927 county housing authority tax for 2025; it failed 2-3. She then seconded a plan adding $25,000 for a housing trust fund. That $126,927 plan passed 3-2.

August 13, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to approve federal pandemic relief (CARES Act) money for a housing stabilization program run by the regional housing authority. The board approved it 5-0.

July 28, 2020Supports Housing Affordability

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to approve the county's plan for spending opioid settlement money. She also moved to use that money for addiction treatment at Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center. Both passed 5-0.

November 26, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on dropping the planned county public health emergency ordinance; that failed 2-3. She moved to give the Advocacy Center of Winona $15,760, which passed 3-2. Her motion to give Big Brothers Big Sisters $30,000 failed 2-3.

November 23, 2021Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to approve federal pandemic relief (CARES Act) money for a housing stabilization program run by the regional housing authority. The board approved it 5-0.

July 28, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: winonacounty.gov

Cast the only vote against denying a permit for a cell phone tower in Nodine, proposed by Hemphill LLC on the Zenke property. The board denied the permit 4-1.

October 24, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to sell two more sets of county jail bonds, one for $10,000,000 and one for about $6,925,000. Both motions passed 3-2.

December 14, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on studying a 40-bed jail instead of an 80-bed jail. That motion failed 2-3. She then moved to approve the jail design committee's plan, which passed 3-2.

December 22, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to sell $10,000,000 in county bonds to pay for the new jail. The board approved the sale 5-0.

November 10, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to hire a construction manager for the new county jail project. The motion passed 3-2.

June 9, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

Source: winonacounty.gov

Was elected vice chair of the Minnesota Clean Water Council's policy committee. No one else was nominated.

February 27, 2026

Source: pca.state.mn.us

Won election as chair of the Winona County Board again. The board picked her by a 3-2 vote. Also did the same on January 4, 2022.

January 13, 2026

Source: winonacounty.gov

Joined the Minnesota Clean Water Council, a state panel that advises on clean water spending, in the seat for rural county governments.

February 24, 2025

Source: pca.state.mn.us

Moved to add ballot wording saying a local sales tax would replace property tax to repay $28 million in jail bonds. The board approved the wording 5-0.

July 9, 2024

Source: winonacounty.gov

Had a federal lawsuit against her dismissed. Daley Farm had sued her, two other commissioners, and the Land Stewardship Project. The farm asked to end the case, and a judge dismissed it without prejudice.

March 22, 2023

Source: winonapost.com

Voted no on asking the county auditor to fully turn on the cast vote record, a ballot-by-ballot data file, for the November 2022 election. The motion passed 3-2.

October 11, 2022

Source: winonacounty.gov

Wrote a newspaper column as county board chair on the county's plan for about $9.8 million in federal pandemic relief (American Rescue Plan). It listed $2.6 million to expand rural internet access.

March 2, 2022

Source: winonapost.com

Voted no on a federal election grant request that cut the words "or security of elections" from the county resolution. The motion failed 2-3.

February 22, 2022

Source: winonacounty.gov

Moved to adopt updated county zoning rules for solar energy systems. The board passed the rules 3-2.

January 7, 2020

Source: winonacounty.gov

Voted no on a rule to bar citizen committee applicants who had sent written public comments on issues before the board. The motion failed 2-3. She also voted no on two Board of Adjustment picks, John Wirt and Chad Theede; both failed 2-3.

January 8, 2019

Source: winonacounty.gov