Marcia L. Ward

Voted no on extending the county's COVID-19 local emergency to November 30, 2021. She also voted no on creating a county ordinance for fast action in public health emergencies. Both passed 3-2.

August 24, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted no when the county board banned large industrial frac sand mining and processing. The ban passed 3-2. Earlier that night she seconded a motion to delay the vote, which failed 2-3.

November 22, 2016Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on a county resolution backing stronger state environmental review rules for silica sand mines. It passed 4-1.

March 3, 2015Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Seconded and voted for approving the Nisbit sand mine permit with 39 conditions, including a road damage fee. The permit passed 3-2.

June 4, 2013Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Moved to skip a full environmental review for a proposed sand mine on the Nisbit site in Saratoga Township. The motion failed 2-3.

October 2, 2012Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Moved to approve three permits for sand mining pits in Saratoga Township. Each motion failed 2-3. She also voted no on a temporary ordinance to study silica sand mining, which passed 3-2.

January 10, 2012Opposes Environment and Public Health

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Voted no on giving $15,000 in county housing funds to Catholic Charities for a homeless shelter. It passed 3-2.

March 24, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded a motion to hold the 2026 county property tax levy increase to 3.5%. It failed 2-3. She then voted no on a 10.96% levy increase and on the 2026 budget, which both passed 3-2.

December 23, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on three-year labor contracts for county dispatchers and for the Local 49 union. Both passed 4-1.

May 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on county funding of $274,417 for the regional library system, $154,000 for the soil and water district, and $50,000 for the Winona senior center. All three passed 3-2.

November 28, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on selling about $16.9 million in county bonds to pay for the new jail. Both bond sales passed 3-2.

December 14, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on $15,760 in county funding for the Advocacy Center of Winona, which passed 3-2. She also voted no on $30,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters, which failed 2-3.

November 23, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted no on the builder's maximum price and the overall budget for the new county jail. Both were approved 3-2.

August 31, 2021Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to reject a social host ordinance that the sheriff asked the county board to adopt. The motion failed 2-2. She then voted no on adopting it, and that also failed 2-2.

June 22, 2010Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted no on giving $15,000 in county housing funds to Catholic Charities for a homeless shelter. It passed 3-2.

March 24, 2026Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted no on giving $15,000 in county housing funds to Catholic Charities for a homeless shelter. It passed 3-2.

March 24, 2026Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted no on county funding of $274,417 for the regional library system, $154,000 for the soil and water district, and $50,000 for the Winona senior center. All three passed 3-2.

November 28, 2023Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted no on $15,760 in county funding for the Advocacy Center of Winona, which passed 3-2. She also voted no on $30,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters, which failed 2-3.

November 23, 2021Opposes Social Programs and Welfare

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Voted no on starting early design work for a joint public safety building. It passed 4-1.

May 28, 2024Opposes Public Infrastructure

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Moved to keep the planning commission's advice against a ban on new commercial dog breeding kennels. The motion failed 2-3. She then voted no on the ban, which passed 3-2.

March 11, 2025

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Was elected chair of the Winona County Board for 2025 on a 3-2 vote.

January 7, 2025

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Seconded a motion to put the county's cap on livestock farm size (animal unit cap) up for board discussion. The motion failed 2-3.

May 24, 2022

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Asked the county attorney at board meetings to look into whether three fellow commissioners broke the state open meeting law. She tied her request to 2019 appointments to the Board of Adjustment.

January 26, 2021

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Voted no on appointing Robert Redig to the county Board of Adjustment, the panel that rules on zoning exceptions. The appointment passed 3-2.

May 14, 2019

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Received the President's Award from the Association of Minnesota Counties for her years of service in county government.

December 5, 2018

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Was elected chair of the Winona County Board for 2014 on a 5-0 vote.

January 7, 2014

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