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Health
Sherry Engelman
Sanitarian
Jeff Brown
Assistant Sanitarian
The Edina Health Department began operating in 1960 with a part-time Health
Inspector. By 1962, the position became a full-time job and in 1965,
Edina, Bloomington and St. Louis Park began jointly operating a public
health laboratory to provide laboratory support for the three
communities. The laboratory operated in the Edina Public Works Building,
5146 Eden Ave., until January 2002.
The Health Department inspects 120 Licensed food establishments, 79
Licensed swimming pools and 24 Licensed underground parking garages; and
investigates (in a typical year) 80 reports of refuse accumulation, 3
reports of unwanted noise, 16 reports of improper outdoor storage, 9
food-borne illness reports and 18 housing maintenance complaints.
Solvei Wilmot
Recycling Coordinator
& Assistant Sanitarian
In addition, the Health Department responds to concerns about the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, licenses registered Housing with Services
facilities, licenses 195 vending machines, issues 26 itinerate
(short-term) food licenses, issues 32 tobacco licenses and administers the
Public Health Nursing Contract.
The public health nursing contract provides home health visits, maternal
and child health services, women infant and child nutritional services,
child and youth clinic services, disease prevention and control services
and health promotion services. The contract for these services is through
Bloomington Public Health Nursing.
Health Department staff has been trained in bioterrorism response and the
Department participates in the Health Alert Network, linking Edina to
state and federal public health resources.
The Department stands ready to address public health threats ranging from
food illness outbreaks to bioterrorism and disease pandemics. Residents of
the City can expect the resources of local, state and federal agencies in
responding to these threats to the publics’ health.
Working hand-in-hand with the Health
Department is the Recycling Department, which
oversees garbage and recycling pickup in the City.
For more information, contact Sanitarian Sherry Engelman, 952-826-0464.
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