2026-10-15 - City Council

00:19>> GOOD MNING EVERYONE. MY

00:21NAME IS ELLIOT PAYNE, PRESIDENT

00:23OF MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL.

00:24BEFORE WE BEG OUR MEETING, WE

00:26HAVE PRESENTATIONS OF TWO

00:28RESOLUTIS. FIRST, COUNCIL

00:29MEMBER VETAW WILL PRESENT AN

00:31HONORARY RESOLUTION RELATED TO

00:32BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

01:39>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.

01:41WELCOME. I'M SO HAPPY TO HAVE

01:42SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TO CELEBRATE

01:45BREAST CCER AWARENESS MONTH.

01:47AND TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER 2026 AS

01:50BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN

01:52THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. WHERE

01:55BREAST CANCER IS A

01:57LIFE-THREATENING DISEASE

01:58CHARACTERIZED BY THE FORMATION

01:59OF MALIGNANT CELLS IN BREAST

02:00TISSUE AND CAN AFFECT PEOP OF A

02:03GENDERS; AND

02:06WHEREAS, BREASCANCER IS THE

02:07MOST COMMON CANCER AMONG WOMEN

02:11IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCOUNTIN

02:13ONE IN THREE NEW CANCERS

02:17DIAGNOSED IN WOMEN EACH YEAR; AD

02:21WHEREAS, THE AMERICAN CANCER SO

02:22ESTIMATES THAT IN 2026

02:24APPRIMATELY 321,910 WOMEN IN

02:31THE UNITED STATES WILL BE

02:32DIAGNOSEWITH INVASIVE BREAST

02:36CANCER ANDPPROXIMATELY 42,140

02:38WOMEN WILL DIE FROM THE DISEASED

02:44...

02:45>> WHEREAS, BREAST CANCER IS THE

02:47MOST COMMON INVASIVE CANCER

02:48DIAGNOSED AMONG WOMEN ACROSS

02:49EVERY RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUP IN

02:52MINNESOTA, WITH APPROXIMATELY

02:535,300 NECASES DIAGNOSED AMONG

02:56MINNESOTA WOMEN EACH YEAR; AND

03:00WHEREAS, BREAST CANCER CONTINUE

03:01DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT

03:01COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WITH BLAC

03:06EXPERIENCING THE HIGHEST BREAST

03:07CANCER MORTALITY RATE AMONG

03:08RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN MIN

03:11HIGHLIGHTING THE CONTINUED NEED

03:13TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES IN

03:14SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT

03:15SURVIVORSHIP; AND

03:18WHEREAS, EARLY DETECTION AND TI

03:21TREATMENT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY

03:22IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR PPLE

03:25DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER,

03:26WITH THE FIVE-YEAR RELATIVE

03:27SURVIVAL RATE FOROCALIZED

03:28BREAST CANCER EXCEEDING 99

03:29PERCENT; AND

03:32WHEREAS, ACCESS TO REGULAR

03:33SCREENING AND TIMELY FOLLOW-UP

03:33CARE IS ESSENTIAL TO EARLY DETE

03:34YET BARRIERS INCLUDING

03:35TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH INSURANC

03:36COVERAGE, COST OF CARE, AND

03:41OTHER SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF

03:42HEALTH CAN PREVENT PEOPLE FROM

03:45RECOMMENDED SCREENING AND

03:46TREATMENT; AND

03:57...

03:59>> WHEREAS, THE MINNESOTA

03:59DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S SAGE

04:01SCREENING PROGRAM HELPSMINNESOT

04:06INADEQUATE INSURANCE ACCESS

04:13BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER

04:15SCREENING, DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES,

04:18AND REFERRALS TO TREATMENT; AND

04:20ADVANCES IN BREAST CANCER

04:21RESEARCH, SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS,

04:21AND TREATMENT HAVE IMPROVED

04:22SURVIVAL AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR

04:22MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, WHILE

04:23CONTUED RESEARCH REMAINS

04:24ESSENTIAL TO DEVELOPING MORE

04:27EFFECTIVE TREATMENTS AND

04:31ULTIMATELY PREVENTING AND CURIN

04:32BRST CANCER; AND BAST CANCER

04:32AFFECTS NOT ONLY THOSE WHO

04:39RECEIVE A DIAGNOSIS, BUT ALSO

04:45THEIR FAMILIES, CAREGIVERS, FRI

04:50WORKPLACES, AND COUNITIES,

04:51MAKING COMPASSION, SUPPORT, AND

04:52ACCESS TO RESOURCES ESSENTIAL T

04:56TREATMENT AND SURVIVORSHIP; AND

04:57BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS,

05:03PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, ADVOCATES

05:03HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS,

05:04RESEARCHERS, AND COMMUNITY

05:05ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUE TO

05:05DEMONSTRATE STRENGTH,

05:06RESILIENCE, D LEADERSHIP IN

05:06THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCERD

05:12>> WHEREAS, BREAST CANCER

05:13AWARENESS MONTH PROVIDES AN IMP

05:22OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PUBLIC

05:26PROMOTE INFORMED CONVERSATIONS

05:30ABOUT BREAST HEALTH AND

05:31SCREENING, SUPPO THOSE

05:32AFFECTED BY BREAST CANCER,

05:38RECOGNIZE SURVIVORS AND THOSE

05:39LIVING WITH THE DISEASE, AND

05:40REMEMBER THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE

05:41LOST TO BREAST CANCER; AND THE

05:42CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS RECOGNIZES

05:43THAT ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY

05:43REQUIRES CONTINUED ATTENTION TO

05:45CANCER OUTCOMES AND A COMMITMEN

05:45TO ENSURING THAT ALL MINNEAPOLI

05:46RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO

05:47INFORMATION, SCREENING,

05:51TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT; ┘NOW,

05:52THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED┘ THAT

05:53THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DO

05:54HEREBY RECOGNIZE OCTOBER 2026 AS

05:56BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN

06:00THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND ENC

06:03RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT BREAST

06:07CANCER AWARENESS, RESEARCH,

06:07EARLY DETECTION, TREATMENT

06:08SURVIVORSHIP, AND EFFORTS TO

06:08ELIMINATE DISPARITIES IN BREAST.

06:18APPLAUSE ]

06:22SO, SO THANK YOU TOVERYONE. I

06:24THINK WE NEED SOME TISSUES, IF

06:27SOMEBODY HAS SOME, PASE. IT'S

06:29A VERY SPECIAL MONTH FOR SO MANY

06:30PEOPLE. I WANT TO, FIRST, SAY

06:32THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO

06:34CAME UP TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER

06:37AWARENESS MONTH. A LOT OF

06:38SURVIVORS. SOME FOLKS ARE GOING

06:39THROUGHT RIGHT NOW. HIEF,

06:42COME ON UP. THANK YOU SO MUCH

06:44FOR JOINING ME TODAY IN

06:46SUPPORTING BREAST CANCER

06:47AWARENESS MONTH.

06:49I ALSO WANT TO THANK TWO WOMEN

06:51WHO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR,

06:53I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS NOW, ON

06:56MAKING SURE THAT WOMEN GET

06:59SCREENED. PEGGY AND NITA ARE

07:03BOTH HUGE -- THEY JUST HELP

07:05SURVIVORS OUT SO MUCH! I MEAN,

07:07THERE'S SO MANY WOMEN IN THE

07:09COMMUNITY THAT RY ON THEM TO

07:11HELP WITH SO MANY THINGS. SO

07:13THANK YOU, PEGGY AND NITA, FOR

07:15BEING HERE. I ALSO JUST WANT TO

07:17TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR A

07:20WOMAN NAMED LOU ELLIA WILLIAMS

07:24WHO WAS HERE LAST YEAR TO

07:25SUPPORT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS

07:27MONTH.

07:27[ MOMENT OF SILENCE ]

07:29WHO PASSED AWAY AFTER FOUR

07:33BATTLES. SHE BEAT BREAST CANCER

07:36THREE TIMES AND SHE PASSED AWAY

07:39IN DECEMBERURING HER FOURTH

07:43BATTLE. WE ALL LOVED HER SO

07:46MUCH. SHE WORKED WITH ME FOR 10

07:49YEARS TO GET 300 WOMEN, OVER

07:52THREE DAYS, SCREENED FOR BREAST

07:54AND CERVICAL CANCER. SHE WAS

07:59AMAZING! EVEN GOING THROUGH

08:00TREATMENT, NO MATTER WHAT, SHE

08:02SHOWED UP FOR THOSE THREE DAYS

08:05TO MAKE SUR THAT WOMEN GOT

08:07SCREENED. WE LOVE YOU, LOU. A

08:10MOMENT OF SILENCE.

08:11[ MOMENT OF SILENCE ]

08:19THANK YOU. I'M GOING LET YOU

08:25TALK ABOUT EARLY DETECTION,

08:28PLEASE.

08:28>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

08:30VETAW.

08:32MARGARET ANDERSON KELIHER, THE

08:33COO FOR THE CITY. I BEGAN THIS

08:36JOURNEY BEING A BREAST CANCER

08:38SURVIVOR IN 2019. I DIDN'T HAVE

08:41A FAMILY HISTORY AT ALL OF THIS

08:44DISEASE. IN MY FAMILY. AND I

08:45WANT TO SAY THAT TO EVERYONE.

08:47SO OFTEN I THI WE FOCUS ON THE

08:50GENETICS OF THINGS AND THINGS

08:52LIKE THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO

08:53GET SCREENED NOD MATTER WHAT AND

08:55VE THE BASELINE DETECTION

08:56EARLY ON. THAT'S WHAT HELPED

08:59DIAGNOSE MY BREAST CANR.

09:01AND I ALSO WANT TOKING A

09:03KNOWLEDGE THAT MOST WOMEN AND

09:05MEN WHO ARE DIAGNOSED WITH

09:06BREAST CANCER WORK FULL-TIMEWHI.

09:10AND SO BEING AWARE OF THAT AND

09:12BEING COGNIZANT OF THAT I ALSO

09:15REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT THIS IS

09:16MY REMINDER TO EVERYONE, PLEASE,

09:18BY THE END OF THE YEAR, GET

09:20SCREENED. THAT BASELINE

09:22DECTION IS SO IMPORTANT. FOR

09:26MO PEOPLE, YOU GO IN AND THEY

09:28SAY "COME BACK IN FIVE YEARS"

09:30AND TH IS WHAT WE WANT. WE

09:32ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE TWO

09:35WHO ARE GOING THROUGH

09:37TREATMENT AND WHO ARE SURVIVORS

09:38TODAY.

09:39SO THANK YOUOR DOING THIS. I

09:40THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT. YOU

09:43KNOW FOR CITY EMPLOYEES, THE

09:45CITY HAS AMAZING COVERAGE. AND

09:48LET'S MAKE SURE WE USE IT FOR

09:49THE THINGS THAT CAN HELP EXTEND

09:51OUR LIFE.

09:55>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE?

10:02>> GOOD MORNING. DIRECTOR

10:06HODNEY. DIRECTOR OF MINNEAPOLIS

10:079-1-1. AND I'M CURRENTLY STILL

10:09ON MY JOURNEY. I WAS -- I HAD

10:11MY SURGERY ABOUT ABOUT MONTH AND

10:12A HALF AGO. AND I'M STILL GOING

10:15THROUGH RADIATION. SO AS

10:16MARGARET SAID, MANY OF US SHOW

10:18UP AND ARE STILL ABLE TO WORK.

10:21BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME. I'M NOT

10:23HERE ALL THE TIME. I HAVE TO

10:25TAKE TIME WITH THE SUPPORT FROM

10:26EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, THE

10:29OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY,

10:32COUNCIL, EVERYBODY THAT

10:33SUPPORTED ME THROUGH THIS. IT'I

10:35COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH

10:38WITHOUT. MINE WAS DISCOVERED

10:39THROUGH A REGULAR MAMMOGRAM

10:41EXAM. ALL THOUGH MY MOM HAD

10:44CANCER, SHE IS MULTIPLE CANCERS,

10:46THIS WAS NOT A GENETIC TYPE OF A

10:48CANCER. AND IT JUST COMES OUT

10:51OF THE BLUE FOR MANY OF US AT AN

10:53UNEXPECTED TIME. SO I'M GOING

10:54TO SECOND WHAT MARGARET SAID.

10:56GET OSE MAMMOGRAMS.

11:00>> HI. MY NAME IS TAYLOR. I'M

11:02A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR. I

11:03WANT TO ADD THAT BECAUSE I WAS

11:05DIAGNOSED UNDER THE AGE OF 40,

11:06IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN

11:08WHO ARE NOT AT THE AGE WHERE YOU

11:10CAN ACTUALLY GET REGULAR

11:11MAMMOGRAMS TO BE DOING YOUR

11:12CHECKS. AND TO BE GOING TO THE

11:14DOCTOR, IF YOU NOTICE ANYTHING

11:15WEIRD. THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I

11:17FOUND MY CANCER. I'M TOO YOUNG

11:19FOR SCREENINGS. I KNOW SO MANY

11:21WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 40 WHO

11:22ARE BEING DIAGNOSED NOW. IT'S

11:24IMPORTANT THAT WE -- IF WE CAN'T

11:26GET OUR SCREENINGS OR NOT AT THE

11:30AGE, BE DOING CHECK. I KNOW

11:32WOMEN IN THEIR 20s GETTING

11:33CANCER. IT'S NOT LIMITED TO

11:36AGE. WE NEED TO BE DOING OUR

11:38CHECKS AND GOING TO THE DOCTOR,

11:39IF WE NOTICE ANYTHING WEIRD.

11:41>> THANK YOU.

11:45THANK YOU SO MUCH..

11:50>> I APPRECIATE THIS SO MUCH.

11:51IT'S SAD MY SISTER ISN'T WITH

11:54US. SHE WAS THE ONEHO WAS THE

11:55LEER. SHE WAS ALWAYS SAID

11:58WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT COUNCIL

12:03WOMEN AND MISTAK MAKE SURE

12:05WE KEEP DOING THE WORK. I

12:10REMEMBER MY SISTER WHEN SHE HAD

12:13HER FIRST BATTLE. WE WERE

12:14HAVING A CONVERSATION, AND NTH

12:17POINT WAS THE PLACE WHERE SHE

12:19COULD COME SHE COULD EDUCATE.

12:20THAT'S WHAT SHE LOVED TO DO.

12:22SHE WAS OUT EVERY OPPORTUNITY

12:24MAKING SURE SHE EDUCATED THE

12:25LADIES TO THE END. I THANK GOD

12:28FOR HER AND HER SUPPORT AND HOW

12:30SHE INSTILLED IN US HOW TO SERVE

12:33OTHERS. AND SO W WORKED

12:35SIDEY-SIDE. AND AS CARE

12:38GIVERS, ME AND M DAUGHTER, WE

12:40WERE RIGHT THERE FOR HER TO THE

12:41VERY END. ANDHE WAS AMAZING.

12:44SO JUST SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE

12:46WORK EVERYONE IS DOING TO HELP

12:49WOMEN.

12:53>> THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO

12:55PU TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO.

13:34[ APPLAUSE ]

13:51NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW WILL

13:52READ THE RESOLUTION COMING FROM

13:53THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

13:55RELATED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS

13:57PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROPOSED PUBLIC

13:59SCHOOL CLOSURE PLAN. SOUNDS

14:30LIKE THAT RESOLUTION WON'T BEREL

14:34THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY

14:35COUNCIL OF OCTOBER 15th TO

14:37ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

14:39ROLL.

14:41>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

14:43>> PRESENT.

14:44>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

14:45>> PRESENT.

14:46>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

14:47>> PRESENT.

14:48>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

14:49>> PRESENT.

14:50>> COUNCIL MEMBE PALMISANO.

14:51>> PRESENT.

14:51>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

14:53>> PRESENT.

14:54>> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. IS

14:56ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER

14:58SHAFFER.

14:58>> PRESENT.

14:59>> CNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

15:00>> PRESENT.

15:01>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

15:02>> PRESENT.

15:03>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

15:04>> PRESENT.

15:04>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

15:06>> PRESENT.

15:06>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

15:08>> PRESENT.

15:08>> THERE ARE 12 MEMBERS

15:09PRESENT.

15:10>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT WE

15:11HAVE A QUORUM.

15:13BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, LET

15:16MEEMIND ALL THIS MEETING IS

15:17BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER

15:19PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THE

15:22BROADCAST INCLUDES REAL TIME

15:23CAPTIONING AS A MEANS TO

15:25INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE

15:25PROCEEDINGS OF OUR MEETINGS.

15:27THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO

15:29BEINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR

15:30SPEECH SO OUR CAPTIONERS CAN

15:32FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL

15:33COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE

15:35ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE

15:37SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR

15:39COMMENTS. WITH THAT, THE AGENDA

15:41FOR TODAY'S MTING IS BEFORE

15:42US. I'M GOING TO PROPOSE ONE

15:44CHANGE TO OUR ORDER. WHICH IS

15:45SOMETHING WE OFTEN DO. I'LL

15:47SUGGEST WE TAKE UP OUR

15:49UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM, THE

15:52MAYOR'S VEHICLE OF THE

15:55AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IMMEDIATELY

15:56PRIOR TO THE REPORTS OF THE

15:57STANDING COMMITTEES. ANY

15:58OBJECTION TO THE PLAN? ANY

15:59AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA?

16:03SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION

16:05TO ADOPT THE AGENDA INCLUDING

16:06OUR REORDER OF UNFINISHE

16:07BUSINESS TO THE TOP OF OUR

16:08AGENDA.

16:09>> SO MOVED.

16:10>> SECOND.

16:10>> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.

16:15>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

16:19>> AYE.

16:20>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

16:21>> AYE.

16:21>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

16:22>> AYE.

16:23>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

16:24>> AYE.

16:24COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

16:25>> AYE.

16:26>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

16:27>> AYE.

16:27>> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN IS

16:29ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER

16:30SHAFFER.

16:30>> AYE.

16:30>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

16:32>> AYE.

16:32>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

16:34>> AYE.

16:35>> WHITING.

16:36>> AYE.

16:36>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

16:38>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

16:39>> AYE.

16:40>> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA

16:41IS ADOPTED. NEXT ITEM IS

16:43ACCEPTANCE OF THE MINUTES FROM

16:45THE REGULAR MEETING OF

16:48OCTOBER 1st. CLERK WILL CALL

16:49THE ROLL.

16:53>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.>> .

16:55>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

16:56>> AYE.

16:57>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

16:58>> AYE.

16:58>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

16:59>> AYE.

17:00>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

17:01>> AYE.

17:01>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

17:02>> AYE.

17:03>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

17:04>> AYE.

17:05>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

17:06>> AYE.

17:07>>OUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

17:09>> AYE.

17:09>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

17:11>> AYE.

17:11>> VICE ESIDENT OSMAN.

17:12>> AYE.

17:12>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

17:13>> AYE.

17:14>> 12 AYES.

17:15>> THAT CARRY AND THE MUTES

17:16HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED. FINALLY, WE

17:17HAVE THE REFERRAL OF PETITIONS,

17:19COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTS TO

17:20PROPER COMMITTEES. MAY I HAVE

17:21THE MOTION, PLEASE.

17:23>> SECOND.

17:23>> CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.

17:25>> CHOWDHURY.

17:25>> AYE.

17:26>> STEVENSON.

17:27>> AYE.

17:27>> RAINVILLE.

17:28>> A.

17:29>> VETAW.

17:30>> AYE.

17:30>> PALMISANO.

17:31>> AYE.

17:32>> CHAVEZ.

17:33>> AYE.

17:33>> SHAFFER.

17:34>> AYE.

17:34>> WONSLEY.

17:36>> AYE.

17:37>>HUGHTAI.

17:38>> AYE.

17:38>> WHITING.

17:39>> AYE.

17:39>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

17:40>> AYE.

17:41>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

17:42>> AYE.

17:42>> THERE ARE 12 AYES.

17:43>> THAT CARRIES AND THE MATTERS

17:45HAVE BEEN REFERRED.

17:48AS DISCUSSED DURING AGENDA

17:49ADOPTION, WE'LL TAKE UP OUR

17:51UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE HAVE

17:52ONE ITEM OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

17:54ND THAT IS THE COUNCIL'S

17:56RECONSIDERATION OF THE MAYOR'S

17:57VETO OF THE AN AUTONOMOUS

18:00VEHICLE REGULATIONS WHICH PASSED

18:02AT THE OCTOBERst MEETING.

18:03I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO EXPLAIN

18:07E PROCEDURE BEFORE WE TAKE

18:08ACTION.

18:08>> AS YOU NOTE, THE MAYOR VETOED

18:11D RETURNED WITH HIS OBJECTIONS

18:13ORDER NUMBER 202-6034 RELATED TO

18:16A NEW CODE CHAPTER TO REGULATE

18:19AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES FOR

18:22COMMERCIAL. FOUND IN LIMS. AS

18:24PROVIDED IN CITY CHARTER SECTION

18:284.4C3 AND COUNCIL RULE 7.8

18:31VETOED ACT IS RETURNED FOR

18:32AUTOMATIC RECONSIDERATION OF THE

18:34COUNCIL'S NEXT MEETING. UNDER

18:35THE RULE, THE RECONSIDERED ACT

18:37IS PLACED BEFORE THE BODY IN THE

18:38SAME FORM AS ORIGINALLY PASSED.

18:39THE QUESTION TO BE DECIDED BY

18:40THE CITCOUNCIL IS AS FOLLOWS:

18:43SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CITY

18:45COUNCIL STAN NOTWITHSTANDING

18:46THE VETO OF THE MAYOR. IF AT

18:48LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE CY

18:49COUNCIL VOTES IN THE

18:51AFFIRMATIVE, ON THAT MOTION,

18:52THEN THE MAYOR'S VETO IS

18:54OVERRIDDEN AND THE ORIGINAL ACT

18:55IS THEN PASSED. THAT MEANS AN

18:58OVRIDE REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF

18:59AT LEAST NINE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.

19:01OTHERWISE, THE MAY'S VETO IS

19:03SUSTAINED. AND THE PRIOR ACT IS

19:05DEFEATED. TO BE CLEAR, A YES

19:07VOTE ON THIS MOTION IS A VOTE TO

19:10OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO AND

19:12APPROVE THE ORIGINAL ACT. A

19:13NO-VOTE ON THIS MOTION IS A VOTE

19:15TO SUSTA THE MAYOR'S VETO.

19:17WITH THAT, MR. PRESIDENT, I'M

19:18READY TO CALL THE ROLL ON THEMO.

19:22>> AS MY COLLEAGUES KNOW,

19:23THERE'S DISCUSSION PRIOR TO

19:24THIS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

19:26PROCEDURE TO THE CLERK? SEEING

19:31NONE. IL SUMMARIZE, AGAIN,

19:33THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE

19:34VETO OF THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

19:36ORDINANCE BEFORE U TO OVERRIDE

19:37THE VETO REQUIRES AT LEAST I

19:41NI AFFIRMATIVE YES

19:41VOTES. CLERK WILL CALL THE

19:44ROLL.

19:44>> CHOWDHURY.

19:46>> AYE.

19:46>> STEVENSON.

19:47>> AYE.

19:48>> RAINVILLE.

19:49>> NO.

19:50>> VETAW.

19:51>> NO.

19:52>> PALMISANO.

19:53>> N

19:54CHAVEZ.

19:55>> AYE.

19:55>> SHAFFER.

19:57>> NO.

19:57>> WONSLEY.

19:59>> AYE.

20:00>> CHUGHTAI.

20:00>> AYE.

20:02>> WHITING.

20:03>> NO.

20:03>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

20:04>> AYE.

20:05>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

20:06>> AYE.

20:07>> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND FIVE

20:09NAYS.

20:10>> THAT MOTION FAILS. AND THE

20:12MAYOR'S VETO IS SUSTAINED. THE

20:14ORDINANCE IS NOT ADOPTED.

20:16AND I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL

20:18MEMBER WONSLEY.

20:18>> TNK YOU PRESIDENT PAYNE.

20:21UMM, ALSO, I WOULD SAY FOR

20:22COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THIS IS ALSO

20:24RELEVANT INFORMATION N TO

20:27SHARE FOR THE PUBLIC.

20:29SPECIFICALLY, COLLEAGUES, I

20:29WOULD LIKE TO GIVE NOTICE OF

20:31INTENT TO INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT

20:32REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL

20:33THE SUBJECT MATTER OF AN

20:36ORDINCE AMENDING TITLE 13 OF

20:37THE MINNEAPOLIS CODE OF

20:38ORDINANCESELATING TO LICENSES

20:41AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS ADDING

20:43A NEW CHAPTER 342 REGULATING

20:46OPERATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

20:48FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. WE'RE

20:51REOPENING THE CHAPTER SO WE CAN

20:53CONTIN THE EFFORTS TO FIGHT TO

20:55HOLD BIG TECH ACCOUNTABLE AND

20:56PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES FM THE

20:58ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL DANGERS OF

21:01AUTONOMOUS ROW BOW TAX. IT

21:02WILL INVOLVE WORKING CLOSELY

21:04WITH CITY STAFF, STATE

21:05LEGISLATORS, AND COMMUNITY

21:08STAKEHOLDERS ON A POLICY THAT

21:10PRIORITIZES WORKERS RIGHTS,

21:11SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKE,

21:14REDUCE DEPENDENCEN ALL TYPES

21:16OF CARS, PROHIBITING

21:17SURVEILLANCE BY BIG TECH

21:18COMPANIES AN MAKING SURE THAT

21:20BIG TECH IS PAYING THEIR FAIR

21:22SURE IF THEY WANT TO DO BUSINESS

21:23IN OUR CITY. THESE ARE THE

21:25VALUES OUR RESIDENTS ARE TELLING

21:26US THEY WANT. I WAS ENCOURAGED

21:27TO HEAR FROM MANY COLLEAGUES AT

21:29THE LAST DELIBERATION AT FULL

21:30COUNCIL THIS IS WORK THEY WOULD

21:33LIKE TO JOIN IN ON, AS WELL.

21:35NOW WHILE THE MAYOR'S VETO DOES

21:38REPRESENT A HUGE WIN FOR GOOGLE,

21:41ELON MUSK, OR JEFF BEZOS, WE DO

21:43STILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF

21:45WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES WHO ARE

21:46GOING TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS IN

21:47THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS

21:48ABOU WHAT THEY WILL DO OR HOW

21:51THEY'LL MAKE ENDS MEET, IF A

21:54BREADWINNER LOSES THEIR INCOME

21:54TO A DRIVERLESS TAXI. TO OUR

21:59RESIDENTS, WE SEE YOU AND

22:00THERE'S MEMBERS OF THE BODY

22:01THAT'S CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR

22:04YOU. MANY OF OUR RESIDEN ARE

22:06STRETCHED FINANCIALLY AND TO A

22:09BREAKING POI, AND I KNOW AND

22:11EVERYONE KNOWS OUR IMMIGRANT

22:13COMMUNITIES CONTINUE TO BE UNDER

22:14ATTA BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

22:17EVERY SINGLE DAY. WITH THOSE

22:20CONSIDERATIONS IN MIND, WE

22:21CANNOT ALLOW BIG TECH TO COME

22:22INTOHE COMMUNITIES AND STEAL

22:24THOUSANDS OF JOBS FROM IMMIGRANT

22:25WORKERS.

22:26SO I JUST ENCOURAGE M

22:28COLLEAGUES TO CONTINUE TO DIVE

22:29INTO THE ONGOING PROCESS THAT

22:30WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AS MANY OF

22:33YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REPORT

22:34THAT'S COMING FORWARD. BUT

22:37WE'VE ALREADY SEEN NATIONAL

22:38TRENDS AND NATIONAL DATA

22:39SPECIFICALLY FROM THE NORTH STAR

22:41POLICY CENTER THAT FOUND THAT

22:42RISE SHARE DRIVERS FOSTER

22:46561 MILLION IN TOTAL ECONOMIC

22:48ACTIVITY ACROSS T STATE OF

22:50MINNESOTA AND APPROMATELY $16

22:556 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE FOR OUR

22:56STATE AND COMMUNITIES.

22:57AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT

22:59THIS IS INCOME THAT HELPS KEEP

23:02R CITY AFLOAT, AND WITHOUT

23:03THAT, THAT PUTS OUR CITY I

23:07VERY, VERY PRECARIOUS

23:09CONDITIONS. AND I DON'T WANT

23:10TOP GO INTO THAT WITHOUT A PLAN

23:13OF ACTION. SO FAR MA MAYOR

23:18FREY HAS -- WITH THE VETO

23:21NOTWITHSTANDING OR ANY POLICY

23:23CHANGING TO TRULY SUPPORT OUR

23:24WORKERS AND OUR RESIDENTS IN

23:25BEING SAFE FROM THE OPERATIONS

23:27OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN THE

23:28NEGATIVE IMPACTS THAT CAN COME

23:29FROM THAT.

23:31BUT WITH THAT INACTION HAPPENING

23:34ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, WE

23:35SIMPLY, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO

23:37REPRESENT 400,000 RESIDENTS

23:39CANNOT AFFORD TO ACT.

23:40WE HAVE TO RESPOND URGENTLY. SO

23:42I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THG

23:46TECH ROBO TAXIS THAT PUT WORKERS

23:48AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE

23:49DRIVER'S SEAT. SO I AT LEAST

23:51WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT NOTICE.

23:52BEUSE WE'RE NOT DONE. WE'RE

23:53GOING TO CONTINUE THE WORK.

23:54THANK YOU.

23:59[ APPLAUSE ]

24:01>>HANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER

24:02WONSLEY. THAT NOTICE IS HERE BY

24:03GIVEN AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS

24:05REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.

24:07THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS

24:08THE PRESENTATION OF REPORTSROM

24:10OUR STANDING COMMITTEES. WHICH

24:11ARE TAKEN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

24:13WE'LLEGIN WITH THE REPORT

24:14FROM THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND

24:16ZONING COMMITTEE GIVEN BY THAT

24:18COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, VICE

24:19PRESIDENT OSMAN.

24:23>> THANK YOU. WE'RE BRINGING 12

24:27ITEMS FORWARD TODAY. ONE

24:30APPRES SIX LIQUOR LICENSES.

24:32TWO APPROVES 31 LIQUOR LICENSE

24:34RENEWALS. THREE APPROVESNE

24:36GAMBLING LICENSE. FOUR APPROVES

24:39A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM

24:40MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION. FIVE

24:42APPROVES A GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM

24:44THE LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND

24:46POLICY.

24:47SIXPPROVES A GIFT ACCEPTANCE

24:49FROM ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC

24:51POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT.

24:55SEVEN DISSOLVES THE MINNEAPOLIS

24:56DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE.

24:58EIGHT AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT FOR

25:00METRO BLUEINE EXTENSION

25:01PROJECT. NINE IS RESCINDING A

25:03BUSINESS LICENSE OPERATING

25:04CONDITION FOR DRIFTWOOD. 10

25:08CONSIDERS A RECOMMENDATION OF

25:09BUSINESS LICENSE OPERATION

25:11CONDITION FOR LOS ANDES LATIN

25:15BISTRO. THISTEM IS MOVED

25:19FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION.

25:2211 AM INDICATION FOR 2026

25:25BROWNFIELD GRANT. AND 12

25:28APPROVES THE DESERTIFICATION OF

25:30SEVERAL TIF DISTRICTS. I'LL

25:32MOVE ALL FOR APPROVAL AND WOULD

25:34PULL OUT ITEM 10 FOR SEPARATE

25:36VOTE AND DISCUSSION. THANK

25:38YOU.

25:39>> VICE PRIDENT OSMAN HAS

25:40MOVED APPROVAL OF THE

25:42COMMITTEE'S REPORT, SEPARING

25:43ITEM 10 FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

25:45ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER

25:46OF THE REPORT? COUNCIL MEMBER

25:50CHUGHTAI.

25:50>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

25:52WAS HOPING TO MAKE A MOTION ON

25:54ITEM 10 TO DENY THIS AS ITS

25:57PULLED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

25:58>> WE'LL TAKE THAT UP AFTER THE

26:00VOTE. COUNCIL MBER CHOHURY.

26:03>> I'M IN EUE FOR THAT SAME

26:05ITEM.

26:05>> GOT YOU.

26:07OKAY. WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 10

26:10AFTER WE DISPOSE OF THE

26:12REMAINDER OF THE REPORT. I'LL

26:13ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL

26:16ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 10.

26:20>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

26:21AYE.

26:22>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

26:23>> AYE.

26:24>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

26:25>> AYE.

26:25>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

26:26>> AYE.

26:27>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

26:28>> AYE.

26:28>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

26:29>> AYE.

26:30>> COUNC MEMBER SHAFFER.

26:31>> AYE.

26:31>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

26:33>> AYE.

26:33>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

26:34>> AYE.

26:35>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

26:36>> AYE.

26:37>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

26:38>> AYE.

26:38>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.>> AYE.

26:40>> 12 AYES.

26:40>> T THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NT

26:43WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 10,

26:45AND I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL

26:47MEMBER CGHTAI.

26:47>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

26:51I'LLIRST MOVE TO DENY THIS

26:55SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ASK FOR

26:56A SECOND.

26:57>> SECOND.

26:57>> THANK YOU. UMM, MR.

26:59PRESIDENT, THE TWO FELONY

27:01CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OF SEXUAL

27:03ASSAULT RELATED TO THI LICENSE

27:05ARE G DISGRACEFUL AND THIS

27:07CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAPPENED AT

27:08THE BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT ALONG

27:10WITH OTHER LICENSING VIOLATIONS

27:12MEANS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS A

27:15RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSIGHT TO

27:16THE SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES AND TO

27:17THE BROADER PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE

27:20COMMUNITY.

27:21I DO NOT FEEL THIS SETTLEMENT IS

27:23SUFFICIENT IN ADDRESSING THE

27:25HARM CAUSED BY VIOLATIONS OF

27:26THEIR LICENSE. NOR DOES IT

27:28ADDRESS THE RISK OF LICENSE

27:30VIOLATIONS THAT HAVE THE

27:31POTENTIAL TO CA CAUSE HARMS.

27:37AS ATTORNEYS TOLD US IN

27:38COMMITTEE, A GOAL OF THIS

27:39SETTLEMENT IS TO PREVENT JOB

27:40LOSS FOR EMPLOYEES AT THIS

27:41BUSINESS. AND WHILE I C

27:43APPRECIATE THAT GOAL, MY CONCERN

27:45ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THESE

27:46EMPLOYEES REMAINS UNADDRESSED.

27:49IF THE SETTLEMENT DOES NOT

27:51ADDRESS THIS SIGNIFICANT RISK TO

27:53EMPLOYEES IN PUBLIC SAFETY, THEN

27:54I DON'T FEEL WE'VE REACH THE

27:56GOAL OF THE SETTLEMENT. SO I

27:57WILL BE VOTING NO OR VOTING Y

28:00ON THIS MOTION TO DENY. AND

28:02ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO DO

28:04E SAME. I WANT TO BE CLEAR,

28:06TODAY'S VOTE IS NOT A VOTE TO

28:08RENEW OR TO DENY THIS BUSINESS'S

28:11LIQUOR LICENSE. REJECTING THIS

28:14SETTLEMENT RETURNS THE ITEM BACK

28:15TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE

28:17ALLOWING FOR THE COUNCIL TO

28:18RECEIVE A JUDGE'S RECOMMENDATION

28:21ON A FUTURE LICENSING ACTION. I

28:23KNOW THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE

28:25CONCERNEDND HAVE BEEN ENGAGED

28:27IN TRACKING THIS MATTER CLOSELY

28:29FOR YRS. I WANT TO THE

28:31CLARIFY THAT TODAY WE ARE NOT

28:32VOTING TO APPROVE OR DENY A

28:34LICENSE AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT.

28:35WE'RE VOTING ON A SETTLEMENT TO

28:37RESOLVE THE PREVIOUS VIOLATIONS

28:39THAT WE KNOW OCCURRED AT THIS

28:42ESTABLISHMENT. LIKA LOT OF

28:43OUR COMMUNITY, I FEEL THAT THE

28:45HARM CAUSED HERE IS DISSPIKEBLE

28:47AND NOTHING WE CAN DO TODAY CAN

28:49CHANGE THAT. THE ONLY THING WE

28:50CAN DO IS DETERMINE WHETHER THIS

28:53SETTLEMENT ENSURES THAT HARM

28:54CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU,

28:55MR. PRESIDENT.

28:57>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

28:58>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

29:01UMM, MY COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL

29:03MEMBER CHUGHTAI, DID GOOD JOB

29:05OF PUTTING A FINE POINT ON WHY

29:08WE SHOD DENY THIS SETTLEMENT.

29:12I WILL JUST SAY, I WANT TO START

29:15OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE

29:18SURVIVORS AND VICTIMS OF

29:22CHRISTIAN KETO FOR COMING

29:24FORWARD AND BEING REALLY BRAVE.

29:25IHINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO

29:27STATE THAT IN THIS CASE OF

29:30SUCCESSFUL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION

29:32OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, IT WAS NOT

29:34ONLY YOUNG WOMEN INVOLVED, BUT

29:35MINOR WOMEN WHO WERE UNDER THE

29:39AUTHORITY OF THE PERPETRATOR.

29:42THIS WAS AN ACT SO REPUGNANT

29:45THAT IT HAS SENT SHOCK WAVES

29:48THROUGH ENTIRE COMMUNITIES. AND

29:50PULLS INTO QUESTION ABO THE

29:52SAFETY OF NOT ONLY ALL WOMEN BUT

29:56ESPECIALLY LATINA WOMEN. AND I

30:00BELIEVE THAT THIS BODY DESERVES

30:02TO HAVE THE FULL BENEFIT OF AN

30:05ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE REPORT,

30:08FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

30:10PRIOR TO MAKING A FINAL

30:12LICENSING DECISION IN THIS CASE.

30:13AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I WILL

30:17BE VOTING TO DENY THIS

30:18SETTLEMENT. AND I ENCOURAGE

30:20YOU, AS WELL.

30:21>> COUNCIL MEMBE CHAVEZ.

30:23>> THANK YOU, CNCIL PRESIDENT

30:25PAYNE. WHAT HAPPENED ON

30:28SEPTEMBER 2024 AND MAY 2025

30:30SHOULD HAVE NEVER OCCURRED. I

30:31WANT TO THANK COMMUNITY LEADERS

30:33FOR BRINGING AWARENESS AND

30:34CONCERNS FORWARD TO THE CITY

30:36COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK YOU

30:38FOR SPEAKING UP AND ADVOCATING

30:39FOR OUR COMMUNITY, NO MATTER THE

30:42OUTCOME OF THIS VOTE, KNOW THAT

30:44WE APPRECIATE YOUR STRENGTH,

30:45RESILIENCE, AND LOVE FOR THE

30:46CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND IN

30:48PARTICULAR, I AM THANKFUL TO THE

30:50LEADERS WHO SHOWED UP TO CITY

30:52HALL AND RELENTLESS SIDE

30:53COMMUNITISIDE

30:56COMMUNITY ADVOCACY. I URGE MY

30:57COLLEAGUES TO VOTE THIS ITEM

30:58DOWN AND BE WITHHE COMMUNITY.

30:59>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

31:00>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

31:02I HAD A QUESTION FOR THEITY

31:04ATTORNEY. COULD YOU JUST DETAIL

31:06WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IF WE DO

31:08NOT ACCEPT THIS SETTLEMENT

31:10AGREEMENT AND DOES THIS ALLOW

31:11THE BUSINESS TO CONTINUE TO

31:12OPERATE AS USUAL?

31:14>> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY.

31:16>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

31:19MEMBERS, SO THE -- ESSENTIALLY,

31:20WHAT IS BEFE YOU NOW IS AS

31:23COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI POINTED

31:24OUT. A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

31:28YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO

31:29APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE. IF THE

31:32BODY DECIDES TO DISAPPROVE.

31:33OBVIOUSLY, IF THE BODY DECIDES

31:35TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT, THEN

31:36THE MATTER IS SETTLED BUT IF

31:39THE BODY DECIDES TO DISAPPROVE

31:41OF THE SETTLEMENT, THEN THERE IS

31:44NO SETTLEMENT AND THERE WILL BE

31:46A CONTESTE CASE HEARING BEFORE

31:47THE COURT OF ADMINISTRATIVE

31:50HEARGS BEFORE AN

31:51ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE. THAT

31:52ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE WILL

31:54THEN MAKE FINDINGS OF FACT, AND

31:59THROUGH AN EVI EVIDENT AREA

32:03HEARING AND IN WRITING MAKE

32:05FINDINGS AND A RECOMMENDATION

32:06OPEN THE ULTIMATE LICENSING

32:07ACTION THAT YOU WILL THEN, AS A

32:10COUNCIL, VOTE FOR.

32:17>> THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.

32:19WHAT IS THE TIME PROCE? DOES

32:21THEN THE BUSINESS CONTINUE TO

32:22OPERATE AS USUAL?

32:25>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

32:27MEMBERS, MY BELIEF IS THAT THE

32:33BUSINESS CONTIES TO OPERATE.

32:36IN THE MEANTIME, THE PROCESS, I

32:38DON'T HAVE A SCHEDULING ORDER IN

32:40FRONTS OF FRONT OF ME. I

32:42DON'T KNOW WHEN THE, YOU KNOW,

32:43THE HEARING, IF THERE IS

32:44ACTUALLY A HEARING DATE

32:47SCHEDULED AT THIS POINT. THE

32:50COURT O ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

32:53IS USUALLY FAIRLY QUICK AUT

32:55THINGS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN

32:59TAKE, YOU KNOW, MONTHS BEFORE

33:01THE CONTESTED CASE HEARING

33:03OCCURS. AND THEN THE ALJ HAS

33:06SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 30ND 60 DAYS

33:09TO WRITE THE FINDINGS AND

33:11RECOMMENDATIONS.

33:13>> OKAY.

33:15>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

33:16QUEUE ON THE MOTIO TO DENY ITEM

33:19NUMBER 10. T CLERK WILL CALL

33:21THE RO.

33:21>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

33:23>> AYE.

33:24>> COUNC MEMBER STEVENSON.

33:25>> AYE.

33:25>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

33:26>> AYE.

33:27>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

33:28>> AYE.

33:29COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

33:30>> AYE.

33:30>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

33:32>> AYE.

33:32>> COUNCIL MEMBE SHAFFER.

33:33>> AYE.

33:33>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

33:35>> AYE.

33:35>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

33:36>> AYE.

33:37>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

33:38>> AYE.

33:39>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

33:39>> AYE.

33:40>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

33:41>> AYE.

33:42>> 12 AYES.

33:43>> THAT CARRIES. AND THE FULL

33:46REPORT IS ADOPTED. THE NEXT

33:48REPORT IS FROM OUR CLIMATE AND

33:50INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, WHICH

33:52WILL BE PRESENTED BE T THAT

33:55COMMITTEE'S CHAIR, COUNCIL

33:56MEMBER WONS ILY.

33:59WONSLEY.

34:00>> THANK YOU. WE'RE BRINGING 12

34:02ITEMS TO PRESENT. THE FIRST IS

34:04A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A 2027

34:06ASSESSMENTS FOR NONGOVERNMENTAL

34:09TAX EXEMPT PARCEL STREET

34:12LIGHTING OPERATION OPERATIONS.

34:14TWO IS A RESOLUTN ADOPTING

34:162027 ASSESSMENT RATESOR

34:18NONGOVERNMENTAL TAX-EXEMPT

34:19PARCEL SEET MAINTENANCE.

34:21THREE IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING

34:242027 SERVICES AND SERVICE

34:25CHARGES FOR SPECIAL SERVICE

34:27DISTRICTS.

34:28FOUR IS A RESOLUTION CANCELING

34:30STREET LIGHT OPERATION AND

34:31STREET MAINTENANCE ASSESSMENTS.

34:33AND RELATED CHARGES FOR

34:36INCORRECTLY CHARGED PARCEL.

34:40FIVE FIVE IS ACCEPTING THE LOW

34:42BID FOR CRUSHING RUBBLE

34:44CONCRETE. S IS ACCEPTING THE

34:46LOW BID FOR HILTON RAMP SANITARY

34:49PLUMBING REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

34:52SEVEN IS ACCEPTING THE BID FOR

34:54HOLE SPRAY LINING PROJECT.

34:55EIGHT IS A BID FOR PUMP STATION

34:57FIVE ADDED FUEL FOR GENERATORS

34:59PROJECT. NINE IS AUTHORIZING A

35:01CONTRACT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD

35:02RECYCLINGORPORATION FOR

35:03PROCESSING, MARKETING, AND SALE

35:06OF COMMINGLED RECYCLABLE

35:09MATERIALS.

35:1110 IS AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT

35:12AMENDMENT WITH ADVANCED SEWER

35:13AND WATER, INC. F LEAD SERVICE

35:16LINE REPLACEMENTS YEAR 3, EVENT

35:181 OF 2 PROJECT 11 IS

35:20AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT

35:21WITH THOMAS &SONS CONSTRUCTION,

35:24INC. FOR THE 26th STREET EAST

35:26AND HIAWATHA AVENUE SAFETY

35:28IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. 12 IS

35:30AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AMENDMENT

35:32WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR WASTE

35:34DISPOSAL SERVICES. I DO WANT TO

35:36THE PULL THIS ITEM JUST FOR

35:39SEPARATE COMMENTS. AND WITH

35:40TH, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ALL

35:43ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, MINUS

35:47NUMBER 12.

35:47>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS

35:48MOVED APPROVAL OF THE

35:50COMMITTEE'S REPORT, MINUS ITEM

35:5212. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE

35:54REMAINDER OF THE REPORT? SEEING

35:57NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

35:59THE ROLL.

36:01>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

36:02>> AYE.

36:03>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

36:04>> AYE.

36:04>> COUNCILEMBER RAINVILLE.

36:05>> AYE.

36:06>> COUNCILEMBER VETAW.

36:07>> AYE.

36:07>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

36:08>> AYE.

36:09>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

36:10>> AYE.

36:10>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

36:11>> AYE.

36:12>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

36:13>> AYE.

36:13>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

36:14>> AYE.

36:15>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

36:16>> AYE.

36:16>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

36:17>> AYE.

36:18>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

36:18>> AYE.

36:19>> 12 AYES.

36:20>> THAT CARRIES. AND NEXT I'LL

36:25RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY

36:26FOR ITEM 12.

36:26>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

36:28COLLEAGUES, I WANTED TO TAKE A

36:31FEW MINUTES TO DISCUSS ITEM

36:32NUMBER 12, WHICH IS AMENDMENT

36:34WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR WASTE

36:36DISPOSAL SERVICES AT THE HERC.

36:39THE CITY ADOPTED AESOLUTION

36:41STATING ITS SUPPORT FOR A FULL

36:43AND PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE

36:45HERC INCINERATOR NO LATER THAN

36:49DECEMBER 31, 2027. AND THE

36:51CLOSURE OF THE ENTIRE FACILITY

36:53BY033. THE ONE-YEAR CONTRACT

36:54IN FRONT OF US DOES NOT US AT

36:58ODDS WITH THE CITY POSITION, AS

36:58LONG AS WE SPEND ALL OR THE

37:01REMAINDER OF 2026, AS WELL AS

37:03ALL OF NEXT YEAR, TRULY WORKING

37:05TO IMPLEMENT ZERO-WASTE

37:07INITIATIVES. AND AS MANY OF YOU

37:09KNOW, ZERO-WASTE WAS A SHARED

37:11PRIORITY THAT MANY OF YOU

37:13HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CLIMATEND

37:15INFRASTRUCTUREORK PLAN. AS

37:17COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP, MYSELFND

37:19COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON, ARE

37:20WORKING TO ADVANCE PATHWAYS FOR

37:22THE CITY TO HAVE SUSTAINLE

37:23FUNDING FOR ZERO-WASTE

37:25INITIATIVES. THAT WORK WILL BE

37:26PRESENTED BY CITY STAFF AT THE

37:29NEXT MEETING OF CLIMATE AND

37:31INFRASTRUCTURE, AT IS TAKING

37:32PLACE N NEXT THURSDAY. IN

37:35ADDITION, MY OFFICE HAS BEEN IN

37:36CONVERSATION WITH THE

37:37ADMINISTRATION ON OTHER ACTIONS

37:39THAT COUNCIL CAN TAKE TO ENSURE

37:41THAT WE'RE DOING OUR PART TO

37:42SUPPORT THE HERC CLOSURE. AND I

37:44ANTICIPATE LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

37:46REGARDING SOME OF THOSE

37:47INITIATIVES TO OCCUR IN THE NEXT

37:49COMING UP CYCLES.

37:50WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO NOTE,

37:52ALSO, AGAIN, THIS IS A SHARED

37:54PRIORITY ARTICULATED BY MAYOR

37:55FREY AND HIS ADMINISTRATION IN

37:57TERMS OF CLOSI THE HERC. AND

38:00I -- I WAS SURPRISED THOUGH,

38:02WITH THE COMMITMENT ARTICULATED

38:05PUBLICLY, UMM, THAT WE DID SEE

38:06THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR

38:092027, CUTS BE MADE OR PROPOSED

38:11FOR ZERO-WASTE FUNDING. THIS

38:14IS, AGN, A BIT PUZZLING SINCE

38:17THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION ALS

38:19AWARE WE'RE ON A TIGHT TIMELINE,

38:21IF WE INTEND TO HONOR OUR

38:23COMMITMENTS AS ARTICULATED IN

38:25THAT RESOLUTION. UMM, AGAIN, I

38:27LOOK FORWARD IN THE COMING WEEKS

38:28TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON

38:30THE AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE

38:32PROPOSE THE CUTS TO THE 2027

38:36ZERO-WASTE FUNDING INITIATIVE.

38:38AND, AGAIN, WELCOME ANY

38:39COLLABORATION AND DCUSSION

38:40WITH COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE A

38:42SHARED INTEREST IN MAKING SURE

38:43THAT AS A CITY, WE A WORKING

38:45TOWARDS OUR SHARED GOALS AND

38:47PROMISES OF CLOSING THE HERC

38:50INSIN RATER. NOW, THEOST

38:53TO RESTORE THE FUNDING NEEDED TO

38:56IMPLEMENT, ORGANIZE COMMERCIAL

38:57WASTE COLLECTION AND OTHER

38:59ZERO-WASTE INITIATIVES, LIKE

39:00WASTE REDUCTION, COMMUNITY

39:01GRANTS, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION

39:03IS ROUGHLY EQUAL TO ABOUT THREE

39:04DAYS OF MPD OVERTIME. NOW, THE

39:08RESOURCES ARE THERE IF THE

39:09POLITICAL WILL ITHERE TO FUND

39:10THEM. AND I HOPE THAT AS A

39:13BODY, WE DON'T ACCEPT REDUCTIONS

39:15IN OUR ZERO-WASTE FUNDING

39:17INITIATIVES THAT WOULD SEVERELY

39:19IMPACT OUR DEADLINE TO MEET THAT

39:22COMMITME OF, AGAIN, GETTING TO

39:24A CLOSURE DATE OF THE HERC OF

39:27DECEMBER 2027.

39:28WITH THAT, I'LL BE VOTING YES ON

39:30THIS ITEM. BUT, AGAIN I WANTED

39:32TO LET THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS

39:34CITY COUNCIL KNOW THAT I'M

39:36100 PERCENT COMMITTED IN

39:37ADVANCING ALL ACTIONS THA WE

39:40CAN TAKE TO SUPPORT A CLOSURE OF

39:43THE HERC INCINERATOR BEFORE

39:462028.

39:50>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I'LL ASK

39:52THE CLERK TOALL THE ROLL ON

39:54ITEM 12.

39:54>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

39:55>> AYE.

39:56>> COUNCIL MEMBER SVENSON.

39:57>> AYE.

39:57>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

39:59>> AYE.

39:59>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

40:00>> AYE.

40:01>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

40:02>> AYE.

40:03>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

40:04>> AYE.

40:04>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

40:05>> AYE.

40:05>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

40:06>> AYE.

40:07>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

40:08>> AYE.

40:09>> COUNCIL MEMBE WHITING.

40:10>> AYE.

40:10>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

40:11>> AYE.

40:12>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

40:13>> AYE.

40:13>> 12 AYES.

40:15>> THAT CARRIES. AND THE REPORT

40:17IS ADOPTED. NEXT WE'LL HAVE T

40:18REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE OF THE

40:19WHOLE GIVEN BY THAT COMMITTEE'S

40:22CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBE

40:24CHOWDHURY.

40:25>> OOH. YOU NEED TO DO A LOT

40:28BETTER. WE LAUGH ABOUT IT, BUT,

40:30ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT FUNNY

40:31ANYMORE. WE ALL NEED TO DO A

40:33LOT BETTER IN THIS. I'M COUNCIL

40:35MEMBER CHOWDHURY. SHE'S COUNCIL

40:36MEMBER CHUGHTAI. WE HAVE

40:39SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES.

40:40AND WHEN PEOPLE MIX US UP, WHEN

40:42WE GET EACH OTHER'S MAIL, WHEN

40:44WE GET CALENDAR INVITES FOR EACH

40:47OTHER, IT ACTUALLYAS A

40:48NEGATIVE IMPACT ON US AND OUR

40:51INDIVIDUAL IDENTITIES AS WOMEN

40:54OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY SOUTH

40:56ASIAN WOMEN. O TWO DIFFERENT

40:58VERY DISTINCT ETHNIC

41:00BACKGROUNDS. SO, ALL OF US NEED

41:01TO DO BETTER ON THIS.

41:04>> I APOLOGIZE.

41:09>>

41:10>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

41:12THE WHO CMITTEE OF THE

41:14WHOLE IS BRINGING FORWARD THREE

41:16ITEMS. ONE IS MINNEAPOLIS

41:19PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DELAY FINAL

41:20ACTION ON THE CURRENT SCHOOL

41:22CLOSURE PLAN. TWO APPROVES A

41:24STAFF DIRECTION REQUESTING FROM

41:25THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE A

41:27LEGAL ANALYSIS RELATED TO THE

41:29CITY COUNCIL SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.

41:30AND LASTLY ITEM THREE APPROVES A

41:33GIFT ACCEPTANCE FROM MINNEAPOLIS

41:35POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ATTEND

41:36POLICE CHIEF CONFERENCES AT THE

41:38END OF OCTOBER. WITH THAT, I

41:39WILL MOVE ITEM THREE FOR

41:41APPROVAL AND REQUEST A SEPARATE

41:42VOTE AND DISCUSSION FOR ITEMS

41:44ONE AND TWO.

41:47>> COUNCIL MEMBER CWDHURY HAS

41:49MOVED THE REPORT. WE'LL TAKE

41:51THEM UP -- WE' TAKE UP ITEM

41:53THREE FIRST AND THEN WE'LL TAKE

41:55UP ITEMS ONE AND TWO SEPARATELY.

41:58COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW, ARE YOU

41:59IN QUEUE FOR ITEM THREE?

42:07>> I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

42:09THE ROLL.

42:10>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

42:12>> AYE.

42:13>> COUNCIL MEMBERTEVENSON.

42:14>> AYE.

42:14>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

42:15>> AYE.

42:16>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

42:17>> AYE.

42:17>> COUNCIL MEMR PALMISANO.

42:18>> AYE.

42:19>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

42:20>> AYE.

42:20>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

42:21>> AYE.

42:21>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

42:23>> AYE.

42:23>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

42:25>> AYE.

42:26>> COUNC MEMBER WHITING.

42:27>> AYE.

42:27>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

42:28>> AYE.

42:28>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

42:29>> AYE.

42:30>> 1 AYES.

42:32>> THAT ITEM CARRIES. NEXT

42:33WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER ONE

42:35AND I'LL RECNIZE COUNCIL

42:37MEMBER VETAW.

42:38>> THANKOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

42:40I, FIRST, WANT TO MAKE A MOTION

42:43TO WITHDRAW ITEM ONE FROM THE

42:45AGENDA. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU

42:47TO THE MNEAPOLIS SCHOOL BOARD

42:48AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP,

42:52SUPERINTENDENT FOR THEIR WORK ON

42:54COMING UP WITH A NEW STRATEGY

42:56MOVING FORWARD WITH MPS. I'M

42:59SURE, COLLEAGUES, YOU SAW THE

43:00MEETING THIS WEEK WHERE THE

43:02SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SCHOOL

43:04DISTCT COMMITTED TO NOT

43:06CLOSING ANY SCHOOLS FOR THE

43:112027-28 SCHOOL YEARS, I BELIEVE

43:12IT IS. IN CONVERSATIONS WITH

43:14SCHOOL BOARD LEADERSHIP AND

43:18PARENTS OF LUHRING SCHOOL WHO

43:21WERE FIGHTING HARD, AND COUNCIL

43:23MEMBER CHOWDHURY, WE MADE THE

43:25DECISION COL COLLECTIVELY

43:27TO REMOVE THIS ITEM.

43:31>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW HAS

43:33MOVED TO WITHDRAW. HAS THAT

43:35BEEN SECONDED.

43:36>> SECOND.

43:37>> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER

43:38CHOWDHURY.

43:39>> THANK YOU, PREDENT PAYNE.

43:40I WANT TO JUST THANK COUNCIL

43:43MEMBER VETAW AND THE COAUTHORS

43:46THAT WERE ON THE RESOLUTION AND

43:48THE ENTIRE BODY FOR STEPPING UP

43:52TO SEND A CLEAR AND STRONG

43:54MESSAGE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT I

43:56IS TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY

44:00SCHOOLS ARE AS SUCCESSFUL AS

44:01POSSIBLE. AND THAT IT'S OUR JOB

44:04TOISTEN TO OUR CSTITUENTS.

44:08THAT CLOSURES, ALL AT ONCE, AND

44:11EVEN THE QUESTION, IN MYIEW

44:13OF, CLOSURE IN THE FUTURE CAN

44:16LEAD TO DEEP INSTABILITY. LEAD

44:18TO UNENROLLMENT. ULTIMATELY,

44:20THE HUMAN IMPACT IS THE NEEDS OF

44:22ALL THE FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY THE

44:25BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS WORKING

44:27FAMILIES IN OUR CITY WHO REALLY

44:29RELY ON SCHOOLS FOR MORE THAN

44:31BEYOND EDUCATION. BUT COMMUNITY

44:33SUPPORT, HEALTH CARE, MENTAL

44:34HEALTH SERVICE, CHILD CARE,

44:37FOOD, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT

44:39OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES.

44:41I'M GRATEFUL TO THE SCHOOL BOARD

44:46FOR THE ACTION THAT THEY HAVE

44:49TAKEN TO COMMIT TOWARDSORKING

44:51MORE COLLABORATIVELY WITH

44:53COMMUNITYO ACHIEVE A

44:57SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

44:59I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE DISTRICT

45:01FROM STEPPING BACK OFF THIS PLAN

45:03AND LISTENING TO THE HUNDREDS

45:05AND HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY

45:06MEMBERS THAT WENT TO THE

45:08LISTENING SESSIONS AND ALSO HAD

45:10THEIR OWN COMMUNITY LISTENING

45:13SESSIONS TO DISCUSS THIS.

45:15LAST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY

45:18THANK YOU TO ALL THE WARD 12

45:21SIDENTS, FAMILIES, EDUCATORS

45:23THAT REACHED OUT TO ME DIRECTLY

45:25AND HAD SO MANY LENGTHY

45:27CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW THIS

45:29WOULD IMPACT THEIR LIVES. BUT

45:32ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW IT

45:34WOULD IMPACT PUBLIC EDUCATION AS

45:37A WHOLE. THOSE ARE MEANINGFUL

45:40CONVERSATIONS. I ESPECIALLY

45:41WANT TO THANK THE EDUCATORS AT

45:44LONGFELLOW HIGH SCHOOL WHO DO

45:45THE IMPORTANT WORK OF MAKING

45:49SURE THAT OUR PARENTING,

45:52STUDENTS, OTHERS WHO ARE

45:54PREGNANT GET THE EDUCATION THEY

45:55DESERVE AND THE CHILD CARE THEY

45:57DESERVE. AND REALLY SHARING

45:59WITH ME THEIR EXPERIENCES ABOUT

46:02NOT FORGETTING SOME OF THE MOS

46:05IN-NEED MEMBERS OF OUR PUBLIC

46:07EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT OFTEN

46:09AREN'T SEEN AS, LIKE, THE MA

46:15MAINSTREAM STUDENT. I THINK IT

46:17MAKES MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

46:18QUITE SPECIAL. WE HAVE THIS --

46:20THESE TYPESF SPACES AND WE'RE

46:22ACTIVELY CARVING THEM OUT WITH

46:23OUR OWN PUBLIC DOLLARS. I

46:27SUPPORT THIS MOTION TO DELETE.

46:29AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

46:31>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

46:32>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

46:34AND, THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER

46:37VETAW FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

46:38I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND

46:41SPOTLIGHT BEING PUT ON OUR

46:43MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT

46:44NOW. I KIND OF WANTED, AGAIN,

46:46TO TALK ABOUT AS THIS MOVES

46:49FORWARD, CONTINUING THIS

46:50SPOTLIGHT ON THE MOST IMPORTANT

46:52SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

46:54WE HAVE ONHE BALLOT THIS YEAR

46:57A BALLOT AMENDMENT

46:58CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTO

46:59SUPPORT OUR AMAZING PUBLIC

47:00SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. AND

47:02SO, AS PEOPLE CONSIDER THIS

47:04MOMENT, THIS KIND OF POLITICAL

47:07SHOWING UP FOR OUR STUDENTS, WE

47:09HAVE A CONTINUED RESPONSIBILITY

47:12TO THOSE STUDENTS. AND I THINK

47:14SHOWING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR

47:16THEM. WE ALL KNOW THIS IS A

47:22RESOURCE- INTENSIVE FIELD. WE

47:23HAVE TO PUT THE RESOURCES INTO

47:24THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE IN OUR

47:27STUDENTS THAT SUPPORT THEM. SO

47:29JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, THINK A

47:32CONTINUED CHALLENGE FOR THOSE

47:34WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY FOR THESE

47:36STUDENTS. AND THOSE THAT HAVE

47:37SHOWN UP INHE LAST COUPLE OF

47:39MONTHS TO CONTINUE THAT SUPPORT

47:41THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND DECADES

47:45TO COME FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

47:46AND ESPECIALLY MINNEAPOLIS

47:48PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THANK YOU.

47:50>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

47:52QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

47:54CALL THE ROLL ON THE DELETION OF

47:55ITEM NUMBER ONE FROM THE

47:57AGENDA.

47:57>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

47:59>> AYE.

48:00>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

48:00>> AYE.

48:01>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

48:02>> AYE.

48:03>> COUNCIL MEMBE VETAW.

48:03>> AYE.

48:04>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

48:05>> AYE.

48:05>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

48:06>> AYE.

48:07>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

48:08>> AYE.

48:08>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

48:10>> AYE.

48:10>> UNCOUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

48:12>> AYE.

48:12>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

48:13>> AYE.

48:14>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

48:15>> AYE.

48:15>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

48:16>> AYE.

48:16>> 12 AYES.

48:17>> THAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'LL

48:20TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER TWO, COUNCIL

48:24SUBPOENA AUTHORITY STAFF

48:25DIRECTION TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S

48:27OFFICE.

48:28UMM, I WILL SPEAK ON THIS

48:31BRIEFLY. WE HAD A ROBUST

48:32DISCUSSION IN THE CMITTEE OF

48:33THE WHOLE. THIS IS A REQUEST

48:35FOR A LEGAL OPINION FROM THE

48:37CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO

48:40EXPLORE OUR ABILITY AS A CITY OF

48:42THE FIRST CLASS TO PURSUE

48:44SUBPOENA AUTHORITY FOR THE

48:46ADMINISTRATION. THE BACKGROUND

48:47ON THIS, IS THAT THE MAYOR

48:49ISSUED GUIDANCE RESTRICTING

48:51STAFF TIME IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.

48:54WE SEE THIS AS A SIMPLE

48:57GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY

48:59QUESTION. I THINK THAT THE BEST

49:02COURSE IS, OBVIOUSLY, TO WORK

49:04COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE

49:06ADMINISTRATION, USE OUR AGENDA

49:07SETTINGS TO STRUCTURE OUR

49:09MEETINGS IN A WAY THAT IS BEST

49:11SUITED TO GET INFORMATION TO THE

49:13PUBLIC AND BALANCE STAFF TIME.

49:16BUT, UMM, WE NEED TO HAVE A

49:18WILLING PARTICIPANT TO DO THAT

49:19TYPE OF COLLABORATION. AND I

49:21HAVE NOT, UMM, ALWAYS

49:22EXPERIENCED THAT. AND I THINKTE

49:25THE FULL SET OF TOOLS AROUND

49:27OVERSIGHT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR

49:28US TOET AN OPINION ON. AND

49:30I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER

49:31CHAVEZ.

49:31>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT

49:33PAYNE. TO ME, THIS IS -- THIS

49:35ACTION IS BEYOND THE DIRECTION

49:38ON HOW STAFF WILL APPROACH

49:40COUNCIL MEETINGS. TOP ME, THIS

49:41IS ABOUT MITIGATING RISK. WHEN

49:44I READ THE AUDITOR'S INDEPENDENT

49:46REPORTS, AND, AGAIN, I'M GOING

49:47TO READ IT FOR THE PUBLIC. AT

49:48LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO THE 2026

49:51SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW.

49:53THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT WHEN

49:54I'M VOTING FOR THIS. WHEN

49:56WE'RE NOT GETTING -- WHEN

49:58THERE'S INFORMATION NOTEING

49:58PROVIDED TO THE AUDITOR. AND

49:59I'LL READ IT. THIS IS REGARDING

50:01THE PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE

50:02CORACTS OVERSIGHT.

50:04AND IT SAYS, WE DID NOT OBTAIN

50:07EVENCE THAT OVERSIGHT

50:08ACTIVITIES, SPECIFICALLY RELATED

50:09TO CONTRACT PROVISIONS FOR DATA

50:13OWNERSHIP, PERMANENT USE, AND

50:15OTHEDATA STEWARDSHIP WERE

50:17OCCURRING ACROSS THE ENTERPRISE.

50:19FURTH, IT WERE NOT

50:21STANDARDIZED BUT PER INDIVIDUAL

50:22CONTRACT. THIS PRESENTS A RISK

50:24THAT THE CITY CONTRACTS FOR

50:25CAMERA SERVICES OR CONTRACT

50:27OVERSIGHT WOULD NOT ALIGN WITH

50:28BEST PRACTICES. WE WERE

50:31REQUESTED -- WE REQUESTED UNABLE

50:32TO OBTAIN A COMPREHENSIVE LIST

50:34OF DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS OR

50:36MEMORANDUM OF UNDSTANDING WITH

50:38FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

50:38AGENCIES. SO I LOOK AT THESE

50:41REPORTS AND HOW WE SHOULD BE

50:43MITIGATING RISK IN THE CITY

50:44ENTERPRISE BECAUSE IF WE ARE NOT

50:47MITIGATING RISK, IT'LL COST TAX

50:50PAY ARE DOLLARS MORE MONEY.

50:51THIS IS AN EFFORT, IN MY

50:54OPINION. I'M VOTING FOR THIS

50:55BECAUSE OF THAT. OBVIOUSLY, THE

50:56MAYOR'S DIRECTION IS PART OF THE

50:57REASON WHY I'MONSIDERING THIS

50:58VOTE TODAY. WE SHOULD BE

50:59CONSIDERING THIS VOTE, IN MY

51:01OPINION, TO MITIGATE RISK IN THE

51:03CITY ENTERPRISE.

51:05>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

51:07QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

51:08CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER

51:10TWO.

51:11>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

51:12>> AYE.

51:13>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

51:14>> AYE.

51:14>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

51:15>> NO.

51:16>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

51:17>> NO.

51:18>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

51:19>> AYE.

51:20>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

51:21>> AYE.

51:22>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

51:23>> NO.

51:24>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

51:25>> AYE.

51:26>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

51:28>> AYE.

51:28>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

51:29>> AYE.

51:30>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

51:31>> AYE.

51:32>> PSIDENT PAYNE.

51:33>> AYE.

51:34>> 10 AYES AND THREE NAYS.

51:36>>HAT ITEM CARRIES. THAT

51:39COMPLETES THE COMMITTEE OF THE

51:40WHOLE REPORT.

51:41NEXT, IS THE REPORT OF THE

51:42ENTERPRISE AND LABOR RELATIONS

51:43COMMITTEE. WHICH WILL BE

51:44PRESENTED BY THAT CHAIR, COUNCIL

51:46MEMBER MICHEL

51:49PALMISANO.

51:49>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

51:51THE ENTERPRISE AND LABOR

51:52RELATIONS COMMITTEE HAS NINE

51:53ITEMS TO BRING FORWARD TODAY.

51:55ITEM ONE APPROVES A WINTER WORK

51:58RESERVE POOL LETTER OF AGREEMENT

51:59FOR LABORS LOCAL 363. TWO

52:02AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT AMENDMENT

52:03WITH KEYSTONE FOR CLASSIFICATION

52:05AND COMNSATION CONSULTING

52:09SERVICES. THREE AUTHORIZES A

52:11CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH GOOD

52:12WORKS FOR A CHANGE MANAGEMENT

52:13SERVICES. FOUR AUTHORIZES

52:16CONTRACT AMENDMENTS WITH

52:17ALIVENESS PROJECT FOR HOUSING

52:19OPPORTUNITIEFOR PERSONS WITH

52:21HIV/AIDS PROGRAMMING.

52:23FIVE AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

52:25AMENDMENT WITH CORDIA FOR STEAM

52:27SERVICE ATUR PUBLIC SERVICE

52:28CENTER. SIX AUTHORIZES A

52:31CONTRACT WITH PRINCIPAL

52:33FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR

52:35INVESTMENT CUSTODY, SECURITIES,

52:36LENDINGND TRUSTEE SERVICES.

52:39PARDON ME. SEVEN AUTHORIZE A

52:41CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SUEZ SES

52:44NORTH AMERICA FOR SUPPO AND

52:45MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY'S WATER

52:47LAB AND OPERATIONAL DATA

52:49MANAGEMENT.

52:50EIGHT APPROVES A LEGAL

52:51SETTLEMENT THE CLAIM OF ALICE

52:55NAH.

52:56NINE AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT

52:57AMENDMENT WITH LSE FOR

52:59ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING

53:00DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE

53:01MIEAPOLIS DEMOCRACY CENTER

53:02PROJECT. I WILL MOVE APPROVAL

53:04OF THE FULL REPT.

53:06>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO HAS

53:08MOVED APPROVAL THE COMMITTEE

53:09REPORT. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING

53:12NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

53:15THE ROLL.

53:16>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

53:17>> AYE.

53:18>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

53:19>> AYE.

53:19>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

53:20>> AYE.

53:21>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

53:22>> PI.

53:23>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

53:25>> AYE.

53:26>> CHAVEZ.

53:26>> AYE.

53:27>> SFFER.

53:27>> AYE.

53:28>> WONSLEY.

53:28>> AYE.

53:29>> CHUGHTAI.

53:31>> AYE.

53:32>> WHITING

53:32>> AYE

53:33>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

53:34>> AYE.

53:34>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

53:35>> AYE.

53:35>> 12YES.

53:38>> THAT CARRIES

53:41>> MR. PRESIDENT, TO CORRECT THE

53:43RECORD, I SAID 10-3 ON C.O.W.

53:46NUMBER TWO ITEM. IT WAS 9-3.

53:47>> THANK YOU. FINALLY, WE HAVE

53:49OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND

53:50EQUITY COMMITTEE. WHICH WILL BE

53:52PRESENTED BY THAT COMMITTEE'S

53:53CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

53:54>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

53:55THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND

53:57EQUITY COMMITTEE IS BRINGING

53:59FORWARD 26 ITEMS. ONE

54:02AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH

54:05CELLEBRIGHT USA CORPORATION FOR

54:07MOBILE DEVICE FORENSIC SERVICES.

54:08TWO THROUGH 10 AUTHORIZES

54:11CONTRACT AMENDMENTS AND MASTER

54:13CONTRACTS FOR THE HEALTH

54:15DEPARTMENT. 11 AUTHORIZES A

54:18CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE

54:18RTH STAR SUSTAINABILITY TO

54:19SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF

54:22FOOD FORWARD. 12 AUTHORIZES A

54:24T MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

54:27TH NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTHYSOURCE

54:29CENTRAL/FREEMONT CLINICS, FAIR

54:31VIEW RECOVERY CLINIC, AND RED

54:33DOOR CLINIC TO EXPAND ACCESS TO

54:38LONG-ACTING INJECTABLE. 13 IS

54:47URBAN SECURITY INITIATIVE GRANT.

54:5114 ACCEPTS REDISTRIBUTION

54:52NDING FROM THE MINNESOTA BOARD

54:55OF FIREFIGHTER TRAINING AND

54:56EDUCATION F APPROVED TRAININGS

54:59AND APPROVED APPROPRIATION OF

55:00FUNDS TO THE FIRE DEPARENT.

55:02ITEM 15 ACCEPTS A STAFFING FOR

55:04ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY

55:05RESPONSE GRANT FOR FIREFIGHTER

55:07POSITIONS. 16 AND 17 ACCEPTS

55:10GRANTS FOR STAFF CONFERENCE

55:12ATTENDANCE. 18 APPROVES A

55:14SPOSITION OF POLICE SURPLUS

55:18PROPERTY B DONATIONS TO THE

55:19MOUNTED POLICE FOUNDATION.

55:2319 DIRECTS LOAGHTIVE

55:27LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT ON

55:29AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS REGULATION

55:30AND ENFORCEMENT. 20 APPROVES

55:362026-2029 COMMITTEE WORK PLAN.

55:39UNDERTAKE AN INDEPENDENT AFTER

55:41ACTION REVIEW OF THE CITY'S

55:42RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC

55:44VIOLENCE-RELATED CALLS FOR

55:45SERVICE BY MARIAH SAMUELS AS

55:47WELL AS THE CITY'S INVESTIGATION

55:48TO HER DEATH. 22 DENIES A

55:50CONTRACT WITH COMMUNITY BRIDGES,

55:53INC. FOR MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE

55:55SERVICES. ITEM 23 APPROVES A

55:58LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO

55:59UNRESOLVED MANAGEMENT CORRECTIVE

56:01ACTION PLANS, POLICE OFF-DUTY

56:04WORK AUDITS. 24 APPROVES A

56:06LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE RELATED TO

56:09UNRESOLVED MANAGEMENT CORRECTIO

56:09ACTION PLANS MINNEAPOLIS POLICE

56:11DEPARTMENT FLEET MANAGEMENT

56:13AUDIT. 25 REQUESTS CITY

56:16AUDITOR TO CONDUCT INDEPENDENT

56:17AUDIT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

56:19OVERTIME MANAGEMENT CONTROLS AND

56:21USE. 26 ACCEPTS A DONATION FOR

56:23HEALTH STAFF TO ATTEND A MEETING

56:27WITH THE INDIGENOUS ALASKAN

56:30WORKERS. I'LL PULL OUT 21

56:33THROUGH 25 FOR DISCUSSION AND

56:34SEPARATE VOTES AND MOVE APPROVAL

56:39OF REMAINING ITEMS.

56:40>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED

56:41APPROVAL OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT

56:44MINUS 21 THROUGH 25

56:45ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER

56:46OF THE ITEMS? COUNCIL MEMBER

56:50RAINVILLE.

56:50>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

56:53JUST, REAL QUICKLY ON 15. I

56:55WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT. I WANT

56:56TO THANK THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR

56:57APPLYING FOR THE GRANT. THIS I

57:02OVER $3 MILLION. AND I

57:03APPRECIATE THAT EXTRA EFFORT.

57:05THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

57:06>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

57:07>> I'LL TAKE MYSELF OUTF

57:08QUEUE. BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER

57:11RAINVILLE COMPLETED MY COMMENTS,

57:14BASICAY.

57:14>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

57:16>> YES. I WOULD LE TO PULL

57:19NUMBERS 2 THROUGH 10 FOR

57:20DISCUSSION AND NUMBER 22.

57:24>> 22 HAS ALREADY BEEN PULLED.

57:26>> OH, THANK Y.

57:27>> 2 THROUGH 10. OKAY. ANY

57:33DISCUSSION ON THE REMAINDER OF

57:35THE REPORT? MINUS ITEMS 2

57:39THROUGH 10 AND 21 THROUGH 25.

57:41SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK

57:43TO CALL THE ROLL.

57:46>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

57:50>> AYE.

57:51>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

57:51>> AYE.

57:52>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE.

57:53>> AYE.

57:53>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

57:55>> AYE.

57:55>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

57:56>> AYE.

57:57>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

57:58>> AYE.

57:58>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

57:59>> AYE.

58:00>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

58:01>> AYE.

58:02>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

58:03>> AYE.

58:04>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

58:10>> AYE.

58:10>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

58:11>> AYE.

58:12>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

58:13>> AYE

58:13>> THE ARE 12 AYES.

58:16>> THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT

58:18WE'LL TAKE UP ITEMS 2 THROUG

58:23>> YES. I HAD COMMENTS AROUND

58:25ALL OF THEM AS A WHOLE,

58:27PRESIDENT PAYNE.

58:27>> GO AHEAD.

58:28>> YEAH. WE DID DETERMINE IF WE

58:31WANT TO SPLIT IT OUT OR MOVE

58:33FORWARD. AS I WAS LOOKING OVER

58:34THIS, UMM, THESE MASTER

58:38CONTRACTS, UMM, THERE'S, I

58:39TOTAL. I WAS NOTICING THERE'S

58:4180 DIFFERENT CONTRACTS TOTALING

58:44OVER $15 MILLION OF INCREASES TO

58:47CONTRACTUAL SERVICES FRO THE

58:49YEARS '26 -- THIS YEAR. WE HAVE

58:52SIGNIFICANT FISCAL ISSUES WE

58:53HAVE TO DEAL WITH AT THE END OF

58:56THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS '27 AND

58:57'28. SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY

59:01THIS WAS PUT ON A CONSENT AGENDA

59:04AND WHY THESE WERE ALL LUMPED

59:06TOGETHER FOR ONE VOTE. THIS IS

59:09A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY

59:11THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND

59:13INY OPINION, THIS IS SOMETHING

59:15THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A

59:17PRESENTATION WITH AT THE

59:18COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BEFORE WE

59:21JUST PUT THIS ON A CONSENT

59:23AGENDA IN LIGHT OF THE FISCAL

59:24ISSUES WE'RE FACING TODAY. NOW,

59:26I WAS NOT AT THE COMMITTEE

59:30MEETING. SO I LISTENED TO PART

59:31OF IT. IF THERE'S SOME

59:34INFORMATION HERE -- BUT THIS

59:35SEEMS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE MORE

59:37OF A PUBLIC LOOK AND DISCUSSION

59:40FOR ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS. SO

59:42I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO

59:44DELAY THIS TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE

59:46OF THE WHOLE AND HAVE A

59:47PRESENTATION TO THE WHOLE BODY

59:48AT THAT TIME. IS THERE A SE

59:55SECOND?

59:55>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND IT.

59:58>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFERAS

1:00:00MOVED TO REFER THIS ITEM TO

1:00:02COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

1:00:07MR. CLERK, PROCEDURALLY, DO YOU

1:00:10WANT TO GIVE ANY GUIDANCE ON

1:00:13THAT?

1:00:13>> MR. PRESIDENT, IN TERMS OF

1:00:15THE MOTION PENDING NOW. THIS

1:00:16WOULD REFER ITEMS 2 THROUGH 10

1:00:18TO THE NEXT MEENG OF THE

1:00:21COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. Y

1:00:22UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTEXT OF

1:00:23THAT MOTION IS THAT STAFF WOULD

1:00:26BE REQUESTED TO GIVE THE

1:00:28PRESENTATION OFFERED AT PHSE TO

1:00:31THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SO

1:00:33ALL 13 MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO HEAR

1:00:34ABOUT THESE MASTER CONTRACTS

1:00:36THAT ARE PROPOSED, GROUPED

1:00:40ACCORDING TO THE TYPES OF

1:00:41SERVICES BEING OFFER BY

1:00:43VARIOUS VENDORS THROUGH THE

1:00:45HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

1:00:46SO T WHOLE ITEM, MEANING ITEMS

1:00:502 THROUGH 10, RELATED TO THE

1:00:52CONTRACTUAL SERVICES BEING

1:00:53REFERRED TO THE NEXT MEETING OF

1:00:54THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

1:00:56>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER -- I'M

1:00:59SORRY, STEVENSON

1:01:00>> YEAH, UMM, AH, FRANKLY, I'M

1:01:03SURPRISED BY THIS. WE IN OUR

1:01:05COMMITTEE, THIS WAS NOT ON

1:01:07CONSENT. IN FACT, IT WAS A LOT

1:01:09OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THIS WAS

1:01:12ON DISCUSSION. SO WE WENT

1:01:14THROUGH AND SOME STAFF DIDN'T

1:01:16EVEN LIKE HOW THOROUGHLY WE WENT

1:01:17THROUGH THIS. AND SO WE WENT

1:01:20THROUGH. WE ASKED A LOT OF

1:01:23QUESTIONS. WE, YOU KNOW, SOME

1:01:24MIGHT SAYE PUT THEM THROUGH

1:01:26THE RINGER WHEN IT CAME TO

1:01:28ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THESE

1:01:32CONTRACTS. WE HAVE DISCUSSED

1:01:38THIS. W HAVE LOOKED AT THE

1:01:39MERITS. LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS.

1:01:40THESE ARE GOOD CONTRACTS. WE

1:01:42SHLD DO THESE THINGS. I MEAN,

1:01:44JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S

1:01:47PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN HERE.

1:01:48THERE'S FOOD FOR KIDS, SOUTH

1:01:51SIDE HARM REDUCTION. THERE'S A

1:01:52LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN HERE. AND

1:01:55STAFF HAV BEEN ANSWERING ABOUT

1:01:58THESE CONTRACTS. SO, UMM, I

1:02:01THINK WE SHOULD VOTEOWN THIS

1:02:04CURRENT MOTION AND PASS THESE

1:02:06CONTRACTS AND GET THIS OVER WITH

1:02:07AND G OUR STAFF WORKING.

1:02:10>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

1:02:12>> YEAH. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT

1:02:13PAYNE. I WAS GOING IT SAY

1:02:15SIMILAR TO COUNCIL MEMBER

1:02:16STEVENSON. THESE WERE UNDER

1:02:17DISCUSSION. WE HAD A RIGOROUS

1:02:19CONVERSATION IN COMMITTEE. THIS

1:02:19WAS NOT P UNDER CONSENT AT

1:02:21ALL. WE HAD BACK-AND FORTH. WE

1:02:24DISCUSSED WITH STAFF. WE SHOULD

1:02:26NOT BE DELAYING THESE ITEMS.

1:02:27THESE ARE CRITICAL SERVICES THAT

1:02:29MATTER OUR RESIDENTS. I URGE MY

1:02:30COLLEAGUES TO VOTE AGAINST THE

1:02:31MOTION TO DENY. AND AFTER WE DO

1:02:33AT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR

1:02:36APPROVAL.

1:02:36>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

1:02:38>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:02:40YEAH. MY COLLEAGUES ALREADY

1:02:41MADE THE COMMENT IT W IN

1:02:43DISCUSSION. I'M NOT IN Y'ALL'S

1:02:44COMMITTEE. I WATCH YOUR

1:02:47COMMITTEE AT 2X SPEED FOR A

1:02:48REASON. YOU'RE VERY THOROUGH.

1:02:51I JUST QUICK POPPING IN TO SAY

1:02:53TO THE ENTIREODY. I'M ALWAYS

1:02:58OKAY WITH THINGS COMING TO

1:02:59COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. THERE

1:03:01ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT END

1:03:03UP BEINGOUNCED INTO THE

1:03:05COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE IN THE NEXT

1:03:06COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, W HAVE

1:03:08THE DISCUSSION ON GOVERNMENT

1:03:11STRUCTURE THAT I BIEVE IS

1:03:13GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME. SO

1:03:16IF YOU ARE TO WANT TO SHIFT

1:03:18ITEMS INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE

1:03:20WHOLE, I JUST ASK RESPECTFULLY

1:03:22THAT YOU GIVE ME A HEADS UP. SO

1:03:24I N LET YOU KNOW IF THERE IS

1:03:27COMPETING ITEMS. IF WE'LL HAVE

1:03:29TIME. AND THEN BE ABLE TO

1:03:30CONNECT WITH OUR CLERKS AND

1:03:32STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE

1:03:34COMMITTEE ITSELF CAN BE

1:03:36SUCCESSFUL.

1:03:37>> CNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

1:03:38>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:03:40I, TOO, HAVE BEEN WATCHING ON 2X

1:03:44SPEED. IT'S BEEN A WELCOMED

1:03:45CHANGE. BUT I THINKT IS A

1:03:49FAIR ASK OF COUNCIL MEMBER

1:03:50SHAFFER. JUST A QUESTION HERE,

1:03:53DO WE KNOW -- I DON'T KNOW IF

1:03:54THISS A STAFF QUESTION. I

1:03:56KNOW WE HAVE -- I DON'T THINK WE

1:03:58HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HEALTH

1:03:59DEPARTMENT. WOULD THERE BE ANY

1:04:03SERVICDISRUPTION FOR ANY OF

1:04:04THESE CONTRACTS BETWEEN 2

1:04:07THROUGH 10, IF WE WERE TO DELAY

1:04:09TO THE NEXT CYCLE OF COMMITTEE

1:04:10OF THE WHOLE?

1:04:13> WONDERFUL. WE DO HAVE STAFF.

1:04:15THANK YOU.

1:04:19>> COMMISSIONER, WELCOME.

1:04:21>> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL

1:04:22MEMBERS. HEIDI RICH I

1:04:26RICHIE, INTERIM COMMISSIONER OF

1:04:27HEALTH. I BELIEVE THE QUESTION,

1:04:31COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE AND

1:04:31WHITING. ANY SERVICE

1:04:33DISRUPTIONS? THESE CONTRACTS

1:04:34ARE MASTER CONTRACTS. AND SO IF

1:04:38THERE ARE FUND -- IF WE HAVE

1:04:40CONTRACTS WE HAVE DONE THROUGH

1:04:41FUND AVAILILITY IT NOTICE,

1:04:44UMM, AND WE DON'T HAVE THIS FOR

1:04:46YEAR TWO, THEN, YES. THERE

1:04:47WOULD BE SERVICE DISRUPTIONS.

1:04:49>> OKAY. ND THEN ON THAT FOR

1:04:52THOSE -- I'M ASSUMING THERE'S

1:04:56PROBABLY EXPIRATION DATE ON SOME

1:04:57OF THE CONTRACTS. DO WE KNOW

1:04:58ARE THEY, LIKE, 2027 THROUGH

1:05:022020 -- I THINK LIKE, 2028 OR

1:05:052029. ARE THERE CONTRACTS THAT

1:05:06DATES WOULD EXPIRE PRIOR TO -- I

1:05:10THINK THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING

1:05:11WOULD BE THE 29th. DO WE

1:05:13KNOW? AM I JUST MISSING THIS

1:05:16CONVERSATION, TOO?

1:05:17>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING,

1:05:20THROUGH COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL

1:05:22PRESIDENT PAYNE. I'D HAVE TO

1:05:24LOOK AT EACH CONTRACT THAT WAS

1:05:25MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE FUND

1:05:27AVAILABILITY NOTICE TO KNOW FOR

1:05:29SURE. BUT IN GENERAL, WHEN WE

1:05:33DO THEM, THEY WOULD GO FROM,

1:05:35LIKE FOR A YEAR. SO, IF WE HAD

1:05:40A THAT STARTED IN MARCH OF THIS

1:05:42YEAR, THEY WOULD GO MARCH OF

1:05:43NEXT YEAR. TYPICALLY SPEAKING.

1:05:45I'D HAVE TO GET THOSE SPECIFICS

1:05:47ON EACH FOR YOU.

1:05:48>> IS THE REASON THEY'RE COMIN

1:05:50UP NOW BECAUSE THEY WERE IN

1:05:53OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR? IS THAT

1:05:56WHY THEY'RE COMING AGAIN? IF

1:05:57THEY'RE ONE-YEAR CONTRACTS.

1:05:58THIS IS WHEN THEY TYPICALLY

1:06:00WOULD EXPIRE AND THAT'S WHY

1:06:01THEY'RE IN FRONT OF USODAY.

1:06:03>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND

1:06:04COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING, SO THE

1:06:06WAYHAT MASTER CONTRACTS

1:06:08GENERALLY WORK IS THAT IF WE

1:06:10HAVE FUNDING COME IN, LIKE,

1:06:11EITHER THROUGH A GRANT OR

1:06:14THERE'S A NEED AND WE CAN

1:06:15IDENTIFY SOME FUNDING, THEN WE

1:06:18WOULD PUT TOGETHER A FUND

1:06:19AVAIBILITY NOTICE. AND WE

1:06:21COULD PULL FROM OUR VENDORS THAT

1:06:23ARE LISTED FOR THE GOODS AND

1:06:25SERVICES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO

1:06:27FIND A VDOR FOR. AND WE WOULD

1:06:30SEE WHO WE'VE ALREADY AUTHORIZED

1:06:32FO OUR MASTER CONTRACTS. AND

1:06:33WE WOULD SAY, OKAY, THIS VENDOR

1:06:36MATCHES WHAT WE NEED. AND THEN

1:06:38WE WOULD PUT TOGETHER AN ACTUAL

1:06:41NTRACT FOR FUNDING. THAT'S

1:06:43HOW THAT WOULD WORK. AND SO

1:06:44THESE MASTER CONTRACTS, THEY'RE

1:06:46ACTUALLY GOOD FOR THREE YEARS.

1:06:47WHAT WE'RE COMING FORWARD TODAY

1:06:50IS YEAR TWO AND THREE OF THAT

1:06:52FUNDING. SO YOU'VE ALREADY

1:06:53APPROVED THEASTER CONTRACTS.

1:06:55AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE END OF

1:06:57YEAR ONE. IN ORDER FOR US TO

1:06:59CONTINUE THE SERVICES, LIKE WITH

1:07:01HENNEPIN COUNTY, THE UF M, WE

1:07:03WILL NEED YEAR TWO.AND WE CAME

1:07:07FORWARD WITH YEAR THREE BECAUSE

1:07:09THEY'RE THREE YEARS.

1:07:09>> OKAY. SO SOUNDED LIKE THERE

1:07:12IS NOT SERVICE DISRUPTION TO

1:07:13DELAY TO THE NEXT CYCLE, BECAUSE

1:07:15WE'RWITHIN THE ONE-YEAR

1:07:17PROCESS. THIS ISUST

1:07:18APPROVING YEARS TWO AND THREE.

1:07:19I THINK THIS IS MY MAIN

1:07:21QUESTION. WOULD DELAYING THIS

1:07:23PROCESS RIGHT NOW ATTACH ANY

1:07:27VERSION OF SERVICE DISRUPTION

1:07:29FORHE NEXT TWO WKS.

1:07:30>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING,

1:07:32THROUGCOUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

1:07:33NO. IT WOULD NOT. IN MY

1:07:35TIMATION. AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE

1:07:36TO GO AND LOOK AT EVERY FAN TO

1:07:38MAKE SURE. BUT I DON'T THINK

1:07:40DELAYING IT ONE CYCLE WOULD BE

1:07:43THE ENOF THIS.

1:07:44>> OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S

1:07:46HELPFUL.

1:07:46>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.>>

1:07:52>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

1:07:54THINK THAT MAYBE NEWER COUNCIL

1:07:55MEMBERS COULD USE A BRIEFING

1:07:56AROUND UNDERSTANDING MASTER

1:07:59CONTRACTS AS A WHOLE. AND KIND

1:08:01OF HOW THAT ALL RUNS. OTHER

1:08:02THAN VIOLENCE PREVENTION STUFF

1:08:06AND CERTAINLY THESE WE DON'T DO

1:08:08A LOT OF THEM HERE. AND THE

1:08:11HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATES WITH

1:08:13ABOUT HALF GRANT MONEY. THESE

1:08:17ARE UP TO AMOUNTS. NOT

1:08:19LOCATED AMOUNTS. FOR THIS

1:08:22MUCH MONEY, AND TO OBLIGATE US

1:08:24FOR THREE YEARS, IT DESERVES

1:08:26DISCUSSION, AS COUNCIL MEMBER

1:08:27SHAFFER SUGGESTED. T DOES

1:08:28SOUND LIKE THAT HAPPENED. I'M

1:08:31REALLY GLAD TO HEARHAT OTHERS

1:08:32ARE INTERESTED IN THIS. LAST

1:08:35YEAR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSL AND

1:08:36I WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THE

1:08:39CONTRACTS WERE BEING BUNDLED

1:08:45TOGETHER. WE DOVE INTO IT

1:08:46TOGETHER. IT'S A CHANGE. IT

1:08:49USED TO LOOK MORE CONDENSED.

1:08:51I'M GLAD MY COLLEAGUES HAVE

1:08:52TAKEN THAT UP. AND IT SOUS

1:08:55LIKE YOU'RE CARRYING THAT

1:08:57FORWARD. I'M GLAD WE HAD THE

1:08:58DISCUSSION. IT CLARIFIES A LOT

1:09:00FOR EVERYONE. I WOULD BE OPEN

1:09:01TO DELAYING THIS, IF OTHERS ON

1:09:02THE COUNCIL NEED A BRIEFING

1:09:03ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE

1:09:04NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION ABOUT

1:09:05IT. BUT THOSERE JUST MY

1:09:07THOUGHTS. THANK YOU.

1:09:09>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

1:09:10>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:09:13I AM NOT A FAVOR OF DELAYING

1:09:14TH A CYCLE. ONE, BECAUSE THIS

1:09:16IS COMMITTEE WORK. THIS IS

1:09:18EXACTLY WHAT WE REFER TO AS

1:09:20COMMITTEE WORK. AND THE WORK

1:09:22WAS DONE IN COMMITTEE. IF YOU

1:09:24HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN JOIN THE

1:09:27COMMITTEEYOU CAN WORK WITH STAFF

1:09:28THROUGHOUT THE COUNCIL CYCLE TO

1:09:30GET QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I CAN'T

1:09:34SUPPORT THIS ONE BECAUSE I DON'T

1:09:35WANT TO RELIVE THIS IN C.O.W. I

1:09:38HAD TO SIT THROUGH THE

1:09:39PRESENTATION IN PHSE. I D'T

1:09:42THINK IT'S FAIR TO MAKE ME DO IT

1:09:44A SECOND TIME WHEN I HAVE TO

1:09:47WATCH VIDEOS BEFORE I GO T BED

1:09:48AT NIGHT AND TRAUMATIZE MYSELF

1:09:50AND GET ANSWERS AND WHATEVER.

1:09:51LIKE, IT'S THE WAY COMMITTEE

1:09:52WORKS. Y GET ASSIGNED TO A

1:09:54COMMITTEE, IF YOU DON'T SIT ON

1:09:56THAT COMMITTEE, YOU SHALL WATCH

1:09:59IT AND ASK QUESTIONS TO STAFF.

1:10:01I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SET A

1:10:03PRECEDENT FOR MOVING STUFF TO

1:10:05C.O.W. IF WE DON'T LE IT.

1:10:08THAT FEELS LIKE A DANGEROUS

1:10:10RRITORY ME. IF PEOPLE START

1:10:11MOVING PRESENTATIONS AND INTO

1:10:13C.O.W.

1:10:14I SEE SUPERC.O.W. RIGHT BACK

1:10:17BEFORE US. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT

1:10:18Y'ALL, I DON'T WANT IT AT ALL!

1:10:19I DID NOT LIKE SUPER C.O.W. SO

1:10:22I HOPE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD

1:10:24WITH THIS AND THA WHAT COUNCIL

1:10:28MEMBER PALMISANO SUGGESTED.

1:10:29MAYBE FOLKS GET BRIEFINGS ON HOW

1:10:31MASTER CONTRACTS WORK. OR

1:10:33WHATEVER NEEDS TO HAPPEN. BUT I

1:10:35CERTAINLY LIEVE THIS IS

1:10:37EXACTLY WHAT COMMITTEE WORK IS.

1:10:38IT SHOULD BE DONE IN COMMITTEE.

1:10:40AND QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKED

1:10:42AND ANSWERED DURING THE COUNCIL

1:10:45CYCLE.

1:10:46>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

1:10:47>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

1:10:50JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

1:10:51FOR COMMISSIONER RICHIE, IF SHE

1:10:55WOULDN'T MIND.

1:11:00IS HALF OF YOUR DEPARTMENT'S

1:11:02BUDGET FUNDED BY GRANTS A

1:11:03OTHER REVENUES. NOT PROPERTY

1:11:06TAXES.

1:11:07>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI

1:11:08THROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

1:11:09THAT'S CORRECT.

1:11:10>> EXCELLENT. IN THE WORK OF

1:11:12CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT, WHICH

1:11:13IS ONE OF THE CATEGORIES IN

1:11:14MASTER CONTRACTS IN FRONT OF US,

1:11:17IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT MHT

1:11:18ACTUALLY BE FUNDED BY FRANCHISE

1:11:23FEE REVENUE AND NOT PROPERTY

1:11:25TAXES?

1:11:26>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI

1:11:27THROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

1:11:28I WOULD HAVE TO GET THE EXACT

1:11:30AMOUNT. BUT THAT IS FAIR T

1:11:32SAY.

1:11:32>> GOT IT. IN THE CATEGORY OF

1:11:35THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S WORK ON

1:11:38CHRONIC DISEASE, BEHAVIORAL

1:11:40HEALTH, PREVENTIVE SERVICES,

1:11:42INJURY PREVENTION, COMMUNITY

1:11:46ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. ARE

1:11:51ANY OF THOSE BODIES OFORK

1:11:53FUNDED BY STATE OR FEDERAL

1:11:57GRANTS?

1:11:57>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI,

1:11:59THROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

1:12:00YES. MAN OF THOSE ARE FUNDED

1:12:03THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL

1:12:05GRANTS.

1:12:05>> G IT. WHAT I'M HEARING IS,

1:12:07A NUMBER OF THESE CONTRACTS WORK

1:12:11TO -- A NUMBER OF THESE

1:12:12CONTRACTS BEFORE US TODAY ARE

1:12:14FUNDED BY GRANTS THAT HELP MAKE

1:12:18SURE THAT THESE CRITICAL AREAS

1:12:19OF WORK CONTINUE TO HAPPEN ON

1:12:22BEHALF OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND

1:12:23PAID FOR WITHOUT A BURDEN TO

1:12:26PROPERTY TAXPAYERS.

1:12:28>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI,

1:12:31THROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

1:12:32I'M SORRY BUT I DID NOT HEAR THE

1:12:34QUESTION.

1:12:34>> YOU DID NOT HEAR THE

1:12:35QUESTION. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK

1:12:38YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PRESIDENT.

1:12:41I'VE BEEN GIVEN THIS

1:12:42INFORMATION. IT IS, UMM, IT --

1:12:45IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME TO

1:12:47REFER THESE ITEMS TO C.O.W. AND

1:12:49I THINK THAT WE SHOULD MOVE

1:12:52FORWARD WI APPROVING THESE

1:12:54TODAY.

1:12:54>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

1:12:56>> THANK YOU, PRESINT PAYNE.

1:12:57I WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO THE

1:13:01DIRECTOR, ET. CETERA, THAT I AM

1:13:02NOT IN ANY WAY DEVALUING THE

1:13:06CONTRACTS. WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER

1:13:08CHUGHTAI REFERRED TOS EXACTLY

1:13:10WHAT I DIDN'T SEE AND WASN'T

1:13:13ABLE TO ACCESS WITH THIS

1:13:14INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO

1:13:15US IN LI MAN IMS. IT WAS

1:13:19DIFFICULT TO TELL WHICH WERE

1:13:20PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE GENERAL

1:13:22FUND, WHICH WERE ALL FUNDED BY

1:13:23THE GENERAL FUND, AND IN THESE

1:13:27TIMES OF EXTREME FISCAL, YOU

1:13:29KNOW, DIFFICULT DECISNS, IT'S

1:13:31REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS

1:13:33COUNCIL MEMBERS TO UNDERSTAND

1:13:35EXACTLY WHAT CONTRACTS ARE

1:13:38SUPPORTED FEDERALLY ACROSS T

1:13:40STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTY, AS

1:13:41WELL AS THE GENERAL FUND. SO,

1:13:44IF MY COLLEAGUES DO NOT WISH TO

1:13:46BUMP THIS OUT TO C.O.W., I DON'T

1:13:49THINK I HAVE TO HAVE A

1:13:50DISCUSSION. BUT I THINK WE'RE

1:13:52MISSING SOME IMPORTANT

1:13:54INFORMATION THAT COULD HELP US

1:13:56PREPARE FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS.

1:13:59PARTICULARLY WHEN THESE

1:14:01CONTRACTS ARE A TOTAL OF 80

1:14:04DIFFERENVENDORS, OVER

1:14:05$15 MILLION. I STOPPED COUNTING

1:14:06AFTER THAT. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME

1:14:08TO TOTAL THEM ALL UP

1:14:12IT'S IN EXCESS OF $15 MILLION

1:14:13I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, IF EVEN

1:14:15IF IT'S NOT LINE ITEM BY LINE

1:14:19ITEM. $7 MILLION OF THE GRANT

1:14:20FUNDED AND THE OTHER GENERAL

1:14:21FUNDED? IS 0 MILLION OF THIS

1:14:23GENERAL FUNDED AND THE OTHER $5

1:14:25IS, YOU KNOW, OTHER GNT

1:14:26FUNDED. THIS IS REALLY

1:14:30IMPORTANT, DETAILED INFORMATION

1:14:31THAT I FEEL I NEED AS A COUNCIL

1:14:34MEMBER TO VOTE IN THE

1:14:35AFFIRMATIVE HAVING DONE MY DUEDE

1:14:40BUDGET SEASON. I'M WILLING TO

1:14:42JUST DELAY THIS VOTE, UMM,

1:14:45WITHOUT A PRESENTATION. IF WE

1:14:47CAN GET THAT INFORMATION I A

1:14:48MEMO. OR SOME SORT. I, IN NO

1:14:51WAY, WAN TO, AGAIN, I'LL SAY IT

1:14:53AGAIN. DEVALUE ANY OF THIS VERY

1:14:55IMPORTANT WORK. BUT I TAKE MY

1:14:59FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY.

1:15:00AND WE'RE MISSING SOME

1:15:01INFORMATION HERE THAT I THINK

1:15:03COULD REALLY HELP US. AND SO I

1:15:05WILL LEAVE IT UP TO MY

1:15:07COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE A MOTION TO

1:15:08REFERT TO C.O.W. WE CAN DO IT

1:15:10WITHOUT A PRESENTATION AND PUSH

1:15:13THE VOTE. IF WE GET THIS

1:15:16ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AROUND

1:15:17WHAT IS GRANT FUNDED AND WHAT IS

1:15:19GENERAL FUNDED. IF THAT WOULD

1:15:21BE AMENABLE TO MY COLLEAGUES.

1:15:26>> ORS FOR TODAY, I HAVE TO VOTE

1:15:28NO ON EVERYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T

1:15:29HAVE THE INFORMATION.

1:15:33>> COMMISSIONER?

1:15:33>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER,

1:15:36THROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

1:15:39I'M NOT SURE I'LL BE ABLE TO GET

1:15:41THAT INFORMATION. AND THE

1:15:43REASON IS BECAUSE, AS I

1:15:44MENTIONED, THESE ARE AMOUNTS UP

1:15:46TO. SO THEY DON'T HAVE A

1:15:49FUNDING STRING ATTACHED TO THEM.

1:15:50THEY'RE NOT GENERAL FUND.

1:15:51EY'RE NOT GRANT FUND.

1:15:53THEY'RE NOT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

1:15:54WE HAVE NOT ISSUED THAT FD

1:15:56AVAILABILITY NOTICE THAT THEN

1:15:57PUTS THE FUNDING INTO THAT. AND

1:16:01THEN WE WOULD DO THE EXECUTED

1:16:03CONTRACT. UNDER THE F.A.N.

1:16:05>> WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH

1:16:08THESE ORGANIZATIONS. SO I THINK

1:16:09YOU CAN DO A HISTORICAL LOOK

1:16:11BACK FOR THE LASTEW YEARS TO

1:16:13KNOW THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT

1:16:16WAS PRIMARILY FEDERLY FUNDED.

1:16:18EVEN IF IT WAS A ROUGH EIMATE,

1:16:19IT WOULD HELP US.

1:16:20>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER,

1:16:22THROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:16:23ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT.

1:16:24>> THANK YOU.

1:16:25>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

1:16:27>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

1:16:29>> JUST LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE

1:16:31PUBLIC THAT THESE QUESTIONS CAN

1:16:33GET ANSWERED O OF THE DAIS

1:16:36BETWEEN WHEN WE HAVE COMMITTEE

1:16:38AND NOW. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN

1:16:40DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, E-MAIL,

1:16:44STAFF MEMO, THIS SORT OF

1:16:47THING. THESE PARTICULAR

1:16:48QUESTIONS DON'T HAVE TO HAPPEN

1:16:50IN THE PUBLIC. SO I REALLY,

1:16:52REALLY THINK WE SHOULD VOTE DOWN

1:16:54THIS MOTION. AND APPROVE THESE

1:16:56AND MOVE ON. WE DID OUR DUE

1:17:01DILIGENCE IN COMMITTEE. WE

1:17:02REALLY, REALLY DID. AND AS THE

1:17:04VICE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE, WE

1:17:08HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THAT

1:17:11COMMITTEE ASKING A LOT OF

1:17:14QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE CONTRACTS,

1:17:15AS WELL. SO I REALLY WOULD --

1:17:19REALLY WOULD LIKE IF THERE ARE

1:17:22ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AFTER

1:17:24COMMITTEE, FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS

1:17:25TO EHER REACH OUT TO COUNCIL

1:17:26MEMBERS WHO WERE ON THE DAIS AT

1:17:29THAT TIME. OR TO REACH OUT TO

1:17:30STAFF TO GET THOSE ANSWERED.

1:17:32AND NOT MOVE THIS TO ANOTHER

1:17:35COMMITTEE. AND I'M NOT -- I'M

1:17:37NOT AS AFRAID OF RELIVING THESE

1:17:40THINGS, THOUGH I AM -- I AM, YOU

1:17:46KNOW, WE CAN BE EFFICIENT WITH

1:17:47OUR TIME. AND WE CAN BE

1:17:49EFFICIENT WITH STAFF'S TIME, AS

1:17:50WELL. AND THIS PATH IS NOT AN

1:17:53FICIENT PATH OF OUR TIME OR

1:17:55TSTAFF'S TIME. A BETTER WAY

1:17:57WOULD BE TO DO THIS BY E-MAIL,

1:17:59WHICH WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING.

1:18:02>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

1:18:04>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

1:18:07GIVEN THE WAY THIS DISCUSSIONS

1:18:11GOING, GIVING WHAT MS.ICHIE

1:18:12SAID ABOUT THE TIMING HERE, IT

1:18:14SOUN LIKE AT LEAST

1:18:17ADMINISTRATIVELY THE MOTION

1:18:18SHOULD BE TO HOLD IT FOR ONE

1:18:20CYCLE AND NOT HE IT BOUNCE

1:18:22AROUND BEING MOVED TO A

1:18:23DIFFERENT COMMITTEE AND THEN

1:18:24MOVE BACK. IF THE POINT IS FOR

1:18:26ADDITIONAL BRIEFINGS. SO I

1:18:29WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHICH IS

1:18:30KIND OF WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER

1:18:31WHITING WAS SAYING, GIVEN THERE

1:18:34DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY IMPACTS

1:18:36HERE. BUT IT WOULD INCREASE

1:18:38SOME UNDERSTANDING AND KIND OF

1:18:40HOW WE MOVE FORWARD ON THESE IN

1:18:41THE FUTURE. I WOULD BE

1:18:43SUPPORTIVE OF SUCH A MOTION. I

1:18:45UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THIS

1:18:46DIUSSION. I DON'T THINK WE

1:18:48NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO

1:18:50NEED TO PILE ON COUNCIL MEMBERS.

1:18:53BUT I THINK THE POINT IS WELL

1:18:56TAKEN THAT WE SHOULD BE MINDFUL

1:18:58OF THINGS NOT HAPPENING INUR

1:18:59COMMITTEE AND REACH O DURING

1:19:01THAT CYCLE. THANK YOU.

1:19:03>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

1:19:08>> I'LL JUST NOTE, MAKE A POINT

1:19:11OF ORDER. I THINK IT'S OUT OF

1:19:12ORDER TO SUGGEST THAT COUNCIL

1:19:14MEMBERS ARE INTENTIONALLY PILING

1:19:15ON OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, CHAIR.

1:19:21>> TAKEN.

1:19:22>> I'M SORRY. WE HAVE TO WORK

1:19:23TOGETHER TO ENFORCE THIS. IF

1:19:25THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

1:19:27I DON'T -- I DON'T THINK -- WE

1:19:29CAN'T READ EACH OTHER'S MINDS ON

1:19:31WHAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DO

1:19:33HERE. I THINK -- I THINK -- I

1:19:38FEEL LIKE THE HISTORICAL LOOK

1:19:40BACK IS A GOOD IDEA. I TNK OF

1:19:46A WAY IT COULD BE ACHIEVED IS

1:19:47THROUGH A LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE.

1:19:50I THINK THAT WOULD BE A

1:19:51VALUABLE WAY TO GET THAT

1:19:53INFORMATION IN A MEMO FORM.

1:19:55WE CAN HAVE IT BACK TO US, I

1:19:56FEEL LIKE, ON MY END, I'M NOT --

1:19:58I'M NOIN THE POSITION WHERE I

1:20:00FEEL LIKE I CAN'T VOTE FOR

1:20:01THESE. I FEEL LIKE THE

1:20:02DISCUSSION WAS THOROUGH ENOUGH

1:20:04AND LOOKING AT THE RCA AND

1:20:06TAKING SOME TIME WITH THAT. AND

1:20:09THINKING BACK TO THE PAST

1:20:10CONTRACTS. SO I'M READY FOR US

1:20:15TO VOTE THESE MASR CONTRACTS

1:20:17FOR APPROVAL. BUT I THINK

1:20:19COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER'SOINT

1:20:20IS WELL TAKEN ABOUT HISTORICAL

1:20:22LOOK BACK AND, ALSO, USING THIS

1:20:24OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN, TO BETTER

1:20:26UNDERSTAND THE FINANCES OF THE

1:20:28HETH DEPARTMENT. I THINK WE

1:20:30CAN BOTH VOTE FOR THIS AND DO

1:20:32THAT. AND I THINK A LEGISLATIVE

1:20:33DIRECTIVE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

1:20:36AND I THINK THE BRIEFINGS THAT

1:20:38WE CAN HAVE WITH THE HEALTH

1:20:39DEPARTMENT CAN ALSO HAPPEN, UMM,

1:20:44TANDEM WITH VOTINGOR THIS.

1:20:46I UNDERSTAND THE POSITION YOU'RE

1:20:47IN, UNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, NOT

1:20:50BEING LE TO VOTE FOR IT IF YOU

1:20:52FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THE

1:20:53INFORMATION. I WILL SHARE I

1:20:54FEEL LIKE I HAV THE INFORMATION

1:20:55I NEED TO VOTE TODAY.

1:20:56>> ON THE MOTION TO REFER ITEMS

1:20:59THROUGH 10 TO THE C.O.W.

1:21:01COMMITTEE, THE CLERK WILL CALL

1:21:02THE ROLL.

1:21:05>> WAIT -- CAN I SPEAK ONE MORE

1:21:06TIME. I KNOW I HAVE USED MY --

1:21:09>> NO.

1:21:09>> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

1:21:10>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:21:11MAYBE JUST A QUESTION. I DON'T

1:21:13KNOW IF I'VE ASKED THE QUESTION

1:21:14OF COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. IF

1:21:16SHE'S NOT -- ABILITY TO SPEAK.

1:21:22A QUESTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER

1:21:22SHAFFER. THIS IS THE MOTION I

1:21:24FRONT OF US TO DEL TROT C.O.W.

1:21:29CYCLE. SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL

1:21:30MEMBER PALMISANO ASKED. WOULD

1:21:33THERE BE AN ABILITY TO AMEND THE

1:21:35MOTION TO DELAY TO THE NEXT

1:21:37COUNCIL CYCLE. RATHER THAN THE

1:21:40C.O.W. CYCLE. OKAY. GREAT.

1:21:42I'M ASSUMING WE WOULD HAVE TO

1:21:45MAKE ... YES. WE WOULD HAVE TO

1:21:47AMEND HER MOTION. IF SHE

1:21:49DOESN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO

1:21:50SPEAK AGAIN, CAN SHE AMEND IT.

1:21:54>> MR. CLERK? ARE

1:21:56>>

1:21:58>> YOU CAN OFFER AN AMENDMENT.

1:22:01>> I OFFER TO DELAY TO THE NEXT

1:22:03COUNCIL CYCLE. NOT THE

1:22:04COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CYCLE.

1:22:06>> IS THERE A SECOND.

1:22:09>> SECOND.

1:22:10>> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

1:22:14>> CAN I AMEND THAT TO JUST VOTE

1:22:16FOR APPROVAL.

1:22:18>> LET'S DISPOSE OF THE MOTION

1:22:22TO REFER -- POSTPONE TO THE NEXT

1:22:25COUNCIL CYCLE. THE CLERK WILL

1:22:27CALL THE ROLL ON POSTPONEMENT OF

1:22:30ITEMS 2 THROUGH 10 TO THE NEXT

1:22:32COUNL CYCLE.

1:22:33>> OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER

1:22:35CHOWDHURY.

1:22:36>> NAY.

1:22:36>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHENSON.

1:22:37>> NO.

1:22:38>> COUNCILEMBER RAINVILLE.

1:22:39>> AYE.

1:22:39>> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

1:22:40>> NO.

1:22:41>> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.

1:22:42>> AYE.

1:22:42>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

1:22:44>> NO.

1:22:44>> COUNCIL MEMBERHAFFER.

1:22:46>> AYE.

1:22:46>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:22:47>> NO.

1:22:48>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI.

1:22:49>> NO.

1:22:50COUNCILEMBER WHITING.

1:22:51>> AYE.

1:22:52>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

1:22:53>> NO.

1:22:54>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:22:55>> NO.

1:22:56>> THERE ARE FOUR AYES AND EIGHT

1:22:59N NYS.>>HAT MOTION FAILS. NEXT

1:23:01WE'LL TAKE UP ITEMS 2 THROUGH

1:23:0410. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

1:23:06>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:23:07>> MR. PRESIDENT -- WE HAVE AN

1:23:09UNDERLYING MOTION THAT WEAVE

1:23:10TO DISPOSE OF RERRING TO

1:23:12C.O.W. IN THE NEXT

1:23:14CYCLE.

1:23:15>> LET'S HAVE THE CLERK CALL TH

1:23:17ROLL ON THE UNDERLYING MOTION TO

1:23:19REFER THE ITEM T C.O.W.

1:23:24[ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ]

1:23:25>> I HEARD A POINT OF ORDER.

1:23:28>> MR. PRESIDENT, THE MOTION

1:23:29THAT WE JUST DISPOSED OF WAS AN

1:23:32AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION OFFERED

1:23:34BY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. THAT

1:23:35FAILED. THE UNDERLYING MOTION

1:23:36PREVIOUSLY MOVED AND SECONDED

1:23:39SUBJECT TO MUCH DEBATE TO REFER

1:23:41TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

1:23:42THAT'S THE MOTION NOW PENDING.

1:23:43>> WE NEED TO DISPOSE OF THE

1:23:45MOTION TO REF THIS TO C.O.W.

1:23:48AND I'LL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE

1:23:51ROLL.

1:23:51>> I'M ON QUEUE.

1:23:52>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

1:23:54>> NAY.

1:23:54>> COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON.

1:23:56>> NO.

1:23:57>> RAINVILLE.

1:23:58>> NO.

1:23:58>> VETAW.

1:24:00>> NO.

1:24:01>> PALMISANO.

1:24:02>> NO.

1:24:03>> CHAVEZ.

1:24:04>> NO.

1:24:04>> SHAFFER.

1:24:06>> NO.

1:24:06>> WONSLEY.

1:24:08>> NO.

1:24:08>> CHUGHTAI.

1:24:10>> NO.

1:24:10>>HITING.

1:24:11>> NO.

1:24:11>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

1:24:13>> NO.

1:24:13>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:24:15>> NO.

1:24:15>> THERE ARE 12NAYS.

1:24:20>> THAT FAILS. COUNCIL MEMBER

1:24:22CHAVEZ.

1:24:22>> THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE

1:24:25APPROVAL OF 2 THROUGH 10.

1:24:26>> SECOND.

1:24:27>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED

1:24:28APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS 2 THROUGH

1:24:3110. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER.

1:24:32>> I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR

1:24:35DIRECTOR RICHIE.

1:24:38UMM, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING

1:24:40THIS TODAY. BUT CAN YOU STILL

1:24:42SEND ME WHAT YOU THINK --

1:24:44BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, DURING THE,

1:24:46YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE BUDGET

1:24:49PROCESS BEFORE US. IF YOU

1:24:50CAN -- WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO

1:24:52PROVIDE THE HISTORICAL LOOK BACK

1:24:53IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR

1:24:55U

1:24:55>> COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER,

1:24:57THROUGH COUNCIL PRESINT PAYNE.

1:24:58YES. I CAN DO THAT.

1:24:59>> THANK YOU.

1:25:00>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

1:25:02>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

1:25:04QUEUE I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL

1:25:05THROLL ON THE APPVAL OF

1:25:07ITEMS 2 THROUGH 10.

1:25:08>> CHOWDHURY.

1:25:09>> AYE.

1:25:10>> STEVENS.

1:25:10>> AYE.

1:25:11>> RAINVILLE.

1:25:12>> AYE

1:25:13>> VETAW.

1:25:14>> AYE.

1:25:14>> PALMISANO.

1:25:15>> AYE.

1:25:15>> CHAVEZ.

1:25:17>> AYE.

1:25:17>> SHAFFER.

1:25:18>> AYE.

1:25:18>> WSLEY.

1:25:19>> AYE.

1:25:20>> CHUGHTAI.

1:25:21>> AYE.

1:25:21>> WHITING.

1:25:22>> AYE.

1:25:22>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

1:25:26>> PAYNE.

1:25:27AYE.

1:25:27>> 12 AYES

1:25:28THOSE ITEMS CARRY. NEXT WE'LL

1:25:30TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER 21. AND

1:25:33I'LL CALL ON COUNCIL MEMBER

1:25:35CHAVEZ.

1:25:35>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:25:39ITEM 21 IS THE MARIAH SAMUELS

1:25:43AFTER ACTION ACTION REVIEW

1:25:45AUTHORITIED BY MYSELF. ON

1:25:49SEPTEMBER 14, 2025, MARIAH

1:25:49SAMUELS, WHO WAS A 34-YEAR-OLD

1:25:51BLACK WOMAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED

1:25:52IN FRONT O HER FATHER'S HOME BY

1:25:54HER ABUSER. PRIOR TO HER DEATH,

1:25:56SHE MADE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO

1:25:59SEEK HELP AND PROTECTION FROM

1:26:00THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE

1:26:01DEPARTMENT. THE COMMUNITY

1:26:03RAISED VARIOUS CONCERNS AND

1:26:05QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RESPOE

1:26:06REGARDING HER REPORTS OF ABUSE

1:26:09AND ITS HANDLING REGARDING

1:26:10DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES. AND

1:26:13WHETHER EXISTING PROTOCOLS,

1:26:15RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, AND RISK

1:26:17ASSESSMENT PRACTICES ADEQUATELY

1:26:20PROTECT VICTIMS WHO SEEK HELP

1:26:20FROM THE DEPARTMENT. THIS

1:26:21RESOLUTION IS REQUESTING THE

1:26:24CITY AUDITOR TO UNDERTAKE AN

1:26:27INDEPENDENT TER ACTION REVIEW

1:26:28TO THE CITY'S RESPONSE OF

1:26:29DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALLS TO

1:26:31RVICE BY MARIAH SAMUELS AS

1:26:33WELL AS THE CITY'S INVESTIGATION

1:26:34INTO THE DEATH. I'LL MOVE

1:26:36APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.

1:26:37>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ MOVED

1:26:39APPROVAL OF ITE 21. IS THERE A

1:26:42SECOND.

1:26:42>> SECOND.

1:26:42>> I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER

1:26:45CHOWURY.

1:26:45>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I

1:26:47WILL JUST START OFF BY SAYING

1:26:49THAT OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC

1:26:51VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. AND

1:26:54IN THIS MONTH, IT IS IMPORTANT

1:26:55FOR US TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS LIKE

1:27:00MARIAH SAMUELS, ALLISON LUSSIER,

1:27:02AND THE COUNTLESS OTHER VICTIMS

1:27:05TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE

1:27:06OFTENTIMES LEFT TO DEAL WITH

1:27:07THIS IN THE SHADOWS. IN THE

1:27:10CASE OF MARIAH SAMUELS, ASKED

1:27:11FOR HELP, SUPPORT, REPEATEDLY

1:27:13AND THE WARNING SIG WERE

1:27:15THERE. AND THE SYSTEMS THAT WE

1:27:18HAVE I PLACE WHOLLY FAILED HER.

1:27:20AND HER FAMILY. AND I WANT TO

1:27:25THANK HER SISR, SIMONE, FOR

1:27:30HER FEARLESS ADVOCACY. STARTED

1:27:34AT THE TOP OF THE TERM, COMING

1:27:36TO THE INAUGURATION AS A BODY.

1:27:39I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES

1:27:41FOR AUTHORING THIS. I THINK

1:27:43IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SEND A

1:27:45MESSAGE TO THE CITY AUDITOR THAT

1:27:46THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE BODY

1:27:50IS REQUESTING. AND SHOULD -- WE

1:27:52SHOULD USE THE RESOURCES THAT WE

1:27:55HAVE T UNDERTAKE THIS.

1:27:58I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE HAD AN

1:28:00AFTER ACTIONEVIEW ON THE CE

1:28:02OF ALLISON LUSSIER, AND I ALSO

1:28:05WANT TO STATE WE LEARNED A LOT

1:28:07FROM THAT. THIS IS A SEPARATE

1:28:08CASE WITH UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES.

1:28:10AND I VER MUCH BELIEVE THAT

1:28:12HAVING AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT

1:28:13WOULD GE US VALUABLE

1:28:15INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT

1:28:17WERE THE STEPS THAT WERE MISSED

1:28:19AND THE CONTROLS NEEDED AND

1:28:21IMPROVEMENTS THAT MUST TAKE

1:28:22PLACE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE

1:28:24ARE MAKING SURE THAT VICTIMS OF

1:28:28DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARE PROTECTED.

1:28:30AND DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE

1:28:32ULTIMATE COST OF THEIR LIFE.

1:28:33AND LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES LEFT TO

1:28:34PICK UP THE PIECES. SO I WANTED

1:28:38TO STATE THAT CLELY. AND THIS

1:28:40IS EXACTLY WHY WE PUT ADDITIONAL

1:28:42RESOURCES INTO THE CITY

1:28:44AUDITOR'S DEPARTMENT. I WILL

1:28:47ALSO REQUEST THE AUTHORS ON THIS

1:28:49TO SEE IF I CAN ALSO BE A

1:28:53CO-AUTHOR. I'M GETTING A HEAD

1:28:54NOD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ.

1:28:58>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

1:29:01QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

1:29:02CALL THE ROLL ON ITEM NUMBER

1:29:0621.

1:29:06>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY.

1:29:08>> AYE.

1:29:08>> STEVENSON.

1:29:09>> AYE.

1:29:10>> RAINVILLE.

1:29:11>> AYE.

1:29:11>> VETAW.

1:29:12>> AYE.

1:29:13>> PALMISANO

1:29:14>> AYE.

1:29:15>> CHAVEZ.

1:29:16>> AYE.

1:29:16>> SHAFFER.

1:29:17>> AYE.

1:29:17>> WONEY.

1:29:18>> AYE.

1:29:19>> CHUGHTAI.

1:29:21>> AYE.

1:29:21>> WHITING.

1:29:22>> AYE.

1:29:22>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

1:29:23>> AYE.

1:29:24>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:29:25>> AYE.

1:29:25>> 12 AYES.

1:29:26>>HAT CARRIES. NEXT WE'

1:29:31TAKE UP ITEM 22 AND ADD MYSELF

1:29:35TO QUEUE TO TRY TO REPLAY A

1:29:36LITTLE BIT OF THE DISCUSSION

1:29:37THAT WE HAD IN THE PUBLIC

1:29:39HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUITY

1:29:40COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A ROBUST

1:29:41CONVERSATION ON THIS. THIS IS,

1:29:45AH, THE MOTION TO DENY THE

1:29:47CONTRACT TO COMMUNITY BRIDGES

1:29:48FOR THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE.

1:29:50UMM, THE BASIS OF THIS DENIALS

1:29:52THAT MANY OF US ON THIS BODY

1:29:54WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A

1:29:56CONTINUITY OF SERVICES COME

1:29:59JANUARY 1. THAT WAS MY FIRST

1:30:02PRIORITY. I KNOW OTHER MEMBERS

1:30:03OF THE BODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE

1:30:07THIS OPERATION BROUGHT IN-HOUSE

1:30:08AND TO HAVE A DEER

1:30:09UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT WOULD

1:30:10TAKE TO DO THAT. AND THERE WAS

1:30:15A ROBUST CONVERSATION AROUND THE

1:30:18EXPANSION OF SCOPE AND WHETHER

1:30:19OR NOT IT MIGHT HARM THE

1:30:22FIDELITY OF WHAT'S BEEN A

1:30:23SUCCESSFUL MODEL IN THE

1:30:25BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE.

1:30:29EACH ITERATION OF THAT

1:30:31EXPLORATION IN CONSULTATION WITH

1:30:32THE CITY ATTORNEYS SUGGESTED OUR

1:30:34COURSE OF ACTION, REGARDLESS OF

1:30:37OUR PURSUITS TO VOTE IT UP OR

1:30:39VOTE IT DOWN. IT IS MY

1:30:42ESTIMATION THAT VOTING THIS

1:30:44CONTRACTP WILL GUARANTEE A

1:30:46DISRUPTION IN SERCES. IF YOU

1:30:48LOOK TO THE RFP DOCUMENT, THE

1:30:51EXPECTATION WAS TO HAVE THE

1:30:55FINAL VENDOR SELECTED IN JULY.

1:30:59WE ARE THREE MONTHS DELAYED FROM

1:31:01THAT TIMELINE. SO AT MINIMUM,

1:31:02I'D LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A

1:31:05THREE-MONTH EXTENSION SO WE

1:31:07COULD HAVE A CLEAN TRANSITION

1:31:10PERIOD. BUT I KNOW THERE IS A

1:31:12DEEP CONVERSATIONBOUT BRINGING

1:31:14THIS IN-HOUSE. I THINK THAT'S

1:31:15GOING TO REQUIRE A LEGISLATIVE

1:31:17DIRECTIVE. I WOULD HAPPILY

1:31:20CO-AUTHOR WITH COLLEAGUES A PART

1:31:22OF THE CONVERSATION AND AN

1:31:24EXPLORATION INTO A LEGISLATIVE

1:31:25DIRECTIVE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND

1:31:26WHAT ARE THE LEGAL AND

1:31:29OPERATIONAL BARRIERS TO BNGING

1:31:30THIS IN-HOUSE, SO WE CAN CREATE

1:31:32A REALLY REFINED ROAD MAP. AND

1:31:34WHETHER THAT ROAD MAP IS A

1:31:36SIX-MONTH ROAD MAP OR THREE-YEAR

1:31:37ROAD MAP, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO

1:31:38HAVE THAT OUTLINED. SO WE CAN

1:31:41ACTUALLY MAKE OUR PATHWAY

1:31:43FORWARD CLEAR ON WHAT ARE THE

1:31:44NEXT STEPS TO GET THERE.

1:31:47WHETHER IT'S A NEW VENDOR,

1:31:49KEEPING AN EXISTING VENDOR, HOW

1:31:52DO WE SEAMLESSLY GET TO THAT

1:31:54FINAL END STATE? I THINK IT'S E

1:31:56ANSWERED. WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT

1:31:59QUTION WITHOUT SOME

1:32:00RENEGOTIATION OF WHAT'S IN FRONT

1:32:01OF US. WE DON'T HAVE THE

1:32:03ABILITY TO RENEGOTIATE AS

1:32:05COUNCIL. ALL WE CAN DO IS VOTE

1:32:06IT UP OR DOWN. THAT'S WHY THE

1:32:09RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THIS

1:32:10CONTRACT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD.

1:32:12AND WITH THAT, I'LL RECOGNIZE

1:32:13COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.

1:32:15>> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I,

1:32:18TOO, WAS A PART OF THE VERY LONG

1:32:20CONVERSATION IN COMMITTEE. A

1:32:22COUPLE OF MY COLLEAGUES LET M

1:32:24KNOW I MAY HAVE THE RECORD FOR

1:32:25TIMES IN THE QUEUE. SOT WAS

1:32:30CERTAINLY ROBUST CONVERSATION.

1:32:33I THINK WHAT I GATHERED FROM THL

1:32:35MEMBERS WHO VOTED TO DENY THE

1:32:37CONTRACT STATED THEY D SO

1:32:39BECAUSE THEY EITHER WANTED TO

1:32:40BRING THE SERVICE IN-HOUSE WITH

1:32:43NO PLAN TO DO SO. I DIDN'T HEAR

1:32:45ANYTHING ABOUT, LIKE, HOW WE

1:32:46COULD DO THAT. WITHOUT THERE

1:32:48BEING A TBA GAP IN SERCES.

1:32:51OR THEY WANTED SERVICES TO

1:32:53REMAIN THE SAME WITH NO

1:32:55EXPANSION. NO EXPECTATION OF

1:32:57EXPANSION. AND THAT'S JUST NOT

1:32:58WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM

1:33:00STAFF. AND SO I'VE HAD MULTIE

1:33:04CONVERSATIONS SINCE COMMITTEE.

1:33:07AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE FOR

1:33:10STAFF TO GIVE US GUY D

1:33:13GUIDAN ON THIS. I'VE BEEN

1:33:14TALKING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S

1:33:16OFFICE, THE STAFF WHO HAV BEEN

1:33:17WORKING ON IT, AND WONDERING FOR

1:33:19YOU COULD GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE

1:33:21ON HOW THIS IS GOING TO MOVE

1:33:23FORWARD. IF THIS IS VOTED DOWN

1:33:27TODAY.

1:33:27>> MR. JEFFREYS.

1:33:30>> COU JARED JEFFREYS,

1:33:37DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY

1:33:39FETY. QUICKLY, I KNOW COUNCIL

1:33:41MEMBERS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SOME

1:33:42THIS HISTORY, MANY HAVE BEEN

1:33:45BRIEFED AT VARIOUS TIMES.

1:33:46SEPARATELY. SO I WANTED TO JUST

1:33:48MAKE SURE THERE'S KIND OF SHARED

1:33:52HISTORY WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM

1:33:53WITH THE PROGRAM OVERALL.

1:33:55BACKN THE END OF 2024, FOR THE

1:33:572025 BUDGET, DECISION WAS MADE

1:34:01TO MOVE THE PROGRAM FROM

1:34:02NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY TO THE FIRE

1:34:03DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT 2025,

1:34:06AND 2026, OCS, FIRE, AND 9-1-1

1:34:09CLOSELY EVALUATED THE PROGRAM

1:34:10AND REALLY LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD

1:34:13AT WHERE THE AREAS WERE WE

1:34:16THOUGH PROGRAM NEEDED TO GROW

1:34:17AND IMPROVE. ANDOVE THE CITY

1:34:20TOWARDS COMPLYING WITH KEY

1:34:22AGREEMENTS LIKE THE MDHR

1:34:25SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, CONSENT

1:34:30DECREE. BASED ON THE GUIDING

1:34:36DOCUMENTS, AND A VERY

1:34:39SIGNIFICANT NATURE CODE

1:34:40ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT WHAT POLICE

1:34:41WERE RESPONDING TO, WHAT BRC WAS

1:34:45RESPONDING TO, AND HAVING

1:34:48CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF THE

1:34:49RESPONSE AGENCIES. WITH OUR

1:34:52INTRAJURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS

1:34:54WHERE PEOPLE IN CRISISERE

1:34:55FALLING THROUGH THE GAPS. WE

1:34:57IDENTIFIED THERE WERE THE

1:34:58EXPANSION OF SCOPE WAS GOING TO

1:35:01BENEFIT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO

1:35:02WERE EXPERIENCING THESE CRISES.

1:35:05WE ALSO RECOGNIZED THAT THERE

1:35:06WAS A NEED FOR MORE ROBUST DATA

1:35:10COLLECTION, AND BETTER

1:35:11COORDINATION WITHUR PARTNERS

1:35:13AND AMONG THE OVERALL CRISIS

1:35:15RESPONSE SYSTEM. THAT FOLLOW UP

1:35:19CONDUCTED BY THE RESPONDERS WERE

1:35:20NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO BETTER

1:35:24SERVICE THOSE PEOPLE IN CRISIS.

1:35:26AND WE ALSO ATTENDED,ETWEEN

1:35:30MYSELF, DIRECTOR CHRISTIANSON,

1:35:32AND ASSISTANT CHIEF RUCKER

1:35:35ATTENDED NATIONAL CONFERENCES

1:35:36WHERE WE DISCOVEREDE WERE KIND

1:35:38OF BEHIND THE CURVE AT THIS

1:35:39POINT IN HOW MANY PEERJURISDICTG

1:35:42THESE TYPES OF INCIDENTS. WHERE

1:35:45MANY OF O -- MANY OF THE

1:35:47JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE ON THE

1:35:48CUTTING ET EDGE OF THIS

1:35:50WORK ARE BUILDING MORE FLEXIBLE

1:35:53D ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS TO BETTER

1:35:56ADDRESS MANY OF THE GAPS THAT WE

1:35:58WERE SEEING HERE AT THE CITY.

1:36:00AND WITHIN OUR OWN CRISIS

1:36:02RESPONSE SYSTEM.

1:36:03CONSIDERING THESE FACTORS, WE

1:36:05THEN BEGAN TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE

1:36:06OF THE PROGRAM. ANDHETHER,

1:36:08INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT THE

1:36:09PROGRAM SHOULD BE BROUGHT

1:36:10IN-HOUSE OR SHOULD CONTINUE AS A

1:36:12CONTRACTUAL SERVICE. AND

1:36:14LOOKING AT BOTH OF THOSE

1:36:16TIONS, WE CONSULTED WITH THE

1:36:18DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE CITY

1:36:19ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I.T., POLICE,

1:36:22AMONG SEVERAL OTHERS AND

1:36:24COORDINATED WITH SERVICE

1:36:26PARTNERS, SUCH AS HENNEPIN

1:36:28COUNTY BEHAVIOL HEALTH, AND

1:36:30THE NYU POLICING PROJECT. AFTED

1:36:34CONSIDERATION, WE DID DETERMINE

1:36:35THAT CONTINUING THIS AS ACONTRAT

1:36:38FOR THE TIME BEING, WAS THE

1:36:40PRACTICAL ROUTE. AND I'LL ALEVE

1:36:43SOME OF THIS -- DEPUTY CITY

1:36:46ATTORNEY TO SPEAK TO THE LEGAL

1:36:48ISSUES. MUCH OF THIS WAS

1:36:50BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS IN BEING

1:36:52TO COLLECT AND MAINTAIN

1:36:54SPECIFICALLY MENTAL HEALTH AND

1:36:56WELFARE DATA ON SPECIFIC

1:36:59INDIVIDUALS. THERE ARE GAPS,

1:37:00OUR UNDERSTANDING THERE ARE GAPS

1:37:01IN THE LAW THAT DON'T GRANT US

1:37:03TH SAME PROTECTIONS AS OTHER

1:37:05GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAV IN

1:37:06DOING THAT MUCH OF THIS WORK. BT

1:37:13THE -- I'LL SAY THE OPERATIONAL

1:37:15CONSIDERATIONS, AS WELL. HAVING

1:37:17AN IN-HOUSE MODEL WOULD

1:37:19CERTAINLY BE BENEFICIAL

1:37:21OPERATIONALLY. DOING THE RISK

1:37:24BENEFIT ANALYSIS, WE FELT

1:37:25KEEPING AS A CONTRACTUAL SERVICE

1:37:26WAS THE RIGHT COURSE FOR THE

1:37:28CITY. WE THEN MOVED AFTER

1:37:30MAKING A DETERMINATION,

1:37:32CONSIDERED HAVING MULTIPLE

1:37:32DISCUSONS ON THAT. WE THEN

1:37:34MOVED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP AND

1:37:36CREATE AOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE

1:37:38RFP, WHICH LED TO THE CONTRACT

1:37:40BEFORE YOU TODAY. WITH

1:37:41COMMUNITY BRIDGES FOR MOBILE

1:37:43CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICE.

1:37:45AND I'LL JUST SAY BORE I BRING

1:37:47IT -- BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO

1:37:49DEPUTY CIT ATTNEY ABLESON.

1:37:52THE BRINGING IT IN-HOUSE NOW

1:37:54THERE ARE LEGAL ISSUES. BUT I

1:37:56THINK EVEN IN CONSIDERING TRYING

1:37:58TO RUN THE OPERATIONS, WHAT WE

1:38:01LOOK -- WHEN WE LOOK AT

1:38:03POTENTIALLY BRINGING IT

1:38:04IN-HOUSE, WE WOULD NEED TO SET

1:38:05UP ALL THE INTERNAL SYSTEMS,E,

1:38:09PERSONNEL INFRASTRUCTURE, DATA

1:38:10INFRASTRUCTURE, ACCOUABILITY

1:38:11SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS

1:38:13PROGRAM IS WORKING, FRANKLY, AT

1:38:15THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND

1:38:17EXPECTATIONS THAT I THINK WE ALL

1:38:18WANT IT TO WORK.

1:38:19AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE,

1:38:22FRANKLY, READY FOR THAT. AND IT

1:38:24WILL BE A MATTER OF SEVERAL

1:38:26MONTHS, IF NOT OVER A YR, TO

1:38:28GET USES USES TO THAT

1:38:31POINT. I'LL LEAVE ITT THAT.

1:38:34AND MAYBE IT DEPUTY CITY

1:38:36ATTORNEY TO SAK QUICKLY.

1:38:38>> FOR 40 SECONDS.

1:38:40>> I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER

1:38:43VETAW.

1:38:47>> THANK YOU. DEPUTY CITY

1:38:52ATTORNEY, DAN ABELSON. IN THE

1:38:55MOST BRIEF OVERVIEW. WHEN THE

1:38:56CITY TRIES TO DO NEW AND

1:38:58EATIVE THINGS, SETIMES THE

1:38:59LAW IS NOT THERE YET. ANDTHAT'.

1:39:03IT'S THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE

1:39:05MINNESOTA HEALTH RECORDS ACT,

1:39:06WHICH SAYS VERY TIGHT CONTROLS

1:39:09ON HEALTH RECORDS. T

1:39:11MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT DATA

1:39:12PRACTICES ACT, AND THE

1:39:15OPERATIONAL MODEL OF BCR. THE

1:39:17DESIRE TO PROVIDE THESE WRAP

1:39:19AROUND SERVICES. SO IT'S THINGS

1:39:22ARE VERY TIGHTLY CONTROLLED

1:39:23UNDER THE HEALTH RECORDS ACT.

1:39:24WHILE THE FLIP SIDE IS SOME OF

1:39:26THE MORE SOCIAL SERVICES-TYPE

1:39:29DATA END UP POTENTIALLY BEING

1:39:31PUBLIC DATA BECAUSE THE CITY

1:39:33DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME

1:39:33PROTECTIONS AS THE COUNTY. ORE

1:39:38TYPICALLY PROVIDE THESE

1:39:40SERVICES.

1:39:40>> YOU'RE AT TE. COUNCIL

1:39:41MEMBER WONSLEY.

1:39:42>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:39:45JUST SOME INITIAL COMMENTS.

1:39:47ONE, BCR HAS BEEN WIDELY

1:39:49CELEBRATED AS A SUCCESSFUL

1:39:51PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM THAT

1:39:52REDUCES CALLS TO POLICE A,

1:39:54ALSO, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ENSURES

1:39:56SPECIALIZED MENTAL HEALTH

1:39:57SPONSES TO RESIDENTS IN NEED

1:40:01OF FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICEF

1:40:03HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE NEW YORK

1:40:06UNIVERSITY POLING PROJECT HAVE

1:40:07COMMENDED BCRS EFFECTIVE

1:40:11SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. IN A

1:40:12SPECIALIZED NATURE. AND ALSO

1:40:14EMPHASIZES IMPTANCE IN THE

1:40:15CITY'S WORK IN CREATING A

1:40:18COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY

1:40:18SYSTEM THAT RESPECTS THE HUMAN

1:40:20RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS

1:40:22OF ITS RESIDENTS. WHILE ALSO

1:40:24MAINTAINING HIGH-QUALITY

1:40:26RESPONSIVE SERVICES, AS WELL.

1:40:28NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US

1:40:29IS A FREY ADMINISTRATION,

1:40:31ESSENTIALLY PROPOSING A

1:40:34FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO BCR

1:40:36INCLUDING A WIDE VARIETY OF

1:40:38OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING

1:40:40RESPONDING TO UNSHELTERED

1:40:42HOMELESSNESS. AND QUOTE,

1:40:44UNQUOTE, FROM THE RFP LANGUAGE,

1:40:45QUALITY OF LIFE CRISIS. THESE

1:40:47SERVICES,LY NAME. I SAID ITN

1:40:50COMMITTEE ARE DUPLICATIVE WITH

1:40:51OTHER CITY SERVICES LIKE THE

1:40:52HOMELESS RESPONSE TEAM,ND A

1:40:55NEWLY-TRANSIS

1:40:58TRANSITIONED PROGRAM THAT IS

1:40:59CHARGEDDED WITH DOING LIVABILITY

1:41:02RESPONSES AS ARTICULATED AS A

1:41:03NEED FOR THE NEW SCOPE FOR BCR.

1:41:05SO, AGAIN, IT DOES NOT MAKE

1:41:07SENSE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT

1:41:09WITH ANOTHER OR NEW VENDOR

1:41:11COVERING THE SAME SCOPE OF

1:41:14SERVICES THAT OUR OWN EXISTING

1:41:17IN-HOUSE TEAMS LIKE THE HOMELESS

1:41:18RESPONSE TEAM AND COMMUNITY

1:41:20SAFETY AMBASSADORS ARE ALREADY

1:41:22PROVIDING.

1:41:22THAT SAI I ALSO STRONGLY

1:41:25OPPOSE CHANGING THE SCOPE OF THE

1:41:26BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE

1:41:28BECAUSE I BELIEVE MISSION CREEP

1:41:31THREATENS WHAT HAS BEEN AN

1:41:32EFFECTIVE PROGRAM. AND I

1:41:33SUPPORT PROTECTING THE ORIGINAL

1:41:35SUCCESSFUL SCOPE OF BCR. THE

1:41:37CITY SHOULD DEVELOP OR IMPROVE

1:41:39OTHER PROGRAMS TO RESPOND TO THE

1:41:40ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN

1:41:41ARTICULATED OR IDENTIFIED BY OCS

1:41:44AND THEIR EVALUATION. RATHER

1:41:45THAN TRYING TO FORCE ONE

1:41:49SPECIALIZED INSUCCESSFUL PROGRAM

1:41:50TO ABSORB A A LOT OF NEW

1:41:53SERVES OF WORK OR DIFFERENT

1:41:54TYPES OF WORK IT WAS NOT

1:41:55DESIGNED TO DO. I ALSO BELIEVE

1:41:56WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO

1:42:00BRING THE PROGRAM IN-HOUSE

1:42:01INSTEAD OF CTRACTING OUT. THE

1:42:02EXTERNAL VENDOR. AND I WANT TO

1:42:04NAME IT'S NOT A NEW IDEA OF

1:42:06BRINGING THE SERVICE IN-HOUSE.

1:42:08IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR YEARS,

1:42:09IN FACT, AND MANY COCIL

1:42:10MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT

1:42:11FOR IT. IN THE PILOT

1:42:14DEVELOENT, SIMILAR TO PRIOR

1:42:17PROGRAMS, UMM, THAT HAVE GONE

1:42:19UNDER A PILOT THE GOAL WAS TO

1:42:21BRING THIS IN-HOUSE. AND HAVE

1:42:23IT BE ADMINISTERED BY A

1:42:25DEPARTMENT AND TO HAVE CITY

1:42:27PERSONNEL, UMM, BE THE ONES

1:42:29DOING ON THE GROUND WORK WITH

1:42:31THEN BCR. EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN

1:42:35HERE, I'VE SEEN CITY COUNCIL

1:42:36HAVE TO DO LAST-MINUTE

1:42:38INTERVENTION TO SAVE THE

1:42:39BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE

1:42:41PROGRAM BECAUSE THE OFFICE OF

1:42:42COMMUNITY SAFETY AND THE FREY

1:42:44ADMINIRATION, OVERALL, HAS

1:42:45REPEATEDLY PUT IT IN JEOPARDY.

1:42:47NOW MOVING IN-HOUSE WLD MEAN

1:42:50WE COULD FINALLY END THE CYCLE

1:42:51OF INSTABILITY AND FINAL

1:42:53SOLIDIFY OUR COMMITMENT TO

1:42:53MAKING SURE THAT THIS SUCCESSFUL

1:42:55SERVICE IS A PERMANENT PART OFTY

1:42:59BEYOND POLICING EFFORTS.

1:43:02IN-HOUSE PROGRAMS ARE ALSO THE

1:43:03MOST COST EFFECTIVE. THE SUB

1:43:06CONTRACTING TO EXTERNAL VENDORS.

1:43:07THE PROPOSE THE CONTRACT DOES

1:43:09NOT ADVANCE OUR GOALS OF

1:43:11PROTECTING, AGAIN, THE

1:43:13SUCCESSFUL AND ORIGINAL SCOPE O

1:43:16AND IN RESPONSE TO THAT, COUNCIL

1:43:17MEMBER CHAVEZ, STEVENSON,

1:43:19MYSELF, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT

1:43:21PAYNE ARE BRINGING A LEGISLATIVE

1:43:23FORWARD NEXT PSYC CYCLE

1:43:26ASKING THE FREY ADMINISTRATION'S

1:43:29TRANSITION PLAN FOR BCR TO BRING

1:43:31IT IN-HOUSE. ONE OF THE

1:43:32REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ON HOW

1:43:34THE TRANSITION CAN BE COMPLET

1:43:36WITHOUT ANY INTERRUPTION IN

1:43:38SERVICE DELIVERY. BECAUSE I

1:43:39WANT TO BE CLEAR, THAT THE

1:43:40CURRENT CONTRACT IN FRONT OF US,

1:43:41WILL ALSO CREATE A GAP IN

1:43:43SERVICES. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING

1:43:45THAT ANYONE WANTS. THERE ARE

1:43:47ALSO OTHER INSTANCES WHERE THE

1:43:48CITY HAS COME UP WITH STOP-GAP

1:43:51MEASURES TO PREVENT GAP IN

1:43:53SERVICE. AN EXAMPLE IS

1:43:54SHOTSPOTTER. CONTRACT WAS CLOSE

1:43:56TO EXPIRINGUT THE COUNCIL WAS

1:43:58AWAITING CRUCIAL INFORMATION

1:43:59ABOUT HOW TO MAKE AN INFORMED

1:44:02DECISION AROUND THAT PARTICULAR

1:44:03SUB CONTRACT WITH EXTERNAL

1:44:05VENDOR IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS.

1:44:07SO THE CONTRACT WAS EXTENDED FOR

1:44:08A SHORT INTERIM PERIOD OF TIME

1:44:10TO FACILITATE --

1:44:11>> POINT OF ORDER.

1:44:14>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE MADE

1:44:15A MEMBER OF ORDER. STATE YOUR

1:44:17POINT.

1:44:17>> WE'RE TALKINGBOUT THE

1:44:19MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE CONTRACT.

1:44:20NOT THE SHOTSPOTTER CONTRACT.

1:44:23>> AH, I BELIEVE IT'S GERMANE.

1:44:26IT'S IN REFERENCE TO HOW

1:44:27SERVICES ARE CONTINUED AT THE

1:44:28END OF A CONTRACT. IF THE

1:44:30COUNCIL MEMBER COULD COMPLETE

1:44:31HER STATEMENTS.>> THANK YOU.

1:44:32>> I WOULD ASSUME THAT'S GOING

1:44:33TO BE --

1:44:33>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID I.

1:44:36>> COU COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

1:44:37I'D LIKE TO HAVE A VOTE ON YOUR

1:44:39DECISION.

1:44:40>> THE COUNCIL MEMBER APPEALED

1:44:41THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR.

1:44:46MR. CLERK, WOU YOU LIKE TO

1:44:47CALL THE ROLL. AND GIVE SOME

1:44:50GUIDANCE.

1:44:50>> MR. PRESIDENT, ON APPL OF

1:44:52THE DECISION THE CHAIR WE TAKE A

1:44:54VOTE. IF THERE IS MAJORITY VOTE

1:44:56IT OVERTURNS THE DECISION OF THE

1:44:58CHAIR. YES VOTE SUSTAINS THE

1:45:01CHAIR'S RULING THAT THE COMMENTS

1:45:02MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY

1:45:04WERE ON POINT. A NO VOTE WOULD

1:45:07BE TO DENY THE CHAIR'S RULING

1:45:09AND OVERTURN THAT. IF YOU'RE

1:45:11READY, I CAN CALL THE ROLL.

1:45:13>> CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.

1:45:15>> CHOWDHURY.

1:45:15>> AYE.

1:45:16>> STEVENSON.

1:45:17>> AYE.

1:45:18>> RAINVILLE.

1:45:19>> NO.

1:45:19>> VETAW.

1:45:21>> AYE.

1:45:21>> PALMISANO.

1:45:23>> NO.

1:45:23>> CHAVEZ.

1:45:25>> AYE.

1:45:26>> SHAFFER.

1:45:27>> NO.

1:45:28>> WONSLEY.

1:45:29>> AYE.

1:45:29>> CHUGHTAI.

1:45:31>> AYE.

1:45:31>> WHITING.>> AYE.

1:45:33>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

1:45:34>> AYE.

1:45:34>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:45:35>> AYE.

1:45:36>> THERE ARE NINE AYES AND THREE

1:45:38NAYS.

1:45:39>> AH, THAT DECISION REMAINS.

1:45:40AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY,

1:45:42LE PLEAS CONTINUE.

1:45:44>> QUICK, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:45:45WHILE MY TIME IT WAS WASTED

1:45:46DURING THE WHOLE EXERCISE, AH,

1:45:50WILL I BE ABLE TO RECLAIM M

1:45:53TIME?

1:45:53>> I BELIEVE THE TIMER WAS

1:45:55PAUSED.

1:45:55>> THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO

1:45:56WHAT I SAID ORIGINALLY, AN

1:45:58EXAMPLE WAS SHOTSPOTTER. WE

1:45:59WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE

1:46:00ADMINISTRATION TO PUT A STOPGAP

1:46:02MEASURE IN PLACE OF EXTENDING

1:46:04THE CONTRACT FOR A YEA WHILE WE

1:46:07DID OUR DUE DUAL JENSEN OF

1:46:08EVALUATING THE CONTRACT D

1:46:09GETTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1:46:10BEFORE WE WERE ASKED TO MAKE A

1:46:14MORE PERMANENT DECISION ABOUT

1:46:15THAT. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THAT

1:46:16PROCESS RIGHT NOW.SO THAT DEMONO

1:46:19HAVE OPTIONS TO PREVENT A LAPSE

1:46:20OF SERVICE. SO WITH THAT SAID,

1:46:23I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS

1:46:24CONTRACT PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF

1:46:25US. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO

1:46:27HEARING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION

1:46:28ABOUT THEIR NEXT STEPS TO

1:46:30TRANSITION THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

1:46:31RESPONSE TO AN IN-HOUSE PROGRAM

1:46:33WITH THEIR ORIGINAL SCOPE, UMM,

1:46:36PROTECTED AND PRESERVED, UMM,

1:46:38WITH THE PROPOSALS TO OFFERING

1:46:40INTERIM S S SOLUTIONS TO

1:46:43PREVENT A LAPSE IN SERVICE.

1:46:44>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

1:46:47>> THANK YOU. JUST AS A

1:46:49QUESTION FOR JARED. I WAS NOT

1:46:53IN THE COMMITTEE. SO I

1:46:54UNDERSTAND WE ARE VOTING FOR

1:46:59THIS CONTRACT TO BE APPROVED BY

1:47:04AN ORGANIZATIONAL COMPANY TOO

1:47:05THE WORK FOR US. I WANTED TO

1:47:07KNOW, UMM, HOW THAT DECISION WAS

1:47:10MADE. AND HAS THERE BEEN

1:47:15CONSIDERATION OF HOW THIS

1:47:18COMMUNITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS

1:47:22DIVERSE BACKGROUND, DIFFERENT

1:47:24CULTURES, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

1:47:27AND AT THE SAME TIME A LOT OF

1:47:29UNHOUSED MENTAL HEALTH,

1:47:31ADDICTION, AND WHAT, ALSO, --

1:47:35HOW FAMILIAR ARE THEY WITH CITY

1:47:39OF MINNEAPOLIS?

1:47:40>> MR. JEFFREYS.

1:47:42>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, I'LL

1:47:44TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF YOUR

1:47:46QUESTIONS. PLEASE LET ME KNOW

1:47:47IF I MISS ANYTHING.

1:47:48SO AS PART OF THE RFP PROCESS,

1:47:53WHICH I THINK IT SHOULD BE ON

1:47:55LIMS AT THIS POINT. THE ACTUAL

1:47:57RFP DOCUMENT. WE LOOKED FOR

1:47:59VENDORS TO PROVIDE THI EXPANDED

1:48:00SCOPE OF SERVICE. THAT COULD

1:48:03DEMONSTRATE AISTORY OF

1:48:05PROVIDING THESE TYPES OF

1:48:06SERVICES TO DIVERSE CMUNITIES

1:48:09THAT HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE IN THIS

1:48:12WORK. AND HAD A VERY LONG LIST

1:48:14OF FACTORS THAT WE CONDERED.

1:48:17THE ORIGINAL POWERPOINT I

1:48:20PROVIDED IN PHSE HAD A BREAKDOWN

1:48:21OF THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA THAT WE

1:48:23LONGED AT.

1:48:25THE RFP WAS EXTREMELY

1:48:27COMPETITIVE. WE HAD SEVEN

1:48:29VENDORS THAT APPLIED. SOME OF

1:48:31THEM LOCALLY. SOME NATIONALLY.

1:48:33AND HOW WEOT TO COMMUNITY

1:48:36BRIDGES WAS THAT THEY DID

1:48:39PROVIDE SEVERAL DIFFERENT

1:48:40EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY HA

1:48:43PROVIDED THESE SERVICES IN,

1:48:44FRANKLY, MORE DIVERSE

1:48:46COMMUNITIES THAN OS. THAT

1:48:47HAVE EXPERIENCED VERY SIMILAR

1:48:50ISSUES. AND HAVE HAD A HISTORY

1:48:53OF PERFORMING KIND OF AN

1:48:55EXPANDED SCOPE AND HAVE DONE IT

1:48:56IN OTHER AREAS OF THE COUNTRY,

1:48:57AS WELL. WHERE IN MANY CITIES

1:49:01AND STATES, THIS IS A BROADER

1:49:03MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICE.

1:49:07I THINK ON THE RFP EVALUATION,

1:49:10AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE CRITERIA,

1:49:13WE CONSIDERED THE HISTORY, THEY

1:49:16PROVIDED REFENCES, PERFORMANCE

1:49:17REFERENCES, WE WERE VERY, VERY

1:49:19THOROUGH IN HOW WE GOT TO OUR

1:49:22CONCLUSION. AS FAR AS HOW THEY

1:49:23WILL OPERATE LOCALLY, THE VENDOR

1:49:26HAS PROPOSED HIRING LOCALLY. SO

1:49:28THAT THEY WILL -- THEIR

1:49:30EMPLOYEES WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH

1:49:32MINNEAPOLIS. TO GET THE PROGRAM

1:49:34STARTED UP, THEY WILL PROVIDE

1:49:36LEADERSHIP FROM THEIR NATIONAL

1:49:40BASES TO BE WORKING WITH THE

1:49:41CITY TO GET IT ESTABLISHED,

1:49:42HIGHER UP, AND PROVIDE THE

1:49:43ITIAL SERVICE. BUT THE

1:49:45INTENTION IS TT THIS ORATION

1:49:48IS RUN LOCALLY BY PEOPLE WHO

1:49:50KNOW THE COMMUNITY. I HOPE I

1:49:51ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS. IF

1:49:53THERE'S ANYTHING UNANSWERED ...

1:49:56>> THE ANSWER THAT THEY WOULD

1:49:59LOCALLY RUN. BUT MY QUESTION IS

1:50:01WHAT EXPERIENCE DO THEY HAVE

1:50:03SPECIFICLY IN MINNEAPOLIS. I

1:50:06DON'T THINK COMPARING DIFFERENT

1:50:08DEMOGRAPHICS OR DIFFERENT PEOPLE

1:50:09IN DIFFERENT STATES ARE THE

1:50:10SAME. WE ARE UNIQUE. WE WENT

1:50:14THROUGH METRO SURGE. WE HAVE

1:50:16IMMIGRANTS. W HAVE DIFFERENT

1:50:18LANGUAGES. SO MINNEAPOLIS IS

1:50:20DIFFERENT THAN ARIZONAR ANY

1:50:23OTHER STATE. SO I WANT TO KNOW

1:50:25SPECIFICALLY HOW CONNECTED ARE

1:50:27THEY -- ARE THEY CONNECTED TO

1:50:28CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AT ALL. OR

1:50:31JUST RELYING ON FUTURE

1:50:32EMPLOYEES? BECAUSE BEING A

1:50:34EMPLOYEE IS DIFFERENT THAN BEING

1:50:35IN LEADERSHIP. LEADERSHIP IS

1:50:36THE ONE WHO MAKES THE DECISIONS

1:50:38HOW THEY'RE RUN. SO I WANT TO

1:50:42KNOW SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES THEY

1:50:45HAVE WITH MINNEAPOLIS,

1:50:46SPECIFICALLY.

1:50:47>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

1:50:49VICE PRESIDENT, SO I'LL JUST

1:50:51STEP BACK AND SAY SOMETHING YOU

1:50:54SAID PREVIOUSLY. THIS

1:50:57ORGANIZATION, COMMUNITY BRIDGES,

1:50:58HAS A DEMONSTRATED HTORY OF

1:51:01WORKING IN SOCIETIES THAT SPEAK

1:51:05MULTI MULTIPL LANGUAGES,

1:51:06THAT HAVEXPERIENCED

1:51:08IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. MANY

1:51:09OF THE SHARED EXPERIENCES WE

1:51:10HAVE WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT

1:51:12CITIES. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY

1:51:15ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS WITH

1:51:17MINNESOTA. BUT I THINK YOU

1:51:18COULD SAY THAT FOR A LOT OF

1:51:20DIFFENT VENDORS THAT THE CITY

1:51:23CONTRACTS WITH. RPECTFULLY, I

1:51:25WOULD PUSHBACK AGAINST THE IDEA

1:51:28THAT WE SHOULD ONLY LOOK AT

1:51:30HYPERLOCAL V VENDORS. YOU'RE

1:51:32RIGHT OUR EXPERIENCE SET IS

1:51:35UNIQUE. WE KNOW OTHER JURIES --

1:51:39NO OTHER JURISDICTIONS WILL HAVE

1:51:40THE EXACT SAME EXPERIENCES. I

1:51:41THINK THERE ARE GOO LESSONS TO

1:51:44BE LEARNED AND WAYS WE CAN

1:51:45IMPROVE AS A CITY BY LOOKING

1:51:48OUTSIDE OF JUST THE PEOPLE WHO

1:51:49ARE HERE.

1:51:50>> YEA I'M JUST CLOSING DOWN.

1:51:52I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I

1:51:54DERSTAND YOUR PUSHBACK. TO

1:51:57PEOPLE THAT KNOW US KNOW US VERY

1:51:59WELL. THAT KNOW OUR EXPERIENCE,

1:52:01THAT KNOW OUR HISTORY, THAT KNOW

1:52:03OUR HOW WE OPERATE, THE CULTURAL

1:52:05CORRIDORS. THERE'S A LOT OF

1:52:06THINGS THAT CAN G WRONG BY

1:52:08WORKING PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW

1:52:10YOU. I.C.E. COMING HERE.

1:52:13TRYING TO DO OPERATIONS. WE

1:52:15HAVE SEEN WHAT THEY HAV DONE TO

1:52:17OUR COMMUNITIES. I'M NOT

1:52:19COMPARING I.C.E. TO THIS

1:52:22ORGANIZATION OR ANYTHING LIKE

1:52:24THIS. PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO

1:52:27WE ARE AS MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS

1:52:29AND THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE, IT'S

1:52:31HARD TO WORK WITH THEM, IN

1:52:32GENERAL. BUT PEOPLE THAT KNOW

1:52:34US, DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY

1:52:35CAME FROM. PEOPLE THAT KNOW US,

1:52:37THEY KNOW OUR HISTORY, THAT

1:52:39KNOW -- THAT HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE

1:52:41OF WORKING WITH MINNEAPOLIS

1:52:43RESIDENTS. VERY DIVERSE

1:52:45COMMUNITY WITH DIFFERENT

1:52:47CULTURES, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS,

1:52:48DIFFERENT STORIES. THOSE ARE

1:52:49THE RIGHT FIT, IN MY OPINION.

1:52:51I'LL LEAVE IT THERE.

1:52:53>> BEFORE I CALLN COUNCIL

1:52:55MEMBER WHITING, I'LL CLAFY

1:52:57THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ'S

1:52:59MOTION FOR DENIAL, WHICH WAS THE

1:53:01ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN AT

1:53:03COMMITTEE. SO THE MOTION THAT

1:53:05WE'RE DEBATING RIGHT NOW IS THE

1:53:06DENIAL. COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING.

1:53:09>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

1:53:13I HEAR THIS, THIS CONVERSATION

1:53:15RIGHT NOW ABOUT SPECIFIC ITEM.

1:53:17I THINK IT'S HELPFUL IN

1:53:18UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE CITY CAN

1:53:20AND SHOULD MOVE AS IT RELATES TO

1:53:22OUR CRISIS RESPONSE. AND THE

1:53:24TWO KIND OF MAIN, I THINK,

1:53:26POINTS OF CONTENTION HERE ARE

1:53:28WHETHER NOT WE SHOULD BRING

1:53:30BCR IN-HOUSE. AND IF THE

1:53:33CURRENT CONTRACT IN FRONT OF US

1:53:37LL INCREASE OR ENCOURAGE ANY

1:53:39VERSION OF SERVICE DISRUPTION

1:53:41WITH THE ENDING -- THE END OF

1:53:43THE BCR CONTRACT COMING UP. AND

1:53:45WITH THA I FULLY AGREE WITH

1:53:47MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES THIS CITY

1:53:49SHOULD EVENTUALLY BRING BCR

1:53:52IN-HOUSE. WHICH WILL BE MCR.

1:53:54RIGHT NOW, FROM THE WAY I'VE

1:53:56SEEN IN THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE

1:53:57HAD, WE HAVE ZERO CAPACITY.

1:54:01ZERO CAPACITY TO BRING THIS I

1:54:03IN-HOUSE. NONE. IF CRISIS

1:54:07RESPONSE IS A CORE SERVICE THAT

1:54:08WE BELIEVE IT IS, WHICH I THINK

1:54:10IT IS. WE HAVE SEEN BCR DO A

1:54:13FANTASTIC JOB. AND, I'M SORRY,

1:54:15BY BCR, I MEAN CANOPY ROOTS DO A

1:54:18FANTASTIC JOB IN THIS CITY AS IT

1:54:19RELATES TO MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS,

1:54:22PEOPLE IN CRISIS, THE WORK THEY

1:54:23DO. I THINK IT'S BEEN OVER

1:54:2545,000 CALLS THAT FALL UNDER

1:54:29THAT MENTAL HEALTH APPROACH THAT

1:54:30WE ARE SEEING WITH COPY ROOTS.

1:54:33TO THAT POINT, I'VE HEARD, I

1:54:36THINK MY COLLEAGUES TALK ABOUT

1:54:39THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT

1:54:40MEASURES BRINGING THIS IN-HOUSE

1:54:41DOES. I FULLY AGREE. THAT IS A

1:54:47YEAR PROCESS ON A QUICK END.

1:54:50AND A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS INREALS

1:54:55SOMETHING THAT IS -- IF THIS,

1:54:56AGAIN, IS SOMETHING WE

1:54:59-- AND WITH THAT, IF THIS IS

1:55:01SOMETHING WE FULLY BELIEVE.

1:55:03TO THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S

1:55:10POINT, WE HAVE A GUARANTEED

1:55:12SERVICE DISRUPTION IF WE DO NOT

1:55:14APPROVE THIS CONTRACT AND THE

1:55:15BCR CONTRACT IN FRONT OF US IS

1:55:17NOT APPROVED OR EXTENDED.

1:55:21AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE DO NOT

1:55:23HAVE ANY GROUP IN THIS CITY

1:55:24DOING CRISIS RESPONSE.

1:55:27ZERO.

1:55:27AND WE KNOW HOW THIS BODY WORKS.

1:55:31I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE GAMBL

1:55:32OF THIS NOT BEING APPROVED AND

1:55:34THERE NOT BEI A CONTRACT

1:55:37EXTENSION FOR BCR.

1:55:39WE'LL BE AT ZE.

1:55:41IF WE DON'T HAVE -- I DO THINK

1:55:43TO COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S POINT AND

1:55:45A FEW OTHERS, I THINK THE

1:55:47HANDOFF AND THE TIMING OF ABOUT

1:55:48TWO AND A HALF MONTHS IS QUITE

1:55:51FAST.

1:55:51BUT IT IS NOT -- I WILL TAKE

1:55:54THAT GAMBLE OVER THERE NOT BEING

1:55:56ANY CRISISESPONSE IN THE CITY.

1:56:01WITH THAT, THE OTHER OPTION AND

1:56:04I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT, AGAIN,

1:56:11COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY I THINK

1:56:13PUT IT QUITE WELL; THIS IS A

1:56:14FUNDAMENTAL CHANG FROM WHAT WE

1:56:16CURRENTLY DO.

1:56:18FUNDAMENTAL.

1:56:19WE AREA

1:56:28TRANSPORTATION-ONLY COSTS.

1:56:29WE HAVE POLICE AND FIRE DO LOCK

1:56:31UPS FOR EMERGENCY FOR NONMENTAL

1:56:33HEALTH WELLNESS CHECKS, FOR

1:56:35CHILD WELFARE ASSISTANCE.

1:56:37WHAT WE HAVE KNOWN OVER THE PAST

1:56:40DECADES IN THIS CITY, POLICE

1:56:43SHOULD NOT BE MAKING THOSE

1:56:46CALLS.

1:56:48SO YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,

1:56:50COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, I THINK

1:56:51THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE

1:56:52FROM WHAT WE CURRENTLYDO.

1:56:53AND WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE WHO

1:56:55ARE TRAINED IN A WAY TO DO THIS

1:56:57AT IS NOT TRADITIONAL LAW

1:56:58ENFORCEMENT.

1:56:59THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING AS

1:57:00HOW CITIES HAVE MOVED FORWARD IN

1:57:03A VERSION THAT IS NOT

1:57:04TRADITIONAL POLICE SHOWING UP TO

1:57:05THINGS THAT THEY ARE NOT TRAINED

1:57:06TO DO.

1:57:07AND THAT'S WHY I THINK, AGAIN, I

1:57:09THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS

1:57:11COUNCIL SEES IT AS SOMETHING WE

1:57:13SHOULD BE MOVING TOWARDS.

1:57:15I WILL END KIND OF WITH MY NOTES

1:57:18HERE WITH MCR, WITH THIS MOBILE

1:57:27CRISIS RESPONSE, THIS IS

1:57:28SOMETHING THAT IS TIED IN THE

1:57:29SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

1:57:30YOU CAN GO THRGH I THINK IT'S

1:57:32PART SIX IN THE CONSENT DECREE.

1:57:35WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A MOBILE

1:57:36CRISIS RESPONSE IN THE CITY.

1:57:38THAT IS A FULLY EXPLAINED

1:57:40PROCESS WITHIN THE CONSENT

1:57:42DECREE THAT WE ARE ATTACHED TO,

1:57:44THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER.

1:57:46AND I WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD A

1:57:49COMPLETE JUDGE ORDER ON IT, BUT

1:57:50WE DON'T, HAVE AN EXECUTIVE

1:57:52ORDER.

1:57:52THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD

1:57:53BE MOVING TO.

1:57:54I HEAR ALL OF THE CONCERNS AGAIN

1:57:56ABOUT, I THINK WE HAVE A

1:57:57FANTASTIC GROUP IN BCR.

1:57:59I THINK THEY HAVE DONE -- SORRY,

1:58:02THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

1:58:04AND INONVERSATIONS WITH DEPUTY

1:58:08COMMISSIONER JEFFREYS AND OTHERS

1:58:11THAT COMMUNITY BRIDGES NEED TO

1:58:12BE LOOKING AT THE PROVIDERS THAT

1:58:13HAVE DONE THIS WORK.

1:58:14D I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT

1:58:17WITH DEPUTY JEFFREYS.

1:58:19I THINK THEY SHOULD BE THE FIRST

1:58:21ONES IN LINE FOR THESE

1:58:23INRVIEWS TO HIRE TO DO THAT

1:58:23EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

1:58:24AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT

1:58:26IF THIS AGAIN DOES PASS, THAT I

1:58:28WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR EVERY

1:58:29STEP OF THE WAY.

1:58:32TO COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN'S POINT,

1:58:34THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE

1:58:35DONE IT

1:58:36AND THEY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT

1:58:37SHOULD BE IN THOSE INTERVIEWS

1:58:39AND SHOULD HAVE THOSE INTERVIEWS

1:58:40AND SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE THE

1:58:42FIRST REFUSAL IN NOT TAKING A

1:58:45JOB.

1:58:45I DON'T THINK WE CAN THROW THAT

1:58:46INTO A CONTRACT, BUT IT'S CLOSE

1:58:48ENOUGH.

1:58:49WITH THAT, IT IS BEWILDERING TO

1:58:50ME THAT WE ARE SITTING HERE

1:58:53TALKING ABOUT A PROCESS THAT

1:58:55WILL TAKE YEARS.

1:58:56AND THINK WE ALLNOW THAT IT

1:58:58WILL TAKE YEARS, THAT IT'S TAKEN

1:58:59YEARS TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION

1:59:01ABOUT BRINGING THIS IN HOUSE.

1:59:03TO DO THAT WITHIN TWO MONTHS,

1:59:08THE BCR CONTRACT WILL ENDN

1:59:10JANUARY 1ST.

1:59:10IF THAT IS NOT EXTENDED, WE HAVE

1:59:14RO CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICE IN

1:59:14THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

1:59:16I DO NOT THINK THAT IS SOMETHING

1:59:18TO GAMBLE WITH.

1:59:20THANK YOU.

1:59:20>> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

1:59:22>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

1:59:25I'LL START WITH SAYING THAT THE

1:59:30BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONS

1:59:33PROGRAM IS A CRITICAL SERVICE IN

1:59:36OUR CITY.

1:59:37IT IS A BELOVED AND HEAVILY

1:59:42UTILIZED PROGRAM AND SERVICE TO

1:59:44OUR CONSTITUENTS.

1:59:46IT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION TO SAY

1:59:49THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE

1:59:51PROGRAM QUITE LITERALLY SAVES

1:59:54LIVES.

1:59:55I'LL START WITH SHARING THAT I'M

2:00:01NOT GOIN TO BE VOTING FOR

2:00:02APPROVING THIS CONTRACT TODAY.

2:00:04I WILL BE VOTING FOR THE MOTION

2:00:06TO DENY THIS CONTRACT TODAY.

2:00:09BELIEVE THAT THE

2:00:11ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT HAVE AN

2:00:12ADEQUATE TRANSITION PLAN THAT

2:00:14THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US OVER

2:00:15THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF MONTHS

2:00:19TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF

2:00:21SERVICE.

2:00:22PASSINTHIS CONTRACT TODAY WILL

2:00:24CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT DISRUION

2:00:29IN SERVICES.

2:00:30THIS IS THE UNARMED -- THIS

2:00:32PROGRAM IS THE UNARMED PUBLIC

2:00:34SAFETY RESPONSE THAT WE ALL,ND

2:00:35BY WE ALL, I MEAN THE COUNCIL

2:00:38AND THE MAYOR, OEN HIGHLIGHT

2:00:40AS A MAJOR SUCCESS FOR

2:00:43MINNEAPOLIS.

2:00:43AND TO CREATE A DISRUPTION IN

2:00:45THIS SERVICE THAT OUR RESIDENTS

2:00:47RELY ON IS UNACCEPTABLE.

2:00:50I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN

2:00:52ON ONE HAND PRAISE THE WORK THAT

2:00:54HAS BEEN DONE IN CRISIS RESPONSE

2:00:57AND THEN PROPOSE DRASTICALLY

2:00:58CHANGING THAT MODEL WITHOUT

2:00:59APPROPRIATE ENGAGEMENT.

2:01:02I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD

2:01:03BE THE WORK OF LICENSED MEDICAL

2:01:06PROFESSIONALS TO BE DOING NEEDLE

2:01:09CLEAN UP.

2:01:11THEIR TIME SHOULD BE SPENT

2:01:12ACTUALLY PROVIDING CARE TO

2:01:13PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CRISIS.

2:01:15WE ALREADY HAVE CONTRACTS THAT

2:01:21ADDRESS LIVABILITY CONCERNS.

2:01:22TO GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT

2:01:25MORE DETAIL, IN THIS UPCOMING

2:01:27YEAR, IN 2027, THE CITY IS

2:01:29PROPOSING, THE ADMINISTRATION IS

2:01:30PROPOSING TO BRING THE COMMUNITY

2:01:31SAFETY AMBASSADORS PROGRAM IN

2:01:32HOUSE.

2:01:35THAT IS THE PLACE WHERE

2:01:37LIVABILITY CONCERNS ARE

2:01:37ADDRESSED.

2:01:41AND I'LL NOTE THAT THE COMMUNITY

2:01:43SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM IS

2:01:43STILL A PILOT.

2:01:45WHEREAS THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

2:01:47RESPONSE PROGRAM IS A SUCCESSFUL

2:01:50PROGRAM OF OUR CITY.

2:01:54WE HAVE NEEDLE CLEAN UP

2:01:55CONTRACTS IN THE HEAH

2:01:57DEPARTMENT.

2:01:57WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY SAFETY

2:01:59AMBASSADORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

2:01:59SAFETY DEPARTMENT.

2:02:01THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THAT WE ARE

2:02:04ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING ISSUES

2:02:07THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS

2:02:09EXPANDED SCOPE OF SERVICE FROM

2:02:10THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE

2:02:11ADMINISTRATION.

2:02:14TO ME, IT'S ALSO INCREDIBLY

2:02:16CONCERNING THA AS THE

2:02:18ADMINISTRATION HAS CONSIDERED

2:02:20EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE

2:02:22BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE

2:02:23PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE DONE ZERO

2:02:25ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BROADER

2:02:27COMMUNITY IN MINNEAPOLIS.

2:02:28AND THAT THERE WAS NO ENGAGEMENT

2:02:31WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO

2:02:32AS WE KNOW, AND AS THEY HAVE

2:02:34STATED ON THIS DAIS ON THE

2:02:37RECORD, THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS

2:02:41TO PROTECT PRIVATE CLIENT DATA

2:02:43AND DO SO ALREADY.

2:02:48I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT OR I'LL

2:02:51CLOSE HERE WITH MENTIONING THAT

2:02:53IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO

2:02:55REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THIS

2:02:58CONTRACT IS APPROVED OR DENIED

2:02:59IS A CHOICE OF THE

2:03:02ADMINISTRATION.

2:03:02I BELIEVE THAT IT'S EASIER TO

2:03:05EXTEND A CONTRACT WITH AN

2:03:07EXISTING VENDOR FOR A SHORTER

2:03:11PERIOD OF TIME THAN TO BRING

2:03:12PEOPLE FROM ARIZONA TO LEARN OUR

2:03:15CITY AND TO STAND UP A BRAND NEW

2:03:17EXPANDED PROGRAM IN TWO AND A

2:03:18HALF MONTHS.

2:03:22AND THEN I'LL JUST BRIEFLY

2:03:24MENTION, THE FIRST CONVERSATION

2:03:26I HAD WITH ANYONE IN THE

2:03:27ADMINISTRATION ABOUT BRINGING

2:03:27THIS PROGRAM IN HOUSE WAS TWO

2:03:30YEARS AGO WITH THE COMMISSIONER

2:03:31OF COMMUNITY SAFETY.

2:03:35AND AT THAT TIME HE WAS HAVING

2:03:38VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY

2:03:39CONVERSATIONS AND IDEATION ABOUT

2:03:44HOW THIS PROGRAM COULD

2:03:45POTENTIALLY COME IN HOUSE.

2:03:47I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO SAY THAT

2:03:48THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE STARTING

2:03:50RIGHT NOW.

2:03:51THAT ISOT TRUE.

2:03:52AS THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

2:03:53MENTIONED, THE WORK OF BRINGING

2:03:55THIS IN HOUSE COULD TAKE A FEW

2:03:57MONTHS, IT COULD TAKE A YEAR.

2:03:59THESE ARE ALL SOLVABLE

2:04:01SOLUTIONS.

2:04:01WE COULD HAVE AN INTERIM

2:04:02SOLUTION FOR THE NEXT YEAR,

2:04:03RATHER THAN BRINGIN SOMEONE

2:04:05FROM ARIZONA TO COME AND LEARN

2:04:06OUR CITY, TO STAND UP A BRAND

2:04:08NE PROGRAM.

2:04:10I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT WILL

2:04:12NOT DEFINITELY RESULT IN A

2:04:15DISRUPTION TO SERVICE COME

2:04:16JANUARY 1ST.

2:04:19>> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

2:04:21>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:04:25I CERTAINLY BELIEVE THAT THE

2:04:26ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE THE WORK

2:04:30AROUND DEVELOPING A TRANSITION

2:04:33PLAN.

2:04:34COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU JUST TALKED

2:04:36ABOUT HOW THE COMMISSIONER

2:04:37TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF

2:04:39YEARS AGO.

2:04:40AND CERTAINLY I'VE HAD MEETINGS

2:04:41FOR AOUPLE YEARS ABOUT A

2:04:43TRANSITION TO IN HOUSE.

2:04:45BUT I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IN

2:04:46BETWEEN THOSE CONVERSATIONS IS

2:04:48WE FOUND OUT FROM PARTNERS IN

2:04:51BLIC SAFETY, RATHER THAT THE

2:04:53THE SAFE AND THRIVING

2:04:55COMMUNITIES REPORT, WHETHER

2:04:58THAT'S THE PARTNERS AROUND

2:05:02UNARMED PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSES

2:05:05THAT THIS MCR WAS THE NEXT WAY

2:05:07TO GO.

2:05:07NOT NECESSALY THAT WE SHOULD

2:05:09NEVER GET TO A PLACE OF IN

2:05:11HOUSE.

2:05:11BUT MCR WAS THE NEXT ST.

2:05:14I WILL SAY, IT WAS ALARMING TO

2:05:16ME WHENE TRANSITIONED THE BCR

2:05:19INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT

2:05:20A PLAN.

2:05:22THAT JUST CAME UP IN A MEETING,

2:05:24A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT

2:05:26IT, AND THEN SUDDENLY IT BECAME

2:05:28THE NEW WAY TO DO THINGS.

2:05:30I DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHY

2:05:31WE WERE DOING THAT.

2:05:33BUT WE DID TT AT THE TIME.

2:05:35AND SO THAT HAD NO PLAN.

2:05:37I HAVE BEEN HAVING

2:05:39CONVERSATIONS, ESPECIALLY SINCE

2:05:40IT WENT INTO FIRE.

2:05:42I WILL SAY, CHIEF BRECKER

2:05:46DOEST TALK A LOT.

2:05:47BUT SHE WILL TALK YOUR HEAD OFF

2:05:48ABOUT THE TRANSITION FROM BCR TO

2:05:51MC

2:05:51AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF

2:05:53CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.

2:05:55E'S DONE SOME GREAT WORK AND

2:05:57RESEARCH IN THE NATION TO FIGURE

2:05:58OUT HOW TO DO THIS.

2:06:01SO I'M CERTAINLY GOING TO PUSH

2:06:03BACK ON THE ADMINISTRATION

2:06:05HASN'T WORKED ON A TRANSITION

2:06:06PLAN.

2:06:09AND I JUST WANT TO ASK

2:06:10MR. JEFFREYS JUST QUICKLY ABO

2:06:13THIS GAP IN SERVICE.

2:06:16LIKE THAT TOO, I FEEL LIKE

2:06:17THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF

2:06:18CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN

2:06:19TRANSITION INTO THIS AND NOT

2:06:20HAVE A GAP IN SERVICE.

2:06:21WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

2:06:23>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:06:24COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, SO THE

2:06:27COUNCIL PRESIDENT'S POINT ABOUT

2:06:28THE TIMING WAS CORRECT.

2:06:31INITIALLY WE DID COMPLETE THE

2:06:33RFP IN JULY AND THEN DECISIONS

2:06:35WERE MADE IN AUGUST AND WE

2:06:36STARTED BRIEFING AND BRINGING

2:06:37FORWARD THE ACTION IN SEPTEMBER.

2:06:39WE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE

2:06:40THERE WOULDN'T BE A GAP IN

2:06:42SERVICE.

2:06:43I THINK FROM SPEAKING WITH

2:06:45ADMINISTRATIONAL LEADERSHIP WE

2:06:47WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING FORWARD A

2:06:48SHORT EXTENSION TO BRIDGE TO THE

2:06:51MCR CONTRACT.

2:06:53I WILL SAY THE GAP IN SERVICE

2:06:54FOR BRINGING IT IN HOUSE, I HAVE

2:06:56SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS THAT IF WE

2:06:58CAN SAFELY BRING IT IN HOUSE.

2:07:01THAT AGAIN, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY

2:07:04ABLESON CAN SPEAK TO THE DATA

2:07:05ISSUES MORE CLEARLY.

2:07:07BUT THE ANALOG WHAT THE HEALTH

2:07:11DEPARTMENT DOES, THE HEALTH DATA

2:07:13IS CHARACTERIZED DIFFERENT UNDER

2:07:14THE LAW THAN MENTAL HEALTH OR

2:07:16WELFARE DATA.

2:07:17THAT'S THE ISSUE WE'RE TRYING TO

2:07:18COMBAT HERE.

2:07:19WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GAPS, THAT

2:07:20ONE IS SIGNIFICANT ON ANY GAP

2:07:22THAT WOULD BE EXPERIENCED WITH

2:07:23TRANSITIONING TO MCR I THINK

2:07:26WOULD BE MINIMAL IF ANY.

2:07:28>> SO THE SUGGESTIO FOR THIS

2:07:31MAYBE LIKE A FEW MONTH CONTRACT

2:07:34EXTENSION FOR THE EXISTING

2:07:36CONTRACT COULD HAPPEN WHILE

2:07:39WE'RE TRANSITIONING INTO THE MCR

2:07:43MODEL?

2:07:43>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:07:44COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, I BELIEVE

2:07:45THE AINISTRATION WOULD BE

2:07:47AMENABLE TO THAT.

2:07:48I WOULD NEED TO CONSULT WITH THE

2:07:51CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND

2:07:52FINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE

2:07:55COMPLYING WITH OUR FINANCIAL

2:07:58OBLIGATIONS SINCE THE CONACT

2:07:59HAS BEEN EXTENDED SEVERAL TIMES

2:08:01ALREADY WITHOUT A FRESH RFP.

2:08:02>> AND YOU WOULDAY THIS IS THE

2:08:04FRESH RFP.

2:08:05WHAT WE'VE DONE NOW IS THE FRESH

2:08:07RFP.

2:08:08WE KNOW CANOPY APPLIED FOR THIS

2:08:10AND ANOTHER GROUP WAS SELECTED.

2:08:13>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:08:14COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, YES, THAT'S

2:08:15CORRECT.

2:08:15>> THANKOU FOR THAT.

2:08:16ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE HAD

2:08:19CONVERSATION ABO THIS IN

2:08:21COMMITTEE AND ABOUT THIS COMPANY

2:08:23BEING HEAD QUARTERED IN ARIZONA

2:08:24AND COMING HERE, THIS ISN'T LIKE

2:08:27THEY'RE BRINGING A TEAM OF

2:08:28PEOPLE FROM ARIZONA WITH THEM.

2:08:29THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL

2:08:32PEOPLE WHO COME FROM ALL

2:08:33BACKGROUNDS THAT REPRESENT THIS

2:08:35COMMUNITY TO APPLY FOR POSITIONS

2:08:38AND GET JOBS.

2:08:39THIS IS NOT LIKE A FIELD

2:08:41CONTRACT.

2:08:42THEY'RE NOT COMING WITH THE

2:08:43ENTIRE TEAM THEY NEED.

2:08:44THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME

2:08:46RECRUITMENT AND HIRING; IS THAT

2:08:48CORRECT, MR. JEFFYS?

2:08:50>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:08:51COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, YES, THAT'S

2:08:52CORRECT.

2:08:52>> OKAY.

2:08:55AND I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME

2:08:57HERE.

2:08:57BUT I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE

2:08:59DON'T VOTE THIS DOWN AND REALLY

2:09:01THINK ABOUT A GAP IN SERVICES

2:09:04FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

2:09:05I AGREE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT

2:09:06SERVICE AND I'M PROUD OF THE

2:09:09WORK THAT OUR TEAM HERE HAS DONE

2:09:12IN FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE

2:09:15NEEDS ARE IN MINNEAPOLIS AND IT

2:09:17SEEMS LIKE MCR IS THE VERSION OF

2:09:18THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO BE

2:09:20MOVING TOWARDS.

2:09:23>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

2:09:26>> I DOUBT MY OWN RECOLLECTION

2:09:28HERE.

2:09:28E ORIGINAL CANOPY ROOTS

2:09:30CONTRACT WAS IN JUNE 2021 AND IT

2:09:32WAS FOR TWO YEARS WITH THE

2:09:33OPTION TO EXTEND ANOTHER THREE

2:09:37YEARS.

2:09:37WHICH I THINK WE ARE ALREADY

2:09:39OVEREXTENDED.

2:09:39I SEE MR. JEFFREYS NODDING.

2:09:44IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD REALLY

2:09:47EXTEND THIS CONTRACT FOR A SHORT

2:09:49PERIOD OTIME.

2:09:50I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR

2:09:51PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES ARE IN

2:09:53THAT KIND OF A TRANSITION.

2:09:54BUT IF WE VOTE DOWN THIS MCR

2:09:58CONTRACT TODAY, I MEAN WE ARE

2:10:00BEYOND THIS CONTRACT WITH CANOPY

2:10:02ROOTS.

2:10:03WE HAVE TO DO AN RFP.

2:10:05THEY DID THIS.

2:10:06AND IT SOUNDS PRETTY CHAOTIC

2:10:08HERE AT THE 11TH HOUR NOW.

2:10:10THIS IS THE SELECTED VENDOR.

2:10:12EVEN IF OUR LONG-TERM GOAL HERE,

2:10:14MINE TOO, BY THE WAY, WOULD BE

2:10:16TO BRING THIS IN HOUSE, IT

2:10:18SOUNDS LIKE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK

2:10:19ISN'T THERE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW.

2:10:23SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE

2:10:25MENTIONED THAT WE NEED A

2:10:26WORKFORCE THAT REFLECTSUR

2:10:29COMMUNITY.

2:10:29I AGREE WITH THAT, AND THIS IS

2:10:31JUST WHAT ANY SELECTED VENDOR

2:10:32WOULD D WITH AN APPROPRIATE

2:10:35RUNWAY.

2:10:35THEY WOULD BE HIRING LITERALLY

2:10:37PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

2:10:40NOT TO MENTION, WITHUR CURRENT

2:10:41FINANCIAL OUTLOOK, THERE IS NO

2:10:44PERSONNEL OR ACCOUNTILITY OR

2:10:47INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE THIS

2:10:49PROGRAM IN HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

2:10:51SO IF WE VOTE DOWN THE RESULTS

2:10:54OF THIS HONORABLE RFP PROCESS,

2:10:59WE WILL, SOUNDS LIKE, DEFINITELY

2:11:01HAVE A SERVICE GAP.

2:11:02MR. PRESIDEN I HEARD YOUR

2:11:03COMMENTS AT COMMITTEE AND ALSO

2:11:05AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS

2:11:07DISCUSSION.

2:11:07I APPRECIATE THEM AND I SHARE

2:11:09THE NEED TO HAVE A SMOOTH

2:11:12TRANSITION.

2:11:12BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD A MOTION OF

2:11:15WORKING TO EXTEND OTHERWISE.

2:11:17I'M NOT SURE WHY NOT.

2:11:18CAN YOU TELL ME WHY NOT?

2:11:20>> I WAS ADVISED BY LEGAL

2:11:22COUNSEL THAT WE ARE NOT IN A

2:11:24POSITION TO NEGOTIATE THE TERMS

2:11:26OF THE CONTRACT.

2:11:27WE CAN ONLY VOTE IT UP OR DOWN.

2:11:28>> I SEE.

2:11:30WELL, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHATEVER

2:11:32WE WOULDEED TO DO NOW TO

2:11:33SUPPORT A SMOOTH TRANSITION.

2:11:35THIS WAS DELAYED ON ITS PATH

2:11:37THROUGH COUNCIL.

2:11:38THAT'S NOT ON THE

2:11:40ADMINISTRATION.

2:11:40THAT ON THIS BODY AND THAT'S A

2:11:42TIMELINE CRISIS OF OUR OWN

2:11:43MAKING.

2:11:44RIGHT NOW.

2:11:46IN MY OPINION, WE REALLY NEED TO

2:11:47BE LOOKING FOR A PATH OF

2:11:50CONTINUITY.

2:11:50I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE APPROVED

2:11:51THIS CONTRACT LAST CYCLE.

2:11:53BUT GIVEN THA WE HAVEN'T, I

2:11:55THINK THE SMOOTHEST PATH HERE IS

2:11:57TO APPROVE IT THIS CYCLE.

2:12:00>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

2:12:02>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:12:06THINK IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US

2:12:08TO BE ABLE TO GET THE QUESTION

2:12:13ANSWERED ABOUTOW LONG THINGS

2:12:16CAN BE EXTENDED OR NOT EXTENDED

2:12:19IN THIS MEETING AS WE'RE

2:12:20DECIDING TO MAKE A DECISION.

2:12:22I SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL

2:12:25MEMBERS IN QUEUE AND I WOULD

2:12:26REQUEST THAT WE GET THAT

2:12:30INFORMATION.

2:12:32AND IF YOU AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT

2:12:34COULD HELP FACILITATE THAT, THAT

2:12:36WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

2:12:39>> WHAT COMPONENT EXTENDED?

2:12:42>> THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS MADE BY

2:12:45SEVERAL COLLEAGUES ABOUT THE

2:12:46ABILITY TO EXTEND AND TO WHAT

2:12:48END AND MR. JEFFREYS ALSO SHARED

2:12:50THAT THERE'S A QUESTION ON THAT.

2:12:52>> MR. ABLESON.

2:12:53>> IT GOT BROUGHT INTO THE

2:12:57CONVERSATION.

2:12:58>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

2:12:59COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, I'LL DO

2:13:00MY BEST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

2:13:05SO EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT I

2:13:08MEAN OBVIOUSLY WOULD REQUIRE

2:13:09AGREEMENT OF CANOPY ROOTS.

2:13:10IT'S NOT PROHIBITED BY STATE

2:13:13LAW.

2:13:14IT LIKELY IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH

2:13:16SOME OF THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT

2:13:20PROCEDURES, THE CITY CAN CHOOSE

2:13:22TO WAIVE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES.

2:13:24SO DEPENDING ON THE PROCEDURE,

2:13:26THAT MIGHT NEED TO COME TO THE

2:13:29COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE IT PROBABLY

2:13:30DOESN'T FIT WELL WITHIN OUR

2:13:31EXISTING PRC PROCEDURES OR OUR

2:13:35EXISTING PROCEDURES FOR A SOLE

2:13:39SOURCE CONTRACT.

2:13:40BUT THERE IS PROBABLY A LEGAL

2:13:41WAY TO DO IT.

2:13:42>> OKAY.

2:13:43SO IN OUR OWN POLICY, THERE IS A

2:13:47WAIVER PROVISION?

2:13:51>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:13:51COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, THE

2:13:53CITY IS ALWAYS -- IF IT'S A

2:13:55POLICY SET BY THE CITY COUNCIL,

2:13:57THE CITY COUNCIL CLD WAIVE

2:13:58THAT POLICY.

2:13:59OR IF IT'S A POLICY SET BY THE

2:14:01ADMINISTRATION, THEY COULD WAIVE

2:14:03IT.

2:14:03SO THERE MAY BE SOME POLICIES

2:14:05RELATED TO OUR PRC REVIEW OR SO

2:14:11BE WAIVED BECAUSE EXTENDING THIS

2:14:13CONTRACT LIKELY DOESN'T FIT INTO

2:14:15EXISTING POLICY.

2:14:16BUT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF

2:14:18CONTRACT, EXTENDING THIS

2:14:19CONTRACT IS NOT PROHIBITED BY

2:14:20STATE LAW.

2:14:21SO THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT, IT

2:14:23JUST MAY BE A FEW MORE STEPS

2:14:24THAN NORMAL.

2:14:25>> THANK YOU, MR. ABLESON.

2:14:27THAT IS VERY HELPFUL.

2:14:28IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE

2:14:29NOT TIED BY STATE LAW.

2:14:32SO I'LL GIVE MY COMMENTS ON

2:14:35THIS

2:14:36MY HESITATION IN VOTING THIS FOR

2:14:38CONTRACT LIES IN THE FACT THAT

2:14:40THIS IS AN IMMENSE ACTION.

2:14:43IT IS NOT A SMALL CONTRACT

2:14:46CHANGE TO A NEW VENDOR.

2:14:48IT'S IN THE ORDER OF

2:14:50$5.9 MILLION TO SHIFT A PROGRAM

2:14:52THAT WE'VE HAD AT AST FOR FIVE

2:14:55YEARS.

2:14:57AND THE THING THAT I FEEL

2:14:58DISAPPOINTED ABOUT IN THIS

2:14:59PROCESS IS THAT I FEEL LIKE IT

2:15:00HAS LARGELY BEEN DONE BEHIND

2:15:02CLOSED DOORS AND AWAY FROM THE

2:15:04PUBLIC EYE.

2:15:08I WANTED TO ASK HAD I BEEN IN

2:15:10COMMITTEE, BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT

2:15:14IN PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND

2:15:16EQUITY, MR. JEFFREYS, IF YOU

2:15:19COULD SHARE WHAT ENGAGEMENT HAS

2:15:21BEEN DONE WITH WHICH

2:15:23STAKEHOLDERS AND HAS THERE BEEN

2:15:24ANY ENGAGEMENT TO THE CONSUMERS

2:15:26OF THIS SERVI AND THE CALLERS?

2:15:28>> MR. JEFFREYS.

2:15:34>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAE,

2:15:35COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY, SO THE

2:15:38PRIMARY STAKEHOLDER TO HAVE BEEN

2:15:39ENGAGEDRE THE DEPARTMENTS

2:15:41WITHIN THE CITY, EXTERNAL

2:15:43PARTNERS WHO PROVIDE TSE TYPES

2:15:46OF SERVICES AS WELL.

2:15:48SO HENNEPIN COUNTY BEHAVIORAL

2:15:49HEALTH AS AN EXAMPLE.

2:15:50THE REASON WE DID NOT DO WIDER

2:15:52COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS FRANKLY

2:15:54BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THIS

2:15:55PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO INTERACT

2:15:58GOING FORWARD SHOULD ACTUALLY BE

2:15:59PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH HOW IT'S

2:16:01OPERATG RIGHT NOW.

2:16:02YES, THEY WOULD BE RESPONDING TO

2:16:03ADDITIONAL CALL TYPES.

2:16:05BUT THE INTERACTIONS ARE MEANT

2:16:08TO BE THE SAME LEVEL AND FRANKLY

2:16:10UNDER THIS CONTRACT VERSUS THE

2:16:11ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOR

2:16:13THE BCR PROGRAM, THERE ARE

2:16:16ACTUALLY I WOULD SAY A HIGHER

2:16:19STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE THAT'S

2:16:20IN THERE AS WELL.

2:16:21THAT IS IN PART WHY WE DID NOT

2:16:23DO WIDER ENGAGEMENT, BECAUSE THE

2:16:25INTENTION WAS TO FRANKLY MAKE IT

2:16:26FEEL THE SAME AS THE ONE THAT'S

2:16:28CURRENTLY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

2:16:34>> WHAT CONTROLS OR I GUESS

2:16:40PROVISIONS ARE YOU INTENDING TO

2:16:41PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT

2:16:44THERE'S CONTINUITY?

2:16:45IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO

2:16:47BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN

2:16:49HAVING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

2:16:52VENDOR IN AND OF ITSELF.

2:16:53AND ALSO THE EXPANSION OF SCOPE

2:16:54AND THEN ALSO CHANGING HOW

2:16:58DISPATCH WILL BE AND WHERE THE

2:17:01LOCATIONS ARE.

2:17:02>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

2:17:03COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHU, SO IN

2:17:06THE MATTER OF CONSISTENCY, SO

2:17:07WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE GREAT

2:17:09PROFESSIONALS WIIN THE FIRE

2:17:09DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING

2:17:11WITH THIS PROGRAM OVER THE LAST

2:17:14TW

2:17:15TWO YEARS OR JUST UNDER TWO

2:17:16YEARS.

2:17:16SO THEY HAVE AOT OF EXPERTISE

2:17:18ON JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE

2:17:21SERVICE IS LARGELY STAYING

2:17:24CONSISTENT.

2:17:24THE THING I'LL ALSO SAY UNDER

2:17:26THE CONTRACT THAT IS DIFFERENT

2:17:29THAN OUR CURRENT BCR CONTRACT,

2:17:32THERE ARE PROVISIONS FOR GOALS

2:17:33ON RESPONSE TIME, ON DATA

2:17:35METRICS THAT WE WANT FROM THE

2:17:39SERVICE, FROM EVEN LIKE WHERE

2:17:40THESE SERVICES ARE OPERATING OUT

2:17:42OF AND LOCATED FROM

2:17:43RIGHT NOW, BCR PROGRAM IS

2:17:46OPERATING FROM ONE CENTRALIZED

2:17:48LOCATION.

2:17:48AND UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT WE'RE

2:17:51ACTUALLY HAVING THE BE ABLE TO

2:17:53WORK FROM THE INDIVIDUAL FIRE

2:17:54STATIONS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY

2:17:55ALLOW US TO BE MOR STRATEGIC IN

2:17:59DISPATCHING.

2:18:00IT WILL AUALLY THEORETICALLY

2:18:01RESULT IN BETTER RESPONSE TIME

2:18:02AND GETTING THERE MORE QUICKLY

2:18:03AS WELL.

2:18:03THAT IS KIND OF WHAT I MEANY

2:18:06THE HIGHER STANDARDS AND THE

2:18:07BETTER SERVICE THAT WE'RE TRYING

2:18:08TO AIM FOR.

2:18:10>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

2:18:11I AM LIMITED IN MY TIME.

2:18:14SO I WILL GET BACK IN QUEUE.

2:18:17I'LL JUST CLOSE AT LEAST THIS

2:18:18PART OF IT IN SAYING THAT I HAVE

2:18:24CONCERNS ABOUT CONTINUITY.

2:18:26AND I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE

2:18:28FACT THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE

2:18:30NOT CONSULTED IN THIS SHIFT.

2:18:32I THINK NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU

2:18:34CHANGE THE VDOR THAT HAS BEEN

2:18:35DOING SOMETHING FOR FIVE YEARS

2:18:36TO A COMPLETELY NEW VENDOR,

2:18:39EXTENDING SCOPE, THINGS ARE

2:18:40GOING TO CHANGE.

2:18:43I'LL GET BACK IN QUEUE FOR

2:18:46FURTHER REMARKS.

2:18:47THANYOU.

2:18:47>> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

2:18:49>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:18:52I JUST ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE

2:18:54GOT CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITYS

2:18:57OF RENEWAL OR EXTENSION OF THE

2:18:59EXISTING CONTRACT WITH CANOPY

2:19:01THAT THERE'S ALSO A PRECEDENT

2:19:03THAT WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THAT

2:19:06REFERS TO THE EXAMPLE THAT I

2:19:07MENTIONED EARLIER, SHOT SPOTTER.

2:19:09WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH

2:19:11SHOT SPOTTER IN 2014.

2:19:12AND SINCE THAT PROCESS, WE'VE

2:19:15RENEWED AND ENTERED IN REPEATE

2:19:18CONTRACTS OVER MORE THAN TEN

2:19:20YEARS NOW SINCE FIRST

2:19:20CONTRACTING WITH THEM.

2:19:21AND AT NO POINT DID WE DO A

2:19:23COMPETITIVE RFP BID.

2:19:25NOW THAT MIGHT BE WARRANTED WHY

2:19:27WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS

2:19:28DIFFERENTLY IN PROCUREMENT.

2:19:30BUT I WANT TO NAME EVEN AS

2:19:31RECENTLY AS LAST YEAR, WE WERE

2:19:33BEING ASKED TO GO INTO A MORE

2:19:35PROLONGED CONTRACT WITH SHOT

2:19:37SPOTTER THAT HAS NOT BEEN

2:19:39REVISITED SINCE OUR FIRST ENTRY

2:19:40INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM

2:19:40IN 2014.

2:19:41SO THERE IS A PRECEDENT WHERE

2:19:42WE'VE SEEN RENEWALS AND

2:19:44EXTENSIONS OF CONTRACTS.

2:19:46AGAIN, GOING TO MY POINT TOO OF

2:19:47I DON'T THINK THERE'S A

2:19:50DISAGREEMENT ON THE NEED TO LOOK

2:19:53AT HOW WE'RE ABSORBING EXPANDING

2:19:56RESPONSES THAT SHIFTS WORKLOAD

2:19:57AWAY FROM POLICE RESPONSE TO OUR

2:19:59911 CALLS.

2:19:59I THINK WEE DEBATING OR NOT

2:20:01DEBATING BUT DISAGREEING ON THE

2:20:02VENUE FOR THAT.

2:20:04AND THE VENUE I THINK WE'RE

2:20:05SAYING IS BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

2:20:07RESPONSE SHOULD STAY WITH THE

2:20:08MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT.

2:20:09AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE HOMELESS

2:20:12RESPONSE TEAM AND WE CAN LOOK A

2:20:13THE SAFETY AMBASSADORS WHERE

2:20:14THEIR SCOPE OF FOCUS IS ALREADY

2:20:17DESIGNED TO BE RESPONDING TO E

2:20:19THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO

2:20:20UNDER MOBILE CRISIS.

2:20:21ALSO WE'RE NEGLECTING THE FACT

2:20:23THAT WE HAVE A MOBILE MEDICAL

2:20:25CRISIS VAN ALSO THAT WE COULD BE

2:20:28BRINGING INTO THE FOLD.

2:20:29SO IE NOTED ESPECIALLY IN THIS

2:20:31CONVERSATION ABOUT BUDGET

2:20:33RESOURCES AND NOT DUPLICATING

2:20:36RESOURCES, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF

2:20:39EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT IT SOUNDS

2:20:40LIKE WE COULD BE FULLY

2:20:41MAXIMIZING OR REEVALUATI TO DO

2:20:43SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR

2:20:45PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERS IN OCS I

2:20:47TRYING TO DO WITH THIS CHANGE OF

2:20:50SCOPE WITH BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

2:20:51RESPONSE.

2:20:52AND I THINK WE CAN TAKE THE YEAR

2:20:54TO BE ABLE TO FLESH THAT OUT.

2:20:56AND WITH MY LAST COUPLE OF

2:20:58MINUTES, I DID WANT TO GET

2:20:59CLARIFATION TOO BECAUSE THERE

2:21:02WERE TWO CITIES THAT WERE

2:21:03REFERENCED I COMMITTEE AS LIKE

2:21:05EXAMPLES TO LOOK TO WHEN WE'RE

2:21:06TALKING ABOUT MOBILE CRISIS

2:21:09RESPONSE.

2:21:09FOR THE DURHAM PROGRAM I THINK

2:21:12IT'S CALLED BE HEARD, BE HEART,

2:21:17NO IT'S THE HEART MODEL.

2:21:19CAN STAFF SPEAK TO, VERY

2:21:21BRIEFLY, ARE THOSE SERVICES

2:21:22OFFERE IN HOUSE OR THROUGH

2:21:25EXTERNAL VENDORS?

2:21:34>> THROUGH THE CHAIR TO

2:21:36COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, THEY ARE

2:21:44-- THEY WERE RECENTLY BROUGHT

2:21:45IN HOUSE.

2:21:46BUT THEIR VENDORS ARE ALL LIKE

2:21:49IT STARTED OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE

2:21:50AND THEN IT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT

2:21:53IN HOUSE.

2:21:54BUT IT'S STILL A WHOLE SPECIFIC

2:21:57RESPONSE SYSTEM.

2:21:58AND THEY DO ALSO DO CO-RESPONSE

2:22:02RIDING ALONG WITH MPD OFFICERS

2:22:04AS WELL AS IT'S ALSO THE EXT

2:22:07EXTENDEDERVICES THAT WE ARE

2:22:09STATING THAT MCR IS.

2:22:13BUT --

2:22:15>> I'LL PAUSE YOU RIGHT THERE.

2:22:17YOU ANSWERED THE FIRST BECAUSE

2:22:18I'M SHORT ON TIME.

2:22:19ARE YOU AWARE THAT THOSE ARE

2:22:22FOUR SEPARATE RESPONSE TEAMS

2:22:23YOU'RE NAMING WITHIN THAT

2:22:25OGRAM.

2:22:25THERE'S THE CO-RESPONSE, THE

2:22:27CRISIS CALL DIVERSION THAT

2:22:29FOCUSES ONENTAL HEALTH

2:22:30CLINICIANS PAIRED WITH 911,

2:22:35THERE'S CO-RESPONSE AND THE

2:22:36INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT RESPONSE

2:22:37TEAMS.

2:22:37>> THEY'RE ALLNDER ONE SOURCE.

2:22:40SO THEY'RE NOT DIFFERENT TEAMS.

2:22:42THEY'RE ALL UNDER ONE SOURCE.

2:22:43AND THEY ALL RESPOND AS WELL.

2:22:45AND THE DIFFERENCE ALSO ISHAT

2:22:47THEY'RE ALL CLINICAL HEALTH

2:22:50PROVERS.

2:22:51THEY ARE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL THAT

2:22:55THFIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT AT.

2:22:57AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL LICENSED

2:22:59CLINICIANS THAT ARE DOING THE

2:23:00RESPONSE.

2:23:01SO THEIR LEVELS OF CARE IS IN

2:23:02ORDER TO RUN THIS SYSTEM, YOU

2:23:05HAVE TO HAVE CLINICAL

2:23:07SUPERVISION OVER THESE TYPES OF

2:23:11RESPONSES.

2:23:11>> RIGHT.

2:23:12I'M SORRY, I HAVE 45 SECONDS

2:23:16LEFT.

2:23:16ON THEIR PAGES, IT SAYS THERE

2:23:17ARE FOUR CRISIS RESPONSE UNITS

2:23:19AND THEY LIST THOSE SEPARATELY.

2:23:21THAT'S WHY I'M NAMING THEY'RE

2:23:24SEPARATE TEAMS DEVOT TO A

2:23:25MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIZED PIECE

2:23:28WHILE ALSO HAVING SPECIALIZED

2:23:29STAFF.

2:23:29I THINK ALL OF US ARE SAYING

2:23:31PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE SPECIALIZED

2:23:32EXPERTISE.

2:23:32BUT I WANTED TO NOTE THAT.

2:23:34MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ONE, ARE

2:23:35YOU ALSO AWARE WITH THNEW YORK

2:23:38MODEL, BE HEARD, THEY ALSO ARE

2:23:41THEY IN HOUSE OR ALSO EXTERNAL?

2:23:43>> I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THAT

2:23:45ONE.WITH THE HEART TEAM, I DID

2:23:48ALONG IN THEIR MOBILE CRIS

2:23:50RESPONSE AND WE --

2:23:51>> I'M SORRY OUT OF TIME.

2:23:54BUT.

2:23:54>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT NEW YORK,

2:23:56COUNCIL.

2:23:56>> FROM THE PAGE IT SAYS IT'S IN

2:23:58HOUSE FOR THE NEW YORK MODEL

2:23:59THAT YOU REFERENCED.

2:24:01SO I WANTED TO NAME OTHER CITIES

2:24:02WE'RE MODELIN AFTER HAVE DONE

2:24:04THIS IN HOUSE.

2:24:05>> WE'RE AT TIME.

2:24:06COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

2:24:07>> THA YOU.

2:24:08I'LL BE FAIRLY BRIEF.

2:24:12IT WAS SAID IF THE CURRENT

2:24:13CONTRACT IS NOT EXNDED,

2:24:16REFERRING TO A LAPSE IN SERVICE

2:24:18OR NOT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT

2:24:19IF IT'S NOT EXTENDED, THAT IS AN

2:24:22ACTIVE CHOICE.

2:24:23SO THAT WOULD BE AN ACTIVE

2:24:24CHOICE NOT TO EXTEND.

2:24:26A LAPSE OF SERVICE OF ANY KIND

2:24:28IS ONLY GUARAEED IF WE APPROVE

2:24:31THIS CONTRACT, SGAMBATI -- AND

2:24:36THE LAPSE OF SERVICE THAT IT

2:24:37WOULD TAKE FOR THEM TO ROLL UP

2:24:38THEIR PROGRAM, TO GET IT GOING.

2:24:41IT WAS ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD

2:24:42TAKE A WHILE TO BRING THIS IN

2:24:44HOUSE.

2:24:44WE ALL KNOW THAT IT WILL TAK

2:24:46AWHILE SO LET'S GET STARTED.

2:24:49LET'S GET STARTED BAUSE THIS

2:24:50IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE THAT

2:24:51NEEDS TO BE IN HOUSE.

2:24:52WE HAVE A LOT OF DEDICATED

2:24:54PROFESSIONALS THAT NEED TO BE IN

2:24:55CONTROL OF THIS WORK.

2:24:57WHEN WE BRING THIS IN HOUSE, WE

2:24:59CAN LOOK AT EXPANDING ITS SCOPE

2:25:01AND HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER THAT

2:25:03IF WE EXPAND IT IN ONE WAY AND

2:25:05THAT REALLY REDUCES THE QUALITY

2:25:07OF SERVICE, WE CAN TAKE THAT

2:25:09BACK AND EXPAND IT IN A NEW WAY.

2:25:11THERE'S JUST NO RSON WHY WE

2:25:12SHOULD NOT BRING THIS IN HOUSE.

2:25:14I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE HURDLES

2:25:16TO GETTING THERE, BUT WE ARE

2:25:18PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING

2:25:20THOSE HURDLES AND WE SHOULD DO

2:25:22THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

2:25:23BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXCLENT

2:25:24SERVICE.

2:25:25WE ALL AGREE ON THAT.

2:25:26THAT'S PARTIALLY WHY WE'RE

2:25:28FIGHTING OVER IT.

2:25:29AND WE SHOULD HAVE FULL CONTROL

2:25:30OVER IT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT

2:25:32WORKHE BEST THAT IT CAN FOR

2:25:34OUR CITY.

2:25:34ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE US

2:25:36TO WORK ON IS THE RESPONSE TIME

2:25:39FOR BCR.

2:25:40WE KNOW THAT THE RESPONSE TIMES

2:25:41ARE NOT NEARLY WHAT WE COULD

2:25:44EXPECT FROM A PRIORITY ONE

2:25:46POLICE RESPONSE TIME.

2:25:47AND IN MANY CASES, THESE MAY OR

2:25:50MAY NOT BE PRIORITY ONE CALLS.

2:25:53I'M NOT IN THE WEEDS ON THAT,

2:25:56BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY

2:25:56EMERGENCIES IN MANY CASES.

2:25:58SO BY BRINGING THIS IN HOUSE, WE

2:26:00CAN USE OUR FACILITIES BETTER.

2:26:03WE CAN DO MORE APPROPRIATE

2:26:05STAFFING.

2:26:05WE CAN HAVE CONTROL OVER THE

2:26:06OPERIONS.

2:26:07WE CAN DO ALL OF THESE THINGS.

2:26:08SO HAVING THIS IN HOUSE IS JUST

2:26:10WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.

2:26:13AND ONE LAST NOTE ON

2:26:15COLLABORATION, I'M THE VICE

2:26:17CHAIR OF PHSC, I FIRST HEARD

2:26:19ABOUT THE MOVE TO MOBILE CRISIS

2:26:23RESPONSE AT THE, AFTERHE RFP

2:26:25HAD GONE OUT AND THE VENDOR WAS

2:26:28CHOSEN.AND FROM THAT VERY FIRST,

2:26:31I SAID OH IF WE WERE GOI TO

2:26:33CHANGE VENDORS, WE SHOULD HAVE

2:26:34JUST MOVED IT IN HOUSE.

2:26:36THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THA

2:26:37NECESSARILY HAD TO BE A

2:26:38SURPRISE.

2:26:38I'LL JUST NOTE THAT FOR THE

2:26:39FUTURE.

2:26:40THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PAY A

2:26:41LOT OF ATTENTION TO AND WE'D

2:26:42LIKE TO HAVE A BIT MORE

2:26:43COLLABORATION ON THIS ONE.

2:26:44THANK YOU.

2:26:46>> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING.

2:26:47>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:26:48JUST A F QUICK QUESTIONS FOR

2:26:51DEPUTY COMMISSIONER JEFFREYS.

2:26:54I HAVE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR

2:26:56YOU, HOPEFULLY I DON'T USE ALL

2:26:58FIVE MINUTES.

2:26:58BUT IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING, VERY

2:27:03BROADLY, DO YOU EXPECT THERE TO

2:27:06BE ANY VERSION OF SERVICE

2:27:09DISRUPTION FROM MOVING FROM OUR

2:27:11BCR SERVICES RIGHT NOW TO AN MCR

2:27:15SERVE?

2:27:15>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

2:27:16COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, THE

2:27:17INTENTION IS NO.

2:27:18AND OF COURSE WE NEED TO HAVE

2:27:20TH EXECUTED CONTRACT TO HAVE

2:27:21THOSE MORE NCRETE, THOSE

2:27:25CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHOSEN

2:27:26VENDOR.

2:27:26BUT WHAT THEY HAVE PROPOSED TO

2:27:27US, NO,E WOULD NOT HAVE.

2:27:29BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS AFTER WE'VE

2:27:30HAD DELAYS.

2:27:33>> PERFECT.

2:27:33WITH THAT, IF YOU ARE SEEING DE

2:27:37VERSION OF HEY THIS IS LOOKING

2:27:39KE THERE MIGHT BE A SERVICE

2:27:40DISRUPTION, THIS IS LOOKING LIKE

2:27:42WE ARE NOT HAVING THE COMMUNITY

2:27:43BRIDGES OR IF THAT IS THE VENDOR

2:27:47ONBOARDED AS FAST AS WE ARE

2:27:48PLANNING FOR, WHAT IS THE

2:27:50PROCESS FROM THERE?

2:27:51WHAT ARE KIND OF THOSE STOPGAPS

2:27:53TO ME SURE -- IS IT EXTENDING

2:27:55THE BCR CONTRACT, ARE THERE

2:27:58OTHER THINGS IN PLACE TO MAKE

2:27:59SURE THERE IS NOT A SERVICE

2:28:01DISRUPTION?

2:28:01>> COUNCILMEMBER PAYN

2:28:02COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, YES, THAT

2:28:04IS EXTENDING THE CONTRACT ON

2:28:06BEHAVIORAL CRISIS PROGRAM WITH

2:28:09CANOPY ROOTS WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE

2:28:10SOMETHING WE WOULD BE BRINGING

2:28:11FORWARD.

2:28:11AND I WOULD SAY ADDITIONALLY

2:28:12WE'RE WORKING WITH A SYSTEM WITH

2:28:15OUR HENNEPIN COUNTY PARTNERS TO

2:28:16MAKE SURE WE'RE TIGHTENING UP

2:28:18THE EFFICIENCIES TO MAKE SURE

2:28:19THAT THAT TRANSITION IS SMOOTH

2:28:21AS WELL.

2:28:21>> HELPFUL.

2:28:22AND THEN JUST LAST FEW

2:28:24QUESTIONS.

2:28:24I WAS GOING TO ASK COMMANDER

2:28:25BROWN, BUT COMMANDER BROWN IS

2:28:27NOT RE.

2:28:28IN YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS SOMEONE

2:28:30WHO HELPS OVERSEE THE POLICE

2:28:32DEPARTMENT AND OUR TRADITIONAL

2:28:33PUBLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM A IT

2:28:37EXISTS RIGHT NOW, HOW OFTEN DO

2:28:38YOU THINK OR IS IT MMONPLACE

2:28:41FOR POLICE OFFICERS TO RESPOND

2:28:42TO KIND OF TRSPORTATION-ONLY

2:28:45TYPE OF CALLS IN THEIR

2:28:48DAY-TO-DAY WORK?

2:28:49>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:28:50COUNCILMEMBER WHITING, I WOULD

2:28:51SAY BETWEEN BOTH POLICE A

2:28:53FIRE, THERE ARE OFTENTIMES THESE

2:28:55KIND OF CALLS THAT FALL IN

2:28:58BETWEEN, FOR EXAMPLE THAT CHIEF

2:29:00RUCKER USED, SOMEONE IN AN

2:29:02ELECTRONIC WHEELCHAIR BATTERY

2:29:04DIES, AND WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH

2:29:05A WHOLE PROCESS OF I BELIEVE

2:29:07CALL A TOW TRUCK TO BE ABLE TO

2:29:09DO THAT WHEN WE DON'T

2:29:10NECESSARILY HAVE TO.

2:29:11AND SO THAT DOES HAPPEN.

2:29:13>> DO YOU THINK IT'S COMMONPLACE

2:29:16FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS,

2:29:18TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

2:29:19OFFICERS TO GO TO CALLS THAT

2:29:21ENGAGE WITH SUBSTANCE

2:29:24INTOXICATION WITHOUT MEDICAL

2:29:25EMERGENCY?

2:29:25>> YES.

2:29:26>> DO YOU THINK IT'S COMMONPLACE

2:29:28FOR TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

2:29:29OFFICERS TO ENGAGE IN NONMENTAL

2:29:31HEALTH WELFARE CHECKS, ELDERLY,

2:29:33MEDICAL CONCERNS, ETT ET CETERA?

2:29:37>> I WOULD SAY SO, YES.

2:29:38>> DO YOU THINK IT IS

2:29:40COMMPLACE FOR TRADITIONAL

2:29:41POLICE OFFICERS, TRADITIONAL LAW

2:29:41ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ENGAGE

2:29:43IN CHILD WELFARE ASSISTANC IN A

2:29:45TYPICAL DAY-TO-DAY WORK?

2:29:46>> THEY DO IT FREQUENTLY.

2:29:48>> NDERFUL.

2:29:49RESPECTFULLY, I THINK OUR

2:29:50OFFICERS SHOULD NOT BE

2:29:51RESPONDING TO THESE CAS.

2:29:54I DON'T THINK MANY IN OUR CITY

2:29:56WANT POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING

2:29:56TO THESE CALLS.

2:29:57AND I THINK THIS IS A VERSION

2:29:59THAT TAKES THAT OUT OF THEIR

2:30:00HANDS AND PUTS IN THE HANDS OF

2:30:02PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY HAVE THE

2:30:02EXPERTISE TO DO THAT.

2:30:03I THINK MOVING TO AN

2:30:06UNPRECEDENTED VERSION IN THIS

2:30:08CITY OF TAKING POLICE OFFICERS

2:30:09OUT OF THOSE EXPERIENCES, OUT OF

2:30:11THOSE SITUATIONS AND PUTTING

2:30:11SOMEONE IN THERE THAT HAS THE

2:30:13TRAINING TO DO THAT WORK IS

2:30:14NTASTIC.

2:30:14AND SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO

2:30:16SUPPORT THIS TODAY, AND I HOPE

2:30:18MY COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL.

2:30:19SO THANK YOU.

2:30:19THAT'S ALL.

2:30:23>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

2:30:23>> HERE'S WHAT I HEARD THE CITY

2:30:26ATTORNEY SAY IN THIS DISCUSSION,

2:30:29THAT COUNCIL CAN WAIVE LOCAL

2:30:33PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES TO

2:30:34AUTHORIZE STAFF TO NEGOTIATE A

2:30:36SHORT-TERM CONTRACT EXTENSION

2:30:37WITH OUR EXISTING VENDOR, CANOPY

2:30:41OR SOMEBODY ELSE TO PROVIDE TIME

2:30:43TO ADDRESS THESE LONG-TERM

2:30:45ISSUES IDENTIFIED FOR A NEW

2:30:46CONTRACT.

2:30:49SO I'LL OFFER THAT MOTION.

2:30:51I WOULD ASK THE CAO TO REFINE

2:30:53THAT TO REFLECT MY INTENT TO

2:30:56WAIVE LOCAL PROCUREMENT

2:30:58PROCEDURES TO ENABLE SOME

2:31:01CONTINUITY HERE.

2:31:02>> SECOND.

2:31:03>> BUT I KNOW PROCEDURELY WE

2:31:05NEED TO FIRST DISPENSE WITH THIS

2:31:08DENIAL.

2:31:08I HOPE WE DO DISPENSE WITH THE

2:31:11DENIAL BECAUSE WE'D HAVE TO THEN

2:31:12REMOVE SOMETHING FROM AN AGENDA.

2:31:14THERE'S A LOT OF PROCEDURES

2:31:16HERE.

2:31:17I THINK WE SHOULD REMOVE THIS

2:31:18DENIAL.

2:31:18I THINK WE SHOULD JUST VOTE NO

2:31:22TO THE DENIAL.

2:31:22THEN I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE UP

2:31:25THIS CONTINUY AUTHORIZATION TO

2:31:28ENTER INTO NEGOTIATION FOR IT.

2:31:29AND I'LL MENTION AND CAUTION US

2:31:31THAT IELIEVE WE ALL GOT AN

2:31:33EMAIL FROM CANOPY ASKING FOR WAY

2:31:35MORE MONEY, LIKE A LOT MORE

2:31:37MONEY WITH THE SAME ISSUES OF

2:31:39CANOPY AS DESCRIBED RECENTLY BY

2:31:41THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

2:31:42SO THE TIME TO MOVE HERE IS

2:31:45REALLY OF THE ESSENCE.

2:31:47PERSONALLY, I'M READY TO APPRO

2:31:48THIS MCR CONTRACT.

2:31:50WE'VE BEEN BRIEFED ON IT SINCE

2:31:51AUGUST.THAT'S THREE MONTHS AGO.

2:31:54WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS CONTRACT

2:31:55COMING TO AN END FOR A LOT

2:31:56LONGER THAN AT.

2:32:03>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

2:32:04>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:32:07>> CLERKS COULD YOU -- THERE YOU

2:32:09GO.

2:32:09>> A GOOD?

2:32:11OKAY, GREAT.

2:32:13SO I THINK WE' ALL IN

2:32:15AGREEMENT THAT THIS IS CORE TO

2:32:18OUR PLIC SAFETY ECOSYSTEM.

2:32:23AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S

2:32:24REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE TALK

2:32:26ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

2:32:28AND THE DOJ CONSENT DECREE AND

2:32:33HOW THIS IS A PROVISION THAT'S

2:32:35REQUIRED WITHIN IT THAT WE

2:32:36UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SETTLEMENT

2:32:38AGREEMENTAS CREATED BECAUSE OF

2:32:44HARM THAT GOVERNMENT WAS DONE TO

2:32:47PEOPLE.

2:32:48IT IS BECAUSE OF US ENTERING

2:32:50INTO THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

2:32:51AND WORKING TO ENHANCE AND

2:32:52IMPROVE OUR BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

2:32:53RESPONSE IS NOT TO RECTIFY

2:32:55ISSUES WITH ANOTHER LEVEL OF

2:32:56GOVERNMENT, IT'S TO RECTIFY

2:32:58ISSUES WITH PEOPLE.

2:33:03AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE ISSUES

2:33:05WITH THIS MAJOR CHANGE HAPPENING

2:33:07BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND AWAY

2:33:08FROM THE PUBLIC EYE.

2:33:10IT'S CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE

2:33:13CRISIS RESPONSE IS TO

2:33:16RESIDENTS-FOCUSED, SO COMMUNITY

2:33:17FACING.

2:33:18AND PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD

2:33:19FOR YEARS HAVE CALLED THIS

2:33:20SERVICE.

2:33:21THEY HAVE RECEIVED CAREROM

2:33:22THIS SERVICE.

2:33:23THEY HAVE THINGS THAT THEY LIKE

2:33:24ABOUT IT, THEY HAVE SEVERAL

2:33:26THI

2:33:28THINGS, A WHOLE LIST OF THEM,

2:33:29THAT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF

2:33:32THAT THEY'VE LISTED AS CRITIQUES

2:33:34AND DESIRES FOR IMPROVEMENT.

2:33:37AND WE HAVEN'T HAD AN

2:33:38OPPORTUNITY, WE DIDN'T TAKE THE

2:33:41OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM OUR

2:33:44COMMUNITY'S EXPERIENCE TO

2:33:45IMPROVE CRISIS RESPONSE.

2:33:46AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL SHAME.

2:33:47AND WE ARE AS A GOVERNMENT GOING

2:33:50AHEAD AND MAKING A DECISION ON

2:33:52CHANNG SCOPE AND ADDING ALL OF

2:33:53THESE THINGS WITHOUT THAT

2:33:55CONSULTATION.

2:33:55AND I JUST NEED TO REMIND THIS

2:33:57BODY AND US AS A CITY, WE ARE

2:34:00T A PRIVATE BUSINESS.

2:34:02WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF

2:34:03REPRESENTING PEOPLE AND I DON'T

2:34:04FEEL LIKE THEEOPLE ARE

2:34:06REPRESENTED IN THIS CHANGE THAT

2:34:09WEE MAKING.

2:34:10AND THAT'S ONE OF MY PRIMARY

2:34:11CONCERNS ABOUT THIS MAJOR VENDOR

2:34:14CHANGE.

2:34:14AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE

2:34:18UNDERPLAYED THAT THIS IS A MAJOR

2:34:20CHANGE.

2:34:20I ALSO WORRY THAT AS A

2:34:22GOVERNMENT, WE HAVEN'T FULLY

2:34:24ASSESSED THE ENVIRONMENT IN

2:34:24WHICH WE'RE MAKING THIS CHANGE.

2:34:26AGAIN NOT CONSULTING THE

2:34:27CUSTOMERS AND CALLERS OF THE SE.

2:34:31WE HAVEN'T SUFFICIENTLY ASSESSED

2:34:32THE EXISTING EVIDENCE IN OUR

2:34:33CURRENT WORK IN THE PUBLIC EYE

2:34:34TO LEARN WHAT'S NEEDED AND

2:34:36WHAT'S NOT.

2:34:38I WOULD VE LOVED TO PARSE

2:34:41THROUGH THAT FULL EVALUATION

2:34:43THAT YOU MENTIONED DEPUTY

2:34:46COMMISSIONER JEFFREYS.

2:34:47I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A

2:34:51GOODULSOME CONVERSATION FOR US

2:34:53TO HAVE IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

2:34:55I DO NOT FEEL THE CALL FOR

2:34:59EXPANDING THE SCOPE WAS

2:35:00ADEQUATELY SHARED.

2:35:01I FEEL LIKE I GOT A PIECE OF IT,

2:35:03BUT THERE WERE PIECES OF IT

2:35:05MISSING.

2:35:05AND IT DIDN'T HELP US UNDERSTAND

2:35:10WHAT'S TRYING TO CHANGE.

2:35:13I WORRY ABOUT THIS LARGE SCOPE

2:35:14CHANGE.

2:35:14I WORRY ABOUT IT BEING ABLE TO

2:35:16BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO IN

2:35:18JANUARY.

2:35:18AND I DO THINK MY TWO CONCERNS

2:35:23ARE AGAIN LEAVING THE PEOPLE

2:35:25HIND IN THIS.

2:35:27AND THEN I FEEL LIKE WE ARE

2:35:28SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR A MAJOR

2:35:30GAP IN SERVICE.

2:35:31AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WILL

2:35:37OVERCOME THAT.

2:35:40I ALSO THINK WE SHOULD HAVE DONE

2:35:42THIS MOR STRATEGICALLY.

2:35:45THAT WE SULD HAVE DONE THIS

2:35:48THROUGH A LONG-RANGE PLAN AND

2:35:49MORE STEPS TO GET THERE.

2:35:51I WOULD HAV LOVED A MORE

2:35:52FULSOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE

2:35:54ISSUES WITH BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

2:35:55RESPONSE AGAIN TO REALLY

2:35:59UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE THINGS

2:36:01WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE HERE.

2:36:02THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

2:36:07I FEEL IT'S VERY DIFFICULT GIVEN

2:36:11THOSE REASONS TO VOTE TO APPROVE

2:36:15THIS CONTRACT.

2:36:17>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

2:36:31I'M TRYING TO KEEP UP.

2:36:33I SEE.

2:36:34COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

2:36:36>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

2:36:40MR. JEFFREYS, IF YOU WOULDN'T

2:36:41MIND COMING BACK.

2:36:42I AM REALLY SORRY IF THIS

2:36:44QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED AND

2:36:46ANSWERED ALREADY.

2:36:47BUT CAN YOU TELL US, SO I

2:36:52UNDERSTAND THAT THE VENDOR FROM

2:36:53ARIZONA THAT'S PROPOSED HERE IS

2:36:54GOING TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP

2:36:56OF THIS CONTRACT AND THE

2:36:59SERVICES IT CARRIES OUT.

2:37:00SO THE LEADERSHIP OF MOBILE

2:37:02CRISIS RESPONSE.

2:37:03ARE THEY PLAING ON MOVING TO

2:37:05MINNESOTA?

2:37:05ARE THEY PLANNING TO PROVIDE

2:37:07THAT LEADERSHIP FROM ARIZONA?

2:37:09>> COUNCIL VICE PRESIDEN OSMAN,

2:37:12COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI, I'L

2:37:13DISTINGUISH A LITTLE BIT.

2:37:15SO THEIR INITIAL LIKE WHEN THEY

2:37:16SET UP THE PROGRAM INITLLY,

2:37:18THEIR LEADERSHIP FROM ARIZONA

2:37:21SPECIFICALLY WILL COME IN TO

2:37:22HELP SET IT UP.

2:37:24BUT THEY WILL HAVE A LOCAL LEAD

2:37:26HERE FULL TIME THAT WILL BE

2:37:27MANAGING THEOPERATIONS.

2:37:36SO TH--

2:37:37>> SO THE LDERSHIP OF THE

2:37:38ORGANIZATIONS GOING TO MOVE

2:37:38HERE AT SOME POINT?

2:37:41>> THEY'LLIRE A LOCAL OR REGION

2:37:45PROGRAM.

2:37:45>> SO THE VENDO WILL HAVE TO

2:37:47IDENTIFY A LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM

2:37:48HERE.

2:37:49GOTCHA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

2:37:50THAT'S ALL I HAD FOR YOU.

2:37:56SO JUST TO BE CLEAR COLLEAGUES,

2:37:57WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS

2:37:59PROPOSING IS THAT OVER THE

2:38:01COURSE OF JUST 11 WEEKS THAT ARE

2:38:03LEFTEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR,

2:38:05THEY'RE GOING TO ONE, EXECUTE

2:38:10THIS CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR.

2:38:13TWO, THE VENDOR FROM ARIZONA IS

2:38:14GOING TO IDENTIFY AND HIRE A

2:38:16LEADERSHIP TEAM HERE IN

2:38:17MINNEAPOLIS.

2:38:18THEY ARE THEN GOING TO HIRE ALL

2:38:20OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY

2:38:23CARRY OUT THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

2:38:26OVER THE COURSE OF 11 WEEKS, AN

2:38:28ENTIRE BRAND NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM

2:38:30IS GOING TO BE HIRED AND THE

2:38:31PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE

2:38:33DAY-TO-DAY SERVICE IS GOING TO

2:38:34BE HIRED.

2:38:35THAT'S THE MOST UNREALISTIC

2:38:37THING I'VE EVER HEARD OF.

2:38:41SO THEN I'LL JT NOTE AS THIS

2:38:43DISCUSSION HAS CONTINUED, IT'S

2:38:46REALLY IORTANT TO REMEMBER

2:38:49THAT CO-RESPONSE HAPPENS IN

2:38:53MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW WITH THIS

2:38:58MODEL.

2:38:58THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BOTH A

2:39:00POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL AS

2:39:03BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE

2:39:07CO-RPOND TO CALLS AT THE SAME

2:39:08TIME.

2:39:08THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TOLD US IN

2:39:09PUBLIC MULTIPLE TIMES, I'M

2:39:12SORRY.

2:39:14THAT WE MOVED THIS PROGRAM TO

2:39:17THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TWO YEARS

2:39:18AGO.

2:39:18AND THE PURPOSE OF DOING SO WAS

2:39:25TO MAKE DEPLOYMENT EASIER SO

2:39:27THAT FIRE STATIONS COULD B USED

2:39:30TO DEPLOY THIS SERVICE TO

2:39:31DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR CITY SO

2:39:35THAT DEPLOYMENT WASN'T HAPPENING

2:39:37JUST FROM NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS.

2:39:38I AM NOT SURE, SO IF THE

2:39:43ADMINISTRATION IS TELLING US

2:39:43THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS

2:39:45NEW CONTRACT IS THE ABILITY TO

2:39:47DEPLOY FROM DIFFERENT FIRE

2:39:48STATIONS, THAT ABILITY EXISTS

2:39:49RIGHT NOW.

2:39:51THANK YOU.

2:39:55>> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

2:39:56>> THANK YOU.

2:39:57I'D LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER

2:39:59JEFFREYS TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN

2:40:01WHY THE DISPATCH IS NOT IN THE

2:40:04FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS

2:40:04EXPLAIN THE TRANSITION.

2:40:06>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT,

2:40:07COUNCILMEMBE RAINVILLE, SO

2:40:09RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO

2:40:12CONTRACTUAL PROVISION REQUIRING

2:40:13THE CURRENT PROVIDER TO OPERATE

2:40:14FROM FIRE STATIONS.

2:40:18I BELIEVE, I'LL LOOK AT CHIEF

2:40:20RUER, THAT OPPORTUNITY HAS

2:40:20BEEN OFFERED AND DECLINED.

2:40:22THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT CURRENTLY.

2:40:23WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION,

2:40:25I'M SORRY.

2:40:25>> EXPLAIN SHOULD THIS CONTRACT

2:40:27PASS TODAY, THE TNSITION PLAN.

2:40:29>> SO THE TRANSITION PLAN JUST

2:40:34TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE

2:40:35CLARITY.

2:40:36WHEN I SAY ARIZONA THE NATIONAL

2:40:42GETTING THE PROGRAM STARTED.

2:40:43AND I'LL PUSH BACK ON WHAT

2:40:45COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI SAID,

2:40:46THEY'RE HIRING IN TANDEM.

2:40:47THEY DO NOT NEED THE LOCAL

2:40:48LEADERSHIP TEAM TO HIRE TH

2:40:50RESPONDERS.

2:40:51SO THEY'RE PROVIDING WHAT THEY

2:40:52HAVE SPLAYED TO US SO FAR --

2:40:55SUPPLIED TO US SO FAR IS THEY

2:40:56WILL BE PROVIDING SUPPORT FROM

2:40:57OTHER LOCATIONS TO ENSURE WE DO

2:41:00TIMELY GET THE SERVICE OFF THE

2:41:01GROUND.

2:41:02AND THEN BUILDING THE RESPONDER

2:41:04TEAMS AND THE LEADERSHIP TEAMS

2:41:07SIMULTANEOUSLY.

2:41:09>> SO REAL BRIEF COMMENTS, IT'S

2:41:10GETTING TIME TO VOTE.

2:41:13BUT THIS IS A MOR CHANGE.

2:41:16AND IT'S A MAJOR CHANGE FOR THE

2:41:18GOOD.

2:41:18RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE SERVICE

2:41:20TO PEOPLE IN SHELTERS, THERE'S

2:41:21NOT A TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT.

2:41:26THIS WILL HELP ADD AN ADDITIONAL

2:41:30LAYER OF SAFETY TO PEOPLE WHICH

2:41:33WE ALL WANT.

2:41:37I'WONDERING IF, COUNCILMEMBER

2:41:38PALMISANO, YOU COULD EXPLAIN HOW

2:41:39WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT

2:41:40EXTENDING THIS SERVICE SO THERE

2:41:43IS NO GAP AT THE SAME TIME

2:41:48ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE

2:41:49CONCERNS.

2:41:49IS THAT PERMISSIBLE DURING

2:41:51HIS TIME, MR. PRESIDENT?

2:41:52I DON'T KNOW.

2:41:52>> WHAT WAS THAT?

2:41:53>> I'M ASKING THE QUESTION OF

2:41:55COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

2:41:57>> OH GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER

2:42:02PALMISANO.

2:42:02>> I'M SORRY YOU QUESTION IN

2:42:03BRIEF WAS HOW DO WE DO THIS?

2:42:05>> YOU HAD SUGGESTED THERE'S A

2:42:06WAY TO MOVE FORWARD TO SATISFY

2:42:08ALL OF OUR CONCERNS.

2:42:11I HEAR GENERAL CONSENSUS,

2:42:14WIDE CONSENSUS THAT WE DO NEED

2:42:15TO EXTEND WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR A

2:42:16LITTLE WHILE TO GET TO A BETTER

2:42:18PLACE.

2:42:18I THINK WE DISAGREE ON WHAT THAT

2:42:21BETTER PLACE IS.

2:42:25BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS WHERE

2:42:27WE'RE COMING.

2:42:30THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ALL

2:42:32CONVERGING IS IN AGREEMENT AT

2:42:33LEAST TODAY TO CONTINUE WHAT

2:42:34WE'RE DOING.

2:42:35ALBEIT, I HEAR VERY STRONGLY

2:42:36THAT IT COULD BE WAY BETTER.

2:42:39I HEAR VERY STRONGLY THAT.

2:42:42BUT I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE TRY

2:42:43AND SET THIS ASIDE AND TAK A

2:42:47VOTE TO AUTHORIZE US TO OVERRIDE

2:42:51OUR OWN PROCUREMENT POLICIES FOR

2:42:53A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TO ALLOW

2:42:54THE EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING

2:42:57CONTRACT.

2:42:57>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO, YOU

2:43:00HAD MADE MENTION OF A MOTION TO

2:43:03DO EXACTLY THAT.

2:43:04THAT WOULDN'T EXACTLY BE IN

2:43:05ORDER RIGHT NOW.

2:43:06I KNOWHAT THERE'S BEEN SOME

2:43:07SIDE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY

2:43:10ATTORNEY ON WHAT THAT

2:43:11PROCEDURALLY COULD LOOK LIKE.

2:43:11AND IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR

2:43:14US TO TABLE THIS ITEM WHILE THE

2:43:17CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS -- I

2:43:18DON'T KNOW.

2:43:20MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, TIME

2:43:21ESTIMATE ON SOME OF THAT WORK?

2:43:25>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

2:43:27MEMBERS, I THINK DEPY CITY

2:43:28TORNEY ABLESON AND I WERE

2:43:30TRYING TO DRAFT BY CHAT MESSAGE

2:43:33ON THE FLY.

2:43:35SO THAT'S NOT THE BEST WAY TO DO

2:43:36IT.

2:43:36I THINK WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT

2:43:39WITH THE CLERK IS POTENTIALLY

2:43:41MOVING THE WAVER OF THE

2:43:47PROCUREMENT RULES TO THE END OF

2:43:48THE MEETING SO THAT WE WOULD

2:43:49HAVE TIME TO DRAFT SOMETHING

2:43:50THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE.

2:43:52>> WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO THE

2:43:53BODYO TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL

2:43:55THE CITY ATTORNEYS CAN DRAFT

2:43:57SOMETHING THAT MIGHT REPRESENT A

2:44:02CONSENSUS?

2:44:04OKAY.

2:44:05LET'S DO THAT.

2:44:07WHICH MEANS OUR NEXT ITEM --

2:44:11WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL TABLE

2:44:13ITEM NUMBER 22 ON THE PHSE

2:44:16REPORT.

2:44:17WE HAVE THREE ITEMS REMAINING ON

2:44:18THAT REPORT.

2:44:21STARTING WITH ITEM NUMBER 23

2:44:23WHICH IS THE M OFF-DUTY WORK

2:44:24AUDIT OVERSIGHT LEGISLATIVE

2:44:26DIRECTIVE.

2:44:26AND LET'S TAKE THAT UP NEXT.

2:44:27AND I WILL RECOGNIZE

2:44:29COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ TO SPEAK TO

2:44:30IT.

2:44:30>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:44:31THIS IS THE MPD OFF DUTY WORK

2:44:35AUDIT OVERSIGHT LEGISLATIVE

2:44:37DIRECTIVE AUTHORED BY MYSELF,

2:44:40COUNCILMEMR STEVENSON AND

2:44:43WONSLEY.

2:44:45THIS AUDIT IDENTIFIED FOUR

2:44:48ISSUES, THREE THAT WERE HIGH

2:44:49RI ANDNE THAT WAS MODERATE

2:44:51RISK.

2:44:52THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE

2:44:52DEPARTME MANAGEMENT AGREED TO

2:44:55CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS WIT

2:44:58COMPLETION BETWEEN MARCH 11TH --

2:45:04JUNE 22, 2026, MONITORING REPORT

2:45:06LISTED THESE CORRECTIVE ACTION

2:45:08PLANS AS UNRESOLVED WITH EVERY

2:45:09TARGET DATE HAVING PASSED AND

2:45:11THE EARLIEST BY MORE THAN SIX

2:45:13YEARS.

2:45:13ISSUE ONE RELATEDO TECHNOLOGY

2:45:15WAS ABOUT SIGNING ON FOR OFF

2:45:17DUTY SHIFTS REQUIRING A RADIO

2:45:20CALL.

2:45:20DISPATCH RECORD SHIFTS BY HAND

2:45:23ON PAPER, CALL SIGNS ARE NOT

2:45:25UNIQUE, THE SCHEDULING SYSTEM IS

2:45:28INCOMPLETE, AND LIMITED ACCESS

2:45:29TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.

2:45:31ISSUE T REGARDING POLICIES

2:45:32HIGH RISK.

2:45:34OFFICERS MAY GIVE VERBAL,

2:45:38UNDOCUMENTED NOTICE WHEN WORKING

2:45:40MORE THAN 60 HOURS PER WEEK.

2:45:41AND NO ONE IS ASSIGNED TO

2:45:42OVERSEE COMPLIANCE.

2:45:45OFFICERS CAN ASSIGN THEIR OWN

2:45:47SUPERVISORS.

2:45:47CASH PAYMENTS ARE PERMITTED.

2:45:49AND SECONDARY EMPLOYEES ARE NOT

2:45:50APPROVED EACH YEAR.

2:45:51ISSUE THREE, COMPLIANCE

2:45:53MOTORING, HIGH RISK.

2:45:53THERE IS NO COMPLIANCE

2:45:55MONITORING, NOT A SECONDARY

2:45:58EMPLOYER, SITES ARE IN THE

2:45:59SYSTEM.

2:46:00OFFICER APPROVALS ARE NOT

2:46:02APPROVED EACH YEAR.

2:46:03AND SOME WORKED OFF DUTY WITHOUT

2:46:07APPROVAL.

2:46:07ISSUE FOUR, SQUAD CAR USE,

2:46:09MODERATE RISK.

2:46:10USE OF MARKED SQUAD CARS FOR

2:46:12OFF-DUTY WORK WAS NOT

2:46:13CONSISTENTLY APPROVED OR LOGGED

2:46:15AT ANY OF THE FIVE PRECINCTS.

2:46:19CARS TAKEN FROM THE SERVICE

2:46:21GARBAGE WERE NOT TRACKED.

2:46:22ANDOT ALL SQUAD CARS HAVE

2:46:24TRACKING.

2:46:24THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS

2:46:25ASKING FOR AN UPDATE ON MPD'S

2:46:29PROGRESS ON THE FOUR UNRESOLVED

2:46:31CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS ON THE

2:46:34MPD OFF-DUTY AUDIT.

2:46:35THIS IS PART OF OUR WORK TO DO

2:46:37OVERSIGHT.

2:46:37I MOVE THIS FOR APPROVAL.

2:46:39>> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ HAS

2:46:39MOVED THIS FOR APPROVAL.

2:46:40IS THERE A SECOND?

2:46:42>> SECOND.

2:46:43>> OKAY.

2:46:46I HAVE WRITTEN DOWN IN ORDER FOR

2:46:47THE FOLKS WHO HAVE RAID THEIR

2:46:49FLAGS WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR

2:46:51SPEAKER QUEUE, WONSLEY THEN

2:46:53WHITING.

2:46:53I SEE WE GOT SPEAKER QUEUE UP,

2:46:55BUT I'M GOING TO CALL ON

2:46:56COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

2:46:57>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.I

2:47:04OF MY FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE LACK

2:47:06OF PROGRESS ON OFF-DUTY

2:47:07MANAGEMENT AND WHAT THIS

2:47:08LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS AIMING

2:47:09TO RECONCILE.

2:47:11FOR SIX YEARS, MANAGEABLE

2:47:12RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO

2:47:13STRENGTHEN MANAGEMENT OVER

2:47:15OFF-DUTY MADE BY AN AUDIT HAVE

2:47:17SAT UNADDRESSED BECAUSE NO ONE

2:47:21HAS REALLY CARED TO MAKE THIS A

2:47:23PRIORITY.

2:47:23AND FOR ME, IT REPRESENTS WITH

2:47:27NEW INFORMATION IN THE PAST TWO

2:47:28YEARS ABOUT THE FEES WE COULD BE

2:47:30CHARGING.

2:47:30IT REPRESENTS ABO $2 MILLION

2:47:32THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO

2:47:34REFUSED TO COLLECT IN

2:47:38ADMINISTERING BETTER OVERSIGHT

2:47:39AND MAGEMENT OF OFF DUTY.

2:47:40AND I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A

2:47:44PUBLIC SAFETY -- SORRY I A

2:47:47CLOSED SESSION REGARDING SOME OF

2:47:48THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS LATER.

2:47:50BUT I THINK AGAIN IT'S REALLY

2:47:54INCUMBENT AMONGST THIS BODY TO

2:47:55DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUSH THE

2:47:56ADMINISTRATION TO DO BETTER AND

2:47:59START WITH ESPECIALLY

2:47:59CONVERSATIONS AROUND BUDGET AND

2:48:00FISCAL IMPACTS TO START BY

2:48:02COLLECTING THE $2 MILLION THAT

2:48:04TAXPAYERS ARE SUBSIDIZING FOR

2:48:06OFFICERS TO ESSENTIALLY DO SIDE

2:48:11GIGS.

2:48:11THERE IS NOT A QUESTION OR

2:48:12CONCERN ABOUT THE MONEY TO BE

2:48:13ABLE TO IMPLEMENT FEES TO DO

2:48:16BETTER MANAGEMENT.

2:48:17THIS BODY PROVIDED THE OFFICE OF

2:48:19COMMUNITY SAFETY AND MPD WITH

2:48:21THE FUNDING NECESSARY LAST

2:48:22BUET CYCLE TO IMPLEMENT

2:48:24COLLECTION ON THOSE FEES, BUT

2:48:25HAVE REFUSED TO DO THAT.

2:48:28SO I AM HOPEFUL THAT IN THE

2:48:31COMING MONTHS WITH INFORMATION

2:48:33RECEIVED BY THIS LEGISLATIVE

2:48:34DIRECTIVE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE

2:48:36TO DO MORE TO PUSH THIS

2:48:37ADMINISTRATION TO START THE

2:48:38COLLECTION OF THOSE FEES AND

2:48:43ENACT BEER OVERSIGHT OVER IT.

2:48:45I ALSO WANT TO SHARE GRATITUDE

2:48:46FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

2:48:47FOR FINALLY GIVING US A LEGAL

2:48:50MEMO JUST YESTERDAY THAT GIV

2:48:52US SOME POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS ON

2:48:54HOW TO REGAIN AUTHORITY OVER

2:48:56MANAGING OFF DUTY THAT THE

2:48:59DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NAMED

2:49:01THEMSELVES WAS RIPE FOR ABUSE.

2:49:05I LOOK FORWARD TO ALSO ADVANCING

2:49:06NEXT STEPS AS OUTLINED IN THAT

2:49:11HAVING TO LITERALLY PAY FOR THE

2:49:13INACTION FROM THE FREY

2:49:17ADMINISTRATION OVER OFF DUT AND

2:49:18WE CAN PUT PROPER OVERSIGHT ON

2:49:21IT IN MANAGEMENT.

2:49:22I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU,

2:49:23COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, FOR YOUR

2:49:24LEADERSHIP ON THIS FRONT.

2:49:25AND HOPEFULLY MANY OF OUR

2:49:26COLLEAGUES WILL ALSO JOIN THE

2:49:28FIGHT TO AT LEAST USE OUR

2:49:30OVSIGHT CAPABILITIES TO

2:49:32ADVANCE PROGRESS IN THIS AREA.

2:49:34>> CNCILMEMBER WHITING.

2:49:35>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:49:36JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT IF

2:49:38THE CO-AUTHORS WOULD LIKE TO ADD

2:49:39ME AS A CO-AUTHOR, I WOULD LOVE

2:49:41TO DO THAT.

2:49:42>> YES, OF COURSE.

2:49:43>> THA YOU VERY MUCH.

2:49:44AND THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER

2:49:47WONSLEY FOR I THINK TALKING

2:49:48ABOUT A LARGE POINT.

2:49:49IT IS NOTED BOTH IN THE

2:49:51DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S

2:49:53INVESTIGATIVE FINDINGS AS WELL

2:50:02AS THE OFF-DUTY SYSTEM AS IT

2:50:04EXISTS RIGHT NOW IS RIPE FOR

2:50:06CORRUPTION.

2:50:06THIS IS AN AREA WE NEED A LARGE

2:50:08AREA OF OVERSIT AS IT IS

2:50:11UNIQUE IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION

2:50:13HERE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS.

2:50:16I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER

2:50:17JURISDICON IN THE STATE OF

2:50:18MINNESOTA DOES IT THE WAY WE DO.

2:50:22SO I THINK WE DO HAVE TO GET

2:50:23OUTSIDE OF A FEW LEGAL HURDLES.

2:50:25I KNOW OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S

2:50:28OFFICE HAS THE SKILLS WITHIN ITS

2:50:30OFFICE TO SO.

2:50:31SO THANK YOU FOR ADDING ME AS A

2:50:33CO-AUTHOR.

2:50:33HAPPY TO SUPPORT HOW I CAN.

2:50:37THANK YOU.

2:50:38>> I ADDED MYSELF TO QUEUE JUST

2:50:39BECAUSE I WANTED TO SPEAK MORE

2:50:41BROADLY TO PAL SO OF THE WORK

2:50:43THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING ON THE

2:50:46AUDIT COMMITTEE.

2:50:48THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT

2:50:49DASHBOARD CREATED AND I'M NOT

2:50:52ENTIRELY SURE IF IT'S A PUBLIC

2:50:54DASHBOARD, BUT I KNOW IT'S

2:50:55AVAILABLE TO THE AUDITOMMITTEE

2:50:56THAT IS SHOWING EVERY SINGLE

2:50:58OPEN ACTION THAT EXISTS WHIN

2:51:00THE UNIVERSE OF AUDIT.

2:51:02AND SO THIS IS GOING BACK

2:51:04TO 2019.

2:51:04I THINK THE OLDEST ONE IS THE

2:51:07OFF DUTY AUDIT GOING BACK

2:51:08TO 2019.

2:51:10I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER

2:51:13PALMISAN WHEN YOU WERE ON

2:51:15AUDIT, THERE WAS AN FTO AUDIT,

2:51:20IF I RECALL.

2:51:21SO THERE'S A NBER OF AUDITS

2:51:22THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE

2:51:23YEARS.

2:51:24AND THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON

2:51:24WHAT AUDIT CAN DO.

2:51:27WE CAN IDENTIFY GAPS IN POLICS

2:51:34AND PROCEDURES, WE CAN GIVE

2:51:36RECOMMENDATIONS.

2:51:37BUT IT'S ULTIMATELY LEADERSHIP'S

2:51:39RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT

2:51:40THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.

2:51:43OFTENTIMES THERE CAN BE

2:51:44SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN THE

2:51:45IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE

2:51:47RECOMMENDAONS.

2:51:47SOMETIMES THOSE DELAYS ARE

2:51:48COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDABLE AND

2:51:49ARE HAPPENING IN GOOD FAITH.

2:51:51SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHY

2:51:52THOSE DELAYS ARE HAPPENING.

2:51:55THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE IS

2:51:56REALLY TRYING TO TAKE THE NEXT

2:51:59STEP OF SAYING OKAY, WELL WHAT'S

2:52:02GOING ON WITH THESE GAPS THAT

2:52:04ARE NOT CLOSED SINCE 2019 SO

2:52:07THAT WE CAN GET A MORE FORCEFUL

2:52:10RESPONSE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION

2:52:11AND ANSWERING FOR SOME OF THESE

2:52:13QUESTIONS.

2:52:13I THINK THIS ALSO PLUGS INTO

2:52:15THIS REQUEST FOR MORE

2:52:18INFORMATION ON OUR SUBPOENA

2:52:19AUTHORITY.

2:52:20BECAUSE AGAIN SOMETIMES DELAYS

2:52:21ARE IN GOOD FAITH.

2:52:22BUT SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT.

2:52:23AND HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO

2:52:25DISCERN THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE

2:52:26THE TOOLS TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.

2:52:31SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY

2:52:34GREAT REPRESENTATION OF THE

2:52:37PIVOT IN THE NEW GOVERNMENT

2:52:38STRUCTURE IN OUR ESSENTIAL FOCUS

2:52:39ON OVERSIGHT AND HOW WE'VE

2:52:41CREATED AN OFFICE OF CITY

2:52:42AUTOR THAT IS ELEVATED IN THE

2:52:43CHARTER TO PROVIDE THIS TYPE OF

2:52:46OVERSIGHT AND HOW THE COUNCIL AS

2:52:48A BODY AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

2:52:49AS A BODY CAN ACTUALLY WORK

2:52:50TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THAT MORE

2:52:54COMPREHENSIVE OVERSIGHT

2:52:57STRATEGY.

2:52:57NOW I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

2:52:59VETAW.

2:52:59>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:53:00JUST WANT TO ASK THE AUTHORS IF

2:53:02I COULD ALSO BE ADDED AS A

2:53:05CO-AUTHOR.

2:53:05>> YES!

2:53:06>> YOU LIKE THAT, DON'T YOU?

2:53:10THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BODY OF

2:53:15WORK FOR ME.

2:53:16I'M STILL LEARNING A LOTBOUT

2:53:17IT.

2:53:18BUT THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE

2:53:19IS CERTAINLY GOING TO DEFINE

2:53:20SOME THINGS FOR US AS A UNCIL.

2:53:21AND I HOPE IT DOES SO IN A WAY

2:53:24THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE WORK OF

2:53:27FIXING THINGS IF THEY EXIST.

2:53:29AND ALSO CATING A NEW PATHWAY

2:53:32TO THIS OFF-DUTY WORK IF

2:53:34POSSIBLE OR WHATEVER COMES OUT

2:53:35OF THIS LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE.

2:53:38I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING

2:53:39WITH COLLEAGUES ON MAKING IT

2:53:41BETTER IF NEEDED OR

2:53:42STRENGTHING SOME POLICIES OR

2:53:43TAKING SOME THINGS AWAY IF

2:53:44NEEDED ALSO.

2:53:46SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2:53:51>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

2:53:52>> THANK YOU, I'LL KEEP MY

2:53:53COMMENTS BRIEF.

2:53:53I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AS

2:53:56COLLEAGUES THAT IN MY COMMUNITY

2:54:00MEETINGS WITH CONSTITUENTS

2:54:01REGARDING THE CITY BUDGET, OFF

2:54:03DUTY IS SOMETHING THAT JUST

2:54:05CONTINUOUSLY COMES UP.

2:54:06AND I'VE HAD TO SHARE REPEATEDLS

2:54:10HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS

2:54:13SPANNED SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS

2:54:15ACROSS GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE THE

2:54:16ISSUES THAT WE SEE WITH OFF

2:54:21DUTY.

2:54:21I THINK FOR SURE AT LEAST GOING

2:54:22BACK TO THE '90s, COMING DOWN TO

2:54:25PRESENT DAY.

2:54:27AND I FEEL LIKE IN MY YEARS IN

2:54:32CITY GOVERNMENT AS A POLICY AID,

2:54:33D NOW I THINK THIS IS THE MOST

2:54:36PROGRESS WE'VE SEEN DUE TO THE

2:54:39OVERSIGHT WORK THAT WE'RE

2:54:40PUSHING FOR.

2:54:41AND SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO

2:54:42THWORK OF THE AUTHORS AND

2:54:43THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN A PART OF

2:54:45THIS IN THEIR OWN WAY BEFORE

2:54:47THIS.

2:54:47AND I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO BE

2:54:50ADDED AS A CO-AUTHOR.

2:54:52I SEE A THUMBS UP FROM

2:54:55COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

2:54:59>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

2:55:02>> NOW WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY

2:55:04CO-AUTHORS SO I WON'T ASK FOR

2:55:05THAT.

2:55:06BUT THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER

2:55:07CHOWDHURY FOR POINTING OUTHAT

2:55:08THIS SPANS MULTIPLE

2:55:09ADMINISTRATIONS, A LOT OF WORK

2:55:10OVER THE YEARS.

2:55:12MY ORIGINAL REASON FOR ENGAGING

2:55:18ON THIS AUDIT IN THE PAST WAS

2:55:20BECAUSE OF THE OFF-DUTY WORK

2:55:21THAT HAPPENED.

2:55:23AND THEN IT WA AN 8-HOUR OFF

2:55:26DUTY SHIFT AND THEN THAT PERSON

2:55:28CAME ON TO WORK AND THEN THAT

2:55:31PERSON PROCEEDED TO ACCIDENTALLY

2:55:35SHOOT ONE OF MY CONSTITNTS IN

2:55:39A TRAGIC WAY.

2:55:40THAT PERSON HAS SERVED THEIR

2:55:43TIME.

2:55:43THAT PERSON DESERVES PEACE AS

2:55:47DOES JUSTINE DAMON'S FAMILY.

2:55:49BUT THAT IS PART OF WHY I

2:55:50VENTURED BACK INTO THIS WORK AND

2:55:56AGAIN IT WAS BACK INTO THIS

2:55:57WORK.

2:55:57WE RECEIVED SOME BACKGROUND FROM

2:55:58THE CITY ATTORNEY YESTERDAY THAT

2:56:00SHOWS HOW LONG THIS WORK HAS

2:56:01BEEN GOING ON.

2:56:01SO THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES F.

2:56:07>> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN

2:56:09QUEUE, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO

2:56:11CALL THE ROLLNTEM NUMBER 23.

2:56:13>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

2:56:15>> AYE.

2:56:15>> STEVENSON.

2:56:16>> AYE.

2:56:18>> RAINVILLE IS ABSENT.

2:56:21VETAW.

2:56:21>> AYE.

2:56:21>> PALMISANO.

2:56:23>> AYE.

2:56:23>> CHAVEZ.

2:56:25AYE.

2:56:25>> SHAFFER.

2:56:27>> AYE.

2:56:27>> WONSLEY.

2:56:28>> AYE.

2:56:29>> CHUGHTAI.

2:56:30>> AYE.

2:56:31>> WHITING.

2:56:32>> AYE.

2:56:32>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

2:56:33>> AYE.

2:56:34>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:56:34>> AYE.

2:56:35>> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

2:56:36>> THAT ITEM CARRIES.

2:56:39NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP ITEM NUMBER

2:56:4124 AND I WILL RECOGNIZE

2:56:43COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

2:56:43>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

2:56:45THIS IS THE MPD FLEET MANAGEMENT

2:56:48AUDIT OVERSIGHT LISLATIVE

2:56:51DIRECTIVE AUTHORED BY MYSELF,

2:56:53COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON,ND

2:56:55MINORITY LEADER WONSLEY.

2:56:57ON DECEMBER 2, 2024, THE CITY

2:56:59AUDITOR ISSUED THE MPD FLEET

2:57:01MANAGEMENT AUDIT.

2:57:02IT IDENTIFIED 11 RISKS, SEVEN

2:57:03THAT WERE HIGH RISK, THREE THAT

2:57:04WERE MODERATE AND ONE THAT WAS

2:57:06LOW RISK.

2:57:08MPD MANAGEMENT AGREED TO

2:57:09CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS WITH

2:57:11TARGETED RATES BETWEEN

2:57:13JANUARY 31, 25, AND

2:57:16DECEMBER 31, 2025.

2:57:16THEY THEN ISSUED A MONITORING

2:57:18REPORT ONUNE 22, 2026, THAT

2:57:20LISTS THESE PLANS AS UNRESOLVED.

2:57:23MEANING THAT EVERY TARGET DATE

2:57:24WAS PASSED AND THE OLDEST BY

2:57:26MORE THAN 19 MONTHS.

2:57:27AND JUST TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH

2:57:29THE FINDINGS, ISSUE ONE THAT WAS

2:57:31HIGH RISK, ABOUT 250 CRASH

2:57:35INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING MPD

2:57:35EMPLOYEES WERE OPENED, SOME

2:57:37DANG BACK SEVERAL YEARS.

2:57:38ISSUE TWO THAT WAS HIGH RISK,

2:57:40DEPARTMENT FLEET POLICIES ARE

2:57:41OUTDATE AND HAD DO NOT ALIGN

2:57:45WITH CITY POLICIES.

2:57:47ONLY ABOUT 220 OF THE MORE THAN

2:57:49400 DEPARTMEN VEHICLES HAVE

2:57:51GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

2:57:52TRACKING.

2:57:53ISSUE FOUR WHICH WAS HIGH, THEY

2:57:54COULD NOT OBTAIN A LIST OF

2:57:57ELIGIBLE DRIVERS OR VERIFY

2:57:59ANNUAL DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECKS.

2:58:01ISSUE FIVEHIGH RISK, FUEL

2:58:03CARDS HAVE NO TRANSACTION

2:58:05REPORTS OR DOCUMENTED

2:58:07RECONCILIATION.

2:58:07ISSUE SIX, HIGH RISK, SEPARATED

2:58:10EMPLOYEES STILLPPEARED ON

2:58:12VEHICLE LISTS.

2:58:13VEHICLES COULD LEAVE THE GARAGE

2:58:15BEFORE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED

2:58:18AND OUT OF TOWN DESTINATIONS

2:58:19WERE NOT TRACKED IN A MANNER

2:58:20THAT COULD OBTAIN INFORMATION.

2:58:23ISSUE SEVEN HIGH RISK, THE

2:58:25AUDITOR COULD NOT OBTAIN

2:58:27APPROVAL OF REJECTION RECORDS OR

2:58:28DATES OR DOCUMENTING FACTORS OF

2:58:30CONSIDERATION ACROSS THE POOL OF

2:58:32105 TAKE HOME VEHICLES.

2:58:34AND SOME EMPLOYEES HAD NOT

2:58:36SUBMITTED REQUEST FOR ON

2:58:37RECORDS.

2:58:39ISSUE EIGHT, MODERATE RISK.

2:58:40RISK MANAGEMENT LACKS A

2:58:42NOTIFICATION PROCESS FOR MPD

2:58:43VEHICLE CRASHES DUE TO SILOED

2:58:45DATA TRACKING SYSTEMS, CREATING

2:58:47A RISK OF INFORMATION DELAYS AND

2:58:49DUPLICATEEPORTING EFFORTS.

2:58:51ISSUE NINE WHICH IS MODERATE

2:58:52RISK, THERE ARE SEVERAL

2:58:54INSTANCES OF INACCURATE VEHICLE

2:58:57MILEAGE ENTRIES AT CITY FUEL

2:58:58PUMPS AND AT TIMES EXTRA DIGITS

2:59:00WERE ADDED.

2:59:01ISSUE TEN, MODERATE RISK, T

2:59:02FLEET DATABASE RUNS ON AN

2:59:05UNSUPPORTIVE PROGRAM THAT ONLY

2:59:08KNOWLEDGE TO ENTER, MAINTAIN,

2:59:10AND EXTRACT DATA.

2:59:11ISSUE 11, THE THREE YEAR

2:59:15EMERGENCY VEHICLE OPERATION

2:59:16COURSE REQUIREMENTS IS NOT

2:59:17WRITTEN INTO DEPARTMENT POLICY.

2:59:18THIS DIRECTIVE IS ASKING FOR AN

2:59:21UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF THE

2:59:24UNCORRECTED ACTION PLANS AND IS

2:59:26PROCESS OF US DOING OUR

2:59:28OVERSIGHT FUNCTIONS.

2:59:29I MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

2:59:30>> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ, WOULD

2:59:31YOU ALSO LIKE TO TAKE UP ITEM 25

2:59:34AT THE SAME TIME AS RECOGNIZING

2:59:35THESE THREE ARE QUITE SIMILAR.

2:59:37>> YES.

2:59:38NUMBER 25 WOULD BE THE MPD

2:59:40OVERTIME SNDING AUDIT REQUEST

2:59:41RESOLUTION AUTHORED BY MYSELF

2:59:43AND MINORITY LEADER WONSLEY.

2:59:44WE KNOWHAT POLICE OVERTIME

2:59:46CONTINUES TO EXCEED ITS BUDGET

2:59:47EVERY YEAR.

2:59:48AND ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2026, MPD

2:59:51OFFICIALS ADMITTED THAT OVERTIME

2:59:53HAS BEEN MISMANAGED.

2:59:54THIS ACTION REQUESTS THAT THE

2:59:56AUDIT COMMITTEE REQUEST A CITY

2:59:57AUDIR TO CONDUCT AN

2:59:59INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF MPD'S

3:00:01OVERTIME MANAGEMENT CONTROLS AND

3:00:02E.

3:00:02I CAN MOVE BOTH 24 AND 25

3:00:06TOGETHER.

3:00:06>> IS THERE A SECOND?

3:00:08>> SECOND.

3:00:09>> ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE

3:00:10ITEMS?

3:00:12COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

3:00:13>> COULD I BE ADDED, THROUGH THE

3:00:18CHAIR, TO THE MPD OVERTIME

3:00:20SPENDING AUDIT REQUEST?

3:00:24OKAY.

3:00:24CHAVEZ, LOVE THAT YOU THUMBED ME

3:00:26UP.

3:00:26BUT DO YOU NEED TO SAY IT IN THE

3:00:28MIC?

3:00:28>> OH YES.

3:00:30>> OKAY, SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT

3:00:32IN QUEUE, I'LL HAVE THE CLERK

3:00:33CALL THE ROLL ON THE ITEMS4

3:00:38AND 25.

3:00:38>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

3:00:39>> AYE.

3:00:40>> STEVENSON.

3:00:41>> AYE.

3:00:41>> VETAW.

3:00:43>> AYE.

3:00:44>> PALMISANO.

3:00:45>> AYE.

3:00:45>> CHAVEZ.

3:00:47>> AYE.

3:00:47>> SHAFFER.

3:00:49>> AYE.

3:00:50>> WONSLEY.

3:00:51>> AYE.

3:00:52>> CHUGHTAI.

3:00:54>> AYE.

3:00:55>> WHITING.

3:00:56>> AYE.

3:00:56>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.>> AYE.

3:00:58>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:00:59>> AYE.

3:00:59>> THERE ARE 11 AYES.

3:01:01>> THO ITEMS CARRY.

3:01:03AND AS WE'VE TABLED ITEM 22, WE

3:01:07WILL MOVE ON TO NOTICE OF

3:01:09ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS.

3:01:10WE HAVE FOUR NOTICES LISTED ON

3:01:12OUR AGENDA TODAY.

3:01:14FIRST, COUNCILMEMBERS CHAVEZ AND

3:01:16STEVENSON GIVE NOTICE TO

3:01:17INTRODUCE AT THE NEXT REGULAR

3:01:18MEETING THE SUBJECTATTER OF AN

3:01:20ORDINANCE AMENDING THE AIR BLUES

3:01:21POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL

3:01:22PROTECTION CODE BY ADDING A NEW

3:01:24CHAPTER TO 49 ENTITLED

3:01:26COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND

3:01:27INSTITUTIONAL STORMWATER

3:01:29PROGRAM.

3:01:31SECOND, COUILMEMBER VETAW

3:01:32GIVES NOTICE TO INTRODUCE AT THE

3:01:33NEXT REGULAR MEETING THE SUBJECT

3:01:34MATTER OF ANRDINANCE AMENDING

3:01:37THE ADMINISTRATION CODE ENSURING

3:01:39ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE

3:01:40MINNEAPOS POLICE DEPARTMENT

3:01:40VEHICLE PURCHASES.

3:01:45THIRD, COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER

3:01:45GIVES NOTICE TO INTRODUCE AT THE

3:01:47NEXT REGULAR MEETING THE SUBJECT

3:01:48MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

3:01:49SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF THE LICENSE

3:01:51AND BUSINESS REGULATIONS CODE BY

3:01:53DELETING OR AMENDING VARIOUS

3:01:54SELDOM USED LICENSE TYPES AND

3:01:56CATEGORIES TO STREAMLINE THE

3:01:58REGULATORY PROCESS AND ALIGN

3:02:00WITH CURRENT MARKET NEEDS AND

3:02:02PRACTICES.

3:02:03FOURTH, COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY

3:02:03GIVES NOTICE TO INTRODUCE AT THE

3:02:05NEXT REGULAR MEETING THE SUBJECT

3:02:06MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

3:02:07THE LICENSE AND BUSINESS

3:02:09REGULATIONS CODE ADDING A NEW

3:02:11CHAPTER 271 ENTITLED DATA

3:02:13CENTERS, ESTABLISHING LICENSING

3:02:15REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFYING DATA

3:02:16CENTERS.

3:02:17I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT

3:02:18COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY ALONG WITH

3:02:21VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN,

3:02:23COUNCILMEMBERS CHAVEZ AND

3:02:24CHOWDHURY GAVE ADDITIONAL NOTICE

3:02:26DURING OUR DISCUSSION OF THE

3:02:27MAYOR'S VETO RELATED TO

3:02:31AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, THIS KICKS

3:02:32OFF THE PROCESS FOR A COUNCIL TO

3:02:35CONSIDER A DIFFERENT VERSION OF

3:02:37THOSE REGULATIONS.

3:02:38THAT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN AND

3:02:40NO ACTION IS REQUIRED AT THIS

3:02:41TIME.

3:02:42THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS

3:02:43THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL

3:02:44CALENDAR.

3:02:45WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TODAY.

3:02:46FIRST PURSUANT TO NOTICE,

3:02:47COUNCILMEMBERS WONSLEY AND

3:02:49STEVENSON MOVE TO INTRODUCE THE

3:02:50SUBJECT MATTER OF AN ORDINANCE

3:02:57TELEVISION FRANCHISE EXTENDING

3:03:01THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT,

3:03:01MODIFYING THE PEG FEE, AND

3:03:04ADDING A PROVISION FOR

3:03:07TRANSMISSION OF ACCESS CHANNELS.

3:03:09SECOND PURSUANT TO NOTICE,

3:03:11COUNCILMEMBERS RAINVILLE MOVES

3:03:14AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING

3:03:16AND REFERRAL TO THE PUBLIC

3:03:18HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY

3:03:19COMMITTEEPREVENTING SMOKELESS

3:03:21TOBACCO IN STADIUMS.

3:03:22MA I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE

3:03:24THESE INTRODUCTIONS?

3:03:25>> SO MOVED.

3:03:26>> SECOND.

3:03:26>> THOSE HAVBEEN MOVED AND

3:03:28SECONDED.

3:03:28I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

3:03:30STEVENSON.

3:03:30>> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I CAN

3:03:31SAY ABOUT THE COMCAST FRANCHISE

3:03:38ORDINANCE FOR LEGAL REASONS.

3:03:39BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION WE GOT

3:03:40A GREAT DEAL.

3:03:41I WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR

3:03:44WORKING REALLY HARD TO DO A

3:03:46GREAT JOB.

3:03:46THEY'RE NOT IN HERE RIGHT NOW.

3:03:47BUT THE ATTORNEYS DID A GREAT

3:03:49JOB.

3:03:49SO THIS IS ASTEVENSON.

3:03:51>> AYE.

3:03:51>> VETAW.

3:03:52>> AYE.

3:03:53>> PALMISANO.

3:03:54>> AYE.

3:03:55>> CHAVEZ.

3:03:56>> AYE.

3:03:57>> SHAFFER.

3:03:58>> AYE.

3:03:59>> WONSLEY IS ABSENT.

3:04:01CHUGHTAI.

3:04:02>> AYE.

3:04:02>> WHITING.

3:04:04>> AYE.

3:04:05>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN IS

3:04:09ABSENT.

3:04:09PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:04:10>> AYE.

3:04:10>> THERE ARE NINE AYES.

3:04:13>> THAT CARRIES.

3:04:14AND THOSE ITEMS ARE REFERRED TO

3:04:16THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE.

3:04:17THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS

3:04:19RESOLUTIONS.

3:04:20WE HAVE ONE RESOLUTION LISTED ON

3:04:22OUR AGENDA THAT RECEIVED A

3:04:23PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF

3:04:24OUR MEETING RELATED TO BREAST

3:04:25CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

3:04:27DO COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY

3:04:30COMMENTSO ADD?

3:04:33I WILL JUST ADD THATHIS YEAR

3:04:35MARKS THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY

3:04:37OF MY WIFE BEING CANCER FREE.

3:04:39AND I WILL JUST REITERATE, GET

3:04:43YOUR CHECK UPS.

3:04:46IS THERE A MOTION TO APT THIS

3:04:48RESOLUTION?

3:04:49>> SO MOVED.

3:04:50>> SECOND.

3:04:50>> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL.

3:04:53>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

3:04:55>> AYE.

3:04:55>> STEVENSON.

3:04:57>> AYE.

3:04:57>> VETAW.

3:04:58>> AYE.

3:04:59>> PALMISANO.

3:05:00>> AYE.

3:05:01>> CHAVEZ.

3:05:02>> AYE.

3:05:02>> AFFER.

3:05:04>> AYE.

3:05:05>> CHUGHTAI.

3:05:06>> AYE.

3:05:07>> WHITING.

3:05:08>> AYE.

3:05:09>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:05:09>> AYE.

3:05:10>> THERE ARE NINE AYES.

3:05:13>> THAT CARRIES.

3:05:15ONTO NEW BUSINESS.

3:05:17AS WE DISPENSED WITH UNFINISHED

3:05:19BUSINESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE

3:05:20MEETING.

3:05:21WE WILL NEXT PROCEED TO THE

3:05:22ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS.

3:05:23WE HAVE TWO ITEMS TODAY WHICH IS

3:05:24THE RECEIPT OF THEMAYOR'S

3:05:27NOMINATION OF HEIDI RITCHIE TO

3:05:31THE APPOINTED POSITION OF HEALTH

3:05:32COMMISSIONER.

3:05:32AND MAYOR FREY'S NOMINATION OF

3:05:34BILL PETERSON TO THE APPOINTED

3:05:35POSITION OF POLICE CHIEF.

3:05:37I MOVE TO REFER BOTH NOMINATIONS

3:05:39TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND

3:05:40EQUITY COMMITTEE FOR SETTING OF

3:05:41A PUBLIC HEARING.

3:05:42IS THERE A SECOND?

3:05:43>> SECOND.

3:05:45>> ANY DISCUSSION?

3:05:48SEEING NONE, THE CLERK WILL CALL

3:05:50THE ROLL.

3:05:51>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

3:05:52>> AYE.

3:05:52>> STEVENSON.

3:05:54>> AYE.

3:05:55>> VETAW.

3:05:57>> AYE.

3:05:57>> PALMISANO.

3:05:59>> AYE.

3:05:59>> CHAVEZ.

3:06:01>> AYE.

3:06:02>> SHAFFER.

3:06:04>> AYE.

3:06:04>> CHUGHTAI.

3:06:06>> AYE.

3:06:06>> WHITG.

3:06:08>> AYE.

3:06:09>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:06:10>> AYE.

3:06:11>> THERE ARE NINE AYES.

3:06:12>> THAT CARRIES.

3:06:13AND THOSE NOMINATIONS ARE

3:06:15REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH

3:06:16SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE.

3:06:20WE HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR AGENDA.

3:06:23WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS YET AND A

3:06:24CLOSED SESSION.

3:06:27AND WE ARE STILL HAVE ITEM

3:06:29NUMBER 22 TABLED.

3:06:32SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE

3:06:35TAKE A BRIEF RECESS UNLESS THE

3:06:39CITY ATTORNEY IS LOCKED IN AND

3:06:41READY TO GO?

3:06:43>> MR. PRESENT, IT WOULD

3:06:43BENEFIT ALL OF US IF WE TOOK

3:06:45MAYBE EVEN A 5-10 MINUTE RECESS.

3:06:47>> WE COULD TAKE A LUNCH RECESS.

3:06:49WHAT DO PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT?

3:06:51WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LUNCH

3:06:53RECESS.

3:06:54HOW MUCH TIME WOULD PEOPLE

3:07:01PREFER?

3:07:0430 MINUTES?

3:07:05MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE

3:07:11A PREFERENCE?

3:07:12WE STILL HAVE A CLOSED SESSION

3:07:14THAT WE HAVE TO DO AS WELL.

3:07:15>> YEAH, TEN MINUTES THEN KNOCK

3:07:17IT OUT AND WE ALL CAN LEAVE.

3:07:20>> ALL RIGHT.

3:07:2115 MINUTES.

3:07:211:00 WE'LL COME BACK.

3:07:25[RECESS]

3:27:03>> WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS AND I

3:27:06AM GOING TO LEAN ON OUR CITY

3:27:12ATTORNEY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON

3:27:14WHERE WE ARE AT PROCEDURALLY

3:27:17WITH THE ITEM THAT WAS TABLED.

3:27:19>> IF YOU DON'T MIND WE'LL CALL

3:27:21THE ROLL FIRST.

3:27:22EVIDENCE OF A QUORUM AS RECONVE.

3:27:24>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

3:27:25>> PRESENT.

3:27:26>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

3:27:28>> PRESENT.

3:27:28>> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE IS

3:27:30ABSENT.

3:27:30COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

3:27:32.

3:27:32>> PRESENT.

3:27:33>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

3:27:34>> PRESENT.

3:27:34>> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

3:27:35>> PRESENT.

3:27:36>> COUNCILMEMBERSHAFFER.

3:27:37>> PRESENT.

3:27:37>> CNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

3:27:38>> PRESENT.

3:27:39>> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

3:27:41>> PRENT.

3:27:41>> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING IS

3:27:43ABSENT.

3:27:43VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

3:27:44>> PRESENT.

3:27:44>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:27:45>> PRESENT.

3:27:46>> THERE ARE TEN MEMBERS

3:27:48PRESENT.

3:27:48>> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT

3:27:49WE HAVE A QUORUM.

3:27:51COLLEAGUES, WE ARE TAKING UP

3:27:53ITEM NUMBER 22 FROM THE PHSE

3:27:57COMMITTEE THIS IS THE CONTRACT

3:27:59WITH COMMUTY BRIDGES INC FOR

3:28:01MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE SERVICES.

3:28:04WE TOOK A BRIEF RECESS TO

3:28:07DISCUSS A PROCEDURAL PROCESS

3:28:08AROUND PROCUREMENT.

3:28:10AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON OUR

3:28:11CITY ATTORNEY AND CLERK TO WALK

3:28:13US THROUGH THIS PROCEDURE AND

3:28:15GIVE EVERYONE AN UPDATE.

3:28:18>> MR. CHAIR, I'LL START THE

3:28:20PROCESS AND TURN IT OVER TO THE

3:28:24CITY ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS

3:28:25ANYTHING I MISS.

3:28:26DURING ITS PREVIOUS DELIBERATION

3:28:28ON THIS CONTRACT, AS YOU

3:28:30MENTIONED, PHSE'S COMTTEE ITEM

3:28:34NUMBER 22, PROPOSED CONTRACT

3:28:38WITH COMMUNITY BRIDGES, THERE

3:28:38WAS DISCUSSION.

3:28:39THE MOTION BEFORE THE BODY I TO

3:28:42DENY THAT CONTRACT WHICH

3:28:44REFLECTS THE RECOMNDATION OUT

3:28:45OF THE COMMITTEE'S ORGANIZATION.

3:28:46THAT IS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR,

3:28:48THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT AN

3:28:50ALTERNATIVE THAT THE BODY MAY BE

3:28:51INTERESTED IN PURSUING AND THE

3:28:54ATTORNEYS DURING THE BREAK HAVE

3:28:58PREPARED AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION

3:29:00WHICH WOULD ENSURE CONTINUITY OF

3:29:01THE EXISTING SERVICES THROUGH

3:29:02THE EXISTING CONTRACT WITH THE

3:29:04EXISTING PROVIDER OF THOSE

3:29:06SERVICES, PENDING COUNCIL'S

3:29:07DECISION ON HOW TO HANDLE THE

3:29:13DISPOSITION OF THOSE FUNCTIONS,

3:29:15BEING THE MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE

3:29:18SERVICES.

3:29:19EITHER DISCUSSION ON THE

3:29:21OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT WORK

3:29:23IN HOUSE AS PART OF AN EXISTING

3:29:25CITY SERVICE WITH PROVIDERS, OR

3:29:27THROUGH ANOTHER PRODER WHETHER

3:29:28THAT'S THE EXISTING PROVIDER,

3:29:29THE COMMUNITY BRIDGES OR

3:29:30SOMETHING ELSE.

3:29:33SO THE REAL PURPOSE OF THAT

3:29:37ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL IS TO

3:29:39SIMPLY SECURE THE EXISTING

3:29:40RVICES BEING CONTINUED WHILE

3:29:42THE COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION

3:29:43DISCUSS WHAT ALTERNATIVE

3:29:47METHODED MIGHT BE PREFERRED IN

3:29:47TERMS OF CONTINUING THOSE

3:29:49CRITICAL SERVICES.

3:29:51AND SO THE MOTION BEFORE YOU IS

3:29:57THEXISTING SERVICE WITH

3:29:58COMMUNITY BRIDGES.

3:29:59THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO

3:30:01DENY THAT CONTRACT

3:30:02I THINK PROCEDURALLY, THE

3:30:04PREFERRED ACTION WOULD BE FOR

3:30:04THE BODY TO IN FACT DENYHAT

3:30:06CONTRACT IF IT WISHES TO PURSUE

3:30:07THE ALTERNATIVE.

3:30:08BUT I'LL TURN TO THE ATTORNEY TO

3:30:10DIUSS THE LEGAL ISSUES

3:30:11INVOLVED IN THAT.

3:30:13>> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY.

3:30:14>> COUNCIL PRIDENT, COUNCIL

3:30:17MEMBERS, FROM THE -- YOU HAVE A

3:30:26MOTION BEFORE YOU TO DY THIS

3:30:29CONTRACT.

3:30:30WE HAVE A MOTION PREPARED THAT

3:30:32WOULD ALLOW FOR WAIVER OF THE

3:30:34PROCUREMENT RULES THAT WOULD BE

3:30:35NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR THE ADMI

3:30:38TO CONTINUE SERVICES WITH THE

3:30:39EXISTING VENDOR FOR A LIMIT

3:30:45PERIOD OF TIME WHILE EXPLORATORY

3:30:47WORK IS DONE.

3:30:52IF THIS BODY WISHES TO APPROVE

3:30:53THE CONTRACT WITH THE EXISTING

3:30:56VENDOR, THEN WE WOULD SLIGHTLY

3:31:01ALTE THE MOTION IN ORDER TO

3:31:02ALLOW FOR WAVER AGAIN OF THOSE

3:31:04PROCUREMENT PROCESSES SO THAT WE

3:31:06COULD BRIDG ANY TIME GAP

3:31:11BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE NEW

3:31:13VENDOR SHOULD START.

3:31:15FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE VERY

3:31:17FIRST DECISION THAT HAS TO BE

3:31:17MADE BY THIS BODY IS WHETHER TO

3:31:20APPROVE OR DENY THE CONTRACT

3:31:22WITH THE VENDOR THAT IS BEFORE

3:31:30YOU.

3:31:30>> THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

3:31:32THE CLERKS HAVE DILIGENTLY

3:31:33RECREATED OUR QUEUE.

3:31:34SO EVERYBODY IS BACK IN ORDER

3:31:36ALONG WITH THEIR SPEAKER COUNTS.

3:31:37AND ON THE MOTION TO DENY THE

3:31:39COMMUNITY BRIDGES CONTRACT, I

3:31:41WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

3:31:45SHAFR.

3:31:45>> A COUPLE QUESTIONS RELATED TO

3:31:46WHAT WE JUST HEARD.

3:31:47DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN LANGUAGE

3:31:48AT WE CAN SEE OR PASS OUT TO

3:31:51COUNCIL MEMBERS?

3:31:52>> IT'S RIGHT HERE.

3:31:53WHERE IS IT?

3:31:54I MISSED IT.

3:32:07SO THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE, I

3:32:08WOULD SUPPORT AN EXTENSION OF

3:32:10THE CONTRACT IF THE MOBILE

3:32:12CRISIS RESPONSE CONTRACT PASSES.

3:32:15WITHOUT THE MOBILE CRISIS

3:32:17RESPONSE CONTRACT PASSING, I

3:32:18FEEL LIKE THIS IS KICKING THE

3:32:21CAN DOWN THE ROAD.

3:32:27A PROSS THAT STAFF HAVE

3:32:28INVESTED A HUGE AMOUNT OF TIME

3:32:30IN FROM THE GET GO.

3:32:31SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY

3:32:33THANK YOU TO FIRE CHIEF STAFF

3:32:35AND ASSISTANT OFFICE OF

3:32:38COMMUNITY SAFETY STAFF REALLY

3:32:39FOR ALL OF THIS HARD WORK IN

3:32:42COMING FORWARD.

3:32:44WE HAVE A THOROUGHLY VETTED

3:32:47SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS TO COME UP

3:32:48WITH THIS THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS

3:32:51TO LAND ON THIS CONTRACT THAT WE

3:32:52HAVE BEFORE US TODAY.

3:32:55WE HAVE EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF

3:32:58SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS.

3:33:02WE WILL HELP REDUCE THE IMPACT

3:33:03OF SERVICE TIMES FOR MPD AND MFD

3:33:05AND THEIR WORKLOAD.

3:33:09AND IF WCAN AMEND THIS SECOND

3:33:13CONTRACT, WE CAN PROVIDE FOR AN

3:33:14EXTENSION OF CANOPY ROOTS

3:33:16CONTRACT UNTIL WE CAN

3:33:20SAFEGUARDING THAT NO LACK OF

3:33:21SERVICES WILL HAPPEN FOR OUR

3:33:23RESIDENTS, UNTIL THE MCR IS

3:33:27READY AND READY TO GO.

3:33:28SO I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT

3:33:29THOSE POTENTIALLY WORKING

3:33:31TOGETHER.

3:33:31I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT

3:33:34THIS MOTION AS A STAND ALONE.

3:33:38I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

3:33:39I HAVE ONE QUESTION I ESS FOR

3:33:44YOU ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE

3:33:46IMPACT.

3:33:46I'VE HEARD MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES

3:33:47SAY THAT IT'S REALLY IMPTANT

3:33:48THAT WE SWITCH TO FTE'S FULL

3:33:52TIME.

3:33:52SO I WOULD LIK TO UNDERSTAND,

3:33:53WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A YEAR TO

3:34:02TWO YEAR RUNWAY.

3:34:03WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE WITH

3:34:04FRINGES AND WAGES, TRANSITIONING

3:34:07TO FTE'S AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME

3:34:09WOUL COST?

3:34:10>> COUNCIL PREDENT PAYNE,

3:34:11COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER, WHEN WE

3:34:17DID INITIAL ALYSIS OF BRINGING

3:34:18THE SERVICE IN HOUSE, SO JUST

3:34:20THE BCR SERVICE, FOR THE

3:34:26BUDGETED AMOUNT O $5.9 MILLION,

3:34:28WE ANTICIPATE A LOWER STAFFING

3:34:30LEVEL THAN WE CONTRT OUT FOR

3:34:31CURRENTLY.

3:34:32THAT'S BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE

3:34:33FRINGE AND ELEVATED SALARIES AT

3:34:37THE CITY AS WELL.

3:34:39SO I THINK WE WOULD HAVE A

3:34:40REDUCED LEVEL OF SERVICE OR THE

3:34:42COST FOR THE SAME LEVEL OF

3:34:44SERVICE WOULD PROBABLY BE

3:34:45INCREASED.

3:34:46THAT'S OUR VERY PRELIMINARY

3:34:47ASSESSMENT BAS ON ABOUT A

3:34:49YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO THAT

3:34:51HOPEFULLY ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

3:34:53>> THANK YOU.

3:34:54SO ABOUT $6 MILLION FOR REDUCED

3:34:56NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN WHAT WE

3:34:59CURRENTLY HAVE.

3:34:59THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I C

3:35:01SUPPORT AT THIS TIME.

3:35:02I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S

3:35:03A LITTLE UNREALISTIC WITH OUR

3:35:05CURRENT FISCAL SITUATION IN THE

3:35:07CITY FOR US TO FIND ANOTHER

3:35:08$6 MILLION THIS NEXT YEAR IN

3:35:132027 TO OUTFIT A FULLY

3:35:15FUNCTIONING CITY STAFF.

3:35:17SO I'M REALLY HOPEFUL THAT WE

3:35:19CAN BASE OUR DECISION MAKING,

3:35:21AND I'M TALKING TO MYSELF, IN A

3:35:23SENSE OF REALITY AND NOT WISHFUL

3:35:26THINKING.

3:35:27FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ON

3:35:29FTE'S OVER THE COURSE OF 2027,

3:35:31WE'D NEED US TO FIND AT THE

3:35:33MINIMUM A REDUCTION OF SERVICES

3:35:35$6 MILLION.

3:35:36AND SO RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE

3:35:38SCOPE OFERVICES AND THE NEED

3:35:41THAT WE HAVE TO IMPACT THE

3:35:42WORKLOAD OF MPD AND MFD, THIS IS

3:35:47ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT DECISION TO

3:35:49MOVE THIS CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE

3:35:52BEFORE US FORWARD FOR THE

3:35:52BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS, FOR

3:35:55EXPANDED SCOPE OF SERVICES, AND

3:35:56FOR A REDUCED WORKLOAD.

3:36:03AND OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT ANY

3:36:04DELAY OF SERVICES.

3:36:05SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT

3:36:06THIS CONTRACT AND SUPPORT CANOPY

3:36:08ROOTS TO BE OUR STGAP.

3:36:12>> COUNCILMBER STEVENSON.

3:36:14>> THANK YOU.

3:36:15I GUESS I'LL BE EXTREMELY BRIEF.

3:36:18I GREW UP IN A COUNTY THAT HAD A

3:36:22PRIVATE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

3:36:23IT WAS NOT PUBLIC AND IT WAS NOT

3:36:25VOLUNTEER, IT WAS PAID, T IT

3:36:26WAS PRIVATE.

3:36:28AND IT SUCKED.

3:36:28IT WAS STUPID.

3:36:30LIKE Y?

3:36:30AND SO IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A

3:36:35SUBSCRIPTION WITH THE FIRE

3:36:36DEPARTMENT, YOU WOULD GET LIKE A

3:36:38$20,000 BILL WHEN THEY CAME TO

3:36:40YOUR HOUSE.

3:36:41WE KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR

3:36:44DOES EMERGENCY SERVICES BETTER

3:36:47THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

3:36:49SO I THINK WE HAVE ALMOST

3:36:52UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT AROUND THAT

3:36:52AND AROUND BRINGING THIS IN

3:36:55HOUSE.

3:36:55I'M REALLY EITED ABOUT WHERE

3:36:56WE'RE LANDING WITH THIS.

3:36:57AND I'M EXCITED TO VOTE.

3:36:57THANK YOU.

3:37:00>> I PUT MYSELF IN QUEUE BECAUSE

3:37:03I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO BOTH

3:37:08COUNCIL MEMBERS PALMISANO AND

3:37:10WONSLEY FOR LANDING THIS PLANE,

3:37:13IDENTIFYING A PATHWAY FORWARD

3:37:15THAT AGAIN FIRST PRIORITY NUMBER

3:37:18ONE IS MAKING SURE THERE'S NO

3:37:20DISRUPTION IN SERVICES.

3:37:21I THINK THAT THIS MOTION AROUND

3:37:22PROCUREMENT IS GOING TO ENABLE

3:37:23US TO ACHIEVE AT.

3:37:26THE VOTE THAT'S IN FRONT OF US

3:37:27RIGHT NOW IS STILL TO DISPOSE OF

3:37:29THE MOTION TO DENY THE COMMUNITY

3:37:32BRIDGES CONTRACT.

3:37:33I'M GOING TO BEOTING IN

3:37:35SUPPORT OF THE DENIAL BECAUSE I

3:37:36HEARD REALLY GOOD IDEAS UP HERE.

3:37:44EXTRAORDINARILY GOOD IDEAS

3:37:45AROUND EXPANDING SCOPE, MAKING

3:37:46SURE WRE NOT LOSING SERVICE AS

3:37:48WE TRANSITION.

3:37:49I THINK THAT THE OPERATIONAL

3:37:50DETAILS OF HOW WE ACHIEVE THAT

3:37:52STILL NEED TO BE DETERMINED.

3:37:55THINK THERE'S SOME PATHWAYS

3:37:57THAT COULD BE MULTIPLE RESPONSE

3:37:59TEAMS.

3:37:59WE HRD SOME OF THE OTHER

3:38:01MODELS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE

3:38:03YOU HAVE MULTIPLE RESPONSE

3:38:04TEAMS.

3:38:04THE STRUCTURE OF THOSE MULTIPLE

3:38:06RESPONSE TEAMS BEING IN HOUSE

3:38:09VERSUS OUT OF HOUSE OR

3:38:12CONTRACTED I THINK STILL IS TBD

3:38:15TO ME.

3:38:16I CAN ENVISION US BNGING SOME

3:38:18OF THE EXPANDED SCOPE AROUND

3:38:18LIVABILITY IN HOUSE AND NOT

3:38:20HAVING AS MANY DATA PRACTICE

3:38:23CHALLENGES WITH THAT BECAUSE IF

3:38:24THEY'RE RESPONDING TO A

3:38:27TRESPASS, THAT'S NOT A MENTAL

3:38:30HEALTH CALL AND IT WOULD

3:38:30THEREFORE NOT BE SUBJECT TO

3:38:32THOSE DATA PRACTICE BARRIERS

3:38:33THAT ARE A CHALLENGE.

3:38:33THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT

3:38:35PATHWAYS THAT WE COULD TAKE.

3:38:37EACH ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT

3:38:39PATHWAYS REQUIRES US TO DENY

3:38:40THIS CONTRACT.

3:38:41WE CAN'T NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT

3:38:43ON THE FLY.

3:38:43IT'S AT THE END OF ITS PROCESS.

3:38:45WE CAN'T CHANGE THE TERMS

3:38:48MID-STREAM.

3:38:49THAT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO OTHER

3:38:52RESPONDERS.

3:38:52AND SO I THINK THAT BY DENYING

3:38:54THIS CONTRACT, EXTENDING THE

3:38:55CONTRACT WITH THE EXISTING

3:38:56PROVIDER, THIS GIVES US THE TIME

3:38:58AND SPACE THAT WE NEED TO REALLY

3:39:00MAP OUT WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE

3:39:02PATHWAYS ARE, WHETHER THAT'S

3:39:03BRINGING ALL OF THE SCOPE IN

3:39:05HOUSE, BRINGING A COMPONENT OF

3:39:06THE SCOPE IN HOUSE, EXPANDING

3:39:09THE SCOPE WITH A NEW VENDOR,

3:39:11HAVING MORE THAN E VENDOR,

3:39:13EACH ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENT

3:39:16PATHWAYS, I THINK COULD BE

3:39:17VIABLE, BE VERY FEASIBLE, BUT

3:39:20RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A CONTRACT IN

3:39:21FRONT OF US OF A SCOPE THAT I

3:39:24DON'T THINK THERE IS ACTUALL --

3:39:25I DON'T THINK THE DETAILS ARE

3:39:27FIGURED OUT ON THAT AT THIS

3:39:28TIME.

3:39:28SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE

3:39:30FORWARD TO DISPENSE OF THE

3:39:32PROPOSAL THAT'S IN FRONT OF US

3:39:34SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH

3:39:35THE EXTENSION SO WE CAN ACTUALLY

3:39:36DO THAT DEEP WORK TOGETHER WITH

3:39:38THE ADMINISTRATION TO REALLY MAP

3:39:39OUT WHAT A CLEAN TRANSITION

3:39:41LOOKS LIKE TO THE FUTURE OF WHAT

3:39:43THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE.

3:39:45COUNCILMEMBER SHAFFER.

3:39:45>> CAN SOMEBODY REMIND ME WHEN

3:39:47THE REPORT ON THE BCR WAS COMING

3:39:50FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL?

3:39:52THE AUDITOR REPORT.

3:39:58>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I CAN

3:40:00ANSWER WHEN I BELIEVE IT IS.

3:40:03I BELIEVE IT'S BEING PRESENTED

3:40:04TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE NEXT

3:40:06MONDAY, THE 19th.

3:40:06I'M NOT SURE WHEN IT COMES TO

3:40:09COUNCIL AFTER THAT.

3:40:10>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT

3:40:13WE DO NOT EXTEND A CONTRACT THAT

3:40:16WE HAVE NOT HEARD AN AUDITOR'S

3:40:19REPORT ABOUT FOR THE NEXT 18

3:40:23MONTHS.

3:40:23THAT WAS PART OF MY CONCERN

3:40:24ABOUT THE MCR CONTRACT REPORT,

3:40:27WE REMEMBER THAT WAS A CLEAR

3:40:29DIRECTIVE IN T WORKFORCE

3:40:30OPTIMIZATION WORK THAT CAME

3:40:31FORWARD WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO

3:40:32LOOK AT BC AND DO SOME

3:40:35INVESTIGATIONS.

3:40:36AND SO I THINK IT IS NOT GOOD

3:40:37PROCS FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO

3:40:39MOVE FORWARD AN 18-MONTH

3:40:42CONTRACT THAT WE WERE TOLD BACK

3:40:44THIS SPRING THAT WE NEEDED TO

3:40:47LOOK AT BY A THIRD-PARTY

3:40:49CONSULTANT.

3:40:51SO IN MY MIND, THIS WOULD BE

3:40:56IRRESPONSIBLE, SIMILARLY TO WHAT

3:40:57WE'VE MADE OTHER DECISIONS BY

3:40:59VING POLICY FORWARD WITHOUT

3:41:00RESEARCH REPORTS OR WITHOUT

3:41:03AUDITO REPORTS.

3:41:05COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WOULD ASK YOU

3:41:06TO THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT

3:41:08DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS

3:41:09WITHOUT THAT INPUT.

3:41:11BECAUSEE HAVE NOTHING ELSE ON

3:41:13THE TABLE.

3:41:14WE CAN'T DO ANOTHER RFP.

3:41:16WEUST DID ONE.

3:41:19WE CAN'T DO FTE EMPLOYEE CHANGE

3:41:20OVER RIGHT NOW.

3:41:22WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME.

3:41:25FOR TWO YEARS, THIS IS 18

3:41:26MONTHS.

3:41:29I DON'T THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE

3:41:30TO NOT HAVE THAT AUDITOR'S

3:41:31REPORT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH AN

3:41:3318-MONTH CONTRACT.

3:41:40>> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING YOU'VE

3:41:41RAISED A QUESTION.

3:41:41>> YEAH, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT

3:41:43PAYNE.

3:41:43AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE

3:41:45CORRECT PROCESS TO DO IT.

3:41:46ST HAVE A QUESTION AS IT

3:41:48RELATES TO COUNCILMEMBER

3:41:50SHAFFER'S READING OF THE MOTION

3:41:53THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US.

3:41:55AND SO I THINK SINCE THEY ARE

3:41:57COMINGLED TOGETHER, I DON'T KNOW

3:41:58IF THIS IS THE CORRECT VERSION.

3:42:01I HAVE A QUESTION AS IT RELATES

3:42:04TO THE MOTION --

3:42:05>> THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS

3:42:06THE MOTION TO DENY THE COMMUNITY

3:42:08BRIDGES CONTRACT.

3:42:10>> GHT.

3:42:12BUT WITH THESE BEING COMINGLED

3:42:14TOGETHER --

3:42:15>> THEY'RE NOT COMINGLED.

3:42:16WE'LL HAVE TO DISPOSE OF THE

3:42:17FIRST MOTION TO TAKE UP THE

3:42:21SECOND MOTION.

3:42:22>> RIGHT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

3:42:24THE 18 MONTHS.

3:42:26>> WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?

3:42:27>> MR. CLK.

3:42:28>> MR. PRESIDENT, THE MOTION IN

3:42:29FRONT OF YOU AS YOU'VE STATED IS

3:42:31THE MOTION TO DENY THE EXISTING

3:42:33CONTRACT.

3:42:33QUESTIONS ABOUT A MOTION THAT IS

3:42:34NOT IN FRONT OF THE BODY YET

3:42:37SHOULD WAIT UNT THAT MOTION IS

3:42:38IN FRONT OF THE BODY.

3:42:43>> SEEING NO ONE LEFT IN QUEUE,

3:42:45THE MOTION THAT IS BEFORE US IS

3:42:48TO DENY THE CONTRACT.

3:42:51AN AYE VOTE WOULD DENY THE

3:42:52CONTRACT.

3:42:53AND THE CLERK WILL CALL THE

3:42:54ROLL.

3:42:55>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

3:42:56>> AYE.

3:42:57>> COUNCILMEMBER STEVENSON.

3:42:58>>AYE.

3:42:59>> COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.

3:43:00>> NO.

3:43:01>> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

3:43:02>> NO.

3:43:02>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

3:43:04>> NO.

3:43:04>> COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ.

3:43:06>> AYE.

3:43:06>> COUNCILMEMBERSHAFFER.

3:43:08>> NO.

3:43:08>> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

3:43:09>> AYE.

3:43:10>> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

3:43:11>> AYE.

3:43:12>> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING.

3:43:13>> NO.

3:43:14>> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN.

3:43:15>> AYE.

3:43:16>> PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:43:16>> AYE.

3:43:17>> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FIVE

3:43:21NAYS.

3:43:21>> THAT CARRIES.

3:43:25>>'M SORRY, 7 TO 5.

3:43:28>> THAT CRIES ON A SEVE

3:43:32VOTE.

3:43:32NEXT WE WILL TAKE UP THE MOTION

3:43:33BY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

3:43:35I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER

3:43:36WONSLEY.

3:43:36>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:43:39THE CITY CLERKS AND CITY

3:43:41ATTOEYS HAVE ALREADY NAMED

3:43:43THAT PROCEDURALLY WHAT THIS WILL

3:43:44ALLOW US TO DO WHICH I HEARD

3:43:46AMONGST THIS BODY WAS CONSENSUS

3:43:47OF HAVING CONTINUITY OF SERVIS

3:43:50WITH OUR EXISTING VENDOR S THAT

3:43:52THERE ARE NOT LAPSES.

3:43:54AND THIS OFFERS US AN INTERIM

3:43:59ST

3:43:59STOPGAP MEASURE TO ENSURE THAT

3:44:00OUR RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO

3:44:02RECEIVE HIGH QUATY SERVICES IN

3:44:03REGARDS TO MENTAL HEALTH

3:44:05RESPONSE THAT THEY'VE BEEN

3:44:07RECEIVING FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

3:44:08THIS ALSO SAID AND SOMETHING

3:44:10BROUGHT UP BY COUNCILMEMBER

3:44:11SHAFFE I DO WANT TO NOTE

3:44:13SIMILARLY TO THE SHOT SPOTTER

3:44:14CONTRACT, WE ALSO DELAYED THAT

3:44:15FOR A YEAR, EXTENDED THE

3:44:17CONTRACT WITH SOUND THINKING.

3:44:18AND WE DID SO KNOWING THAT THE

3:44:20AUDITOR REPORT OR EVALUATION ON

3:44:21THAT WAS NOT COMING FORWARD

3:44:23UNTIL ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS LATER.

3:44:25AND THAT IS WHY WE DID AN

3:44:27INTERIM EXTENSION OF THAT

3:44:28CORACT.

3:44:28SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT NEW

3:44:30THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THIS

3:44:32MOMENT.

3:44:32WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE TO ALLOW

3:44:34OURSELVES AGAIN TO MAKE SURE

3:44:36THERE IS CONTINUIT OF SERVICE

3:44:37FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHILE WE ALSO

3:44:39TROUBLESHOOT AND FIGURE OUT

3:44:42OTHER PROGRAMMATIC DETAILS WHICH

3:44:43THIS PROPOSAL ALLOWS US TO DO.

3:44:44I JUST WANTE TO NAME THAT.

3:44:46WE DID THIS IN CSED

3:44:48CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY

3:44:49ATTORNEYS IN TERMS OF THE TIME

3:44:52PERIOD SO THAT EVEN AS STAFF

3:44:54MENTIONED TODAY, IF THE IN-HOUSE

3:44:56DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL OR ANY

3:44:59ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL TAKES SIX

3:45:00MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, OR AYEAR,

3:45:03OR 12 MONTHS, THIS GIVES US THAT

3:45:05WIGGLE ROOM TO BE ABLE TO

3:45:06COMPLISH THOSE GOALS FOR

3:45:07FIGURING OUT HOW WE WANT TO

3:45:10ADVANCE OUR BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

3:45:11RESPONSE INITIATIVES FORWARD.

3:45:13SO THIS IS WHAT IS BEFORE YOU.

3:45:18AGAIN IT BUILDS UPON THE

3:45:20SUGGESTIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER

3:45:21PALMISANO BROUGHT FORWARD.

3:45:23AND BEING AE TO BRING THAT IN

3:45:24CONSULTATION WITH THE EXPERTISE

3:45:25FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEYS AS WELL

3:45:26AS OUR CITY CLERKS TO FIGURE OUT

3:45:29HOW PROCEDURALLY WE MAKE SURE

3:45:31WE'RE PRESERVING SERVICE AS IS

3:45:32WHILE WE DO THESE OTHER BROADER

3:45:34PIECES OF AGAIN MOVING FORWARD

3:45:36OUR BAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE.

3:45:37SO WITH THAT, I WILL ASK FOR A

3:45:39SECOND.

3:45:39>> SECOND.

3:45:40>> ALL RIGH

3:45:40>> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

3:45:42I SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY IN

3:45:45QUEUE.

3:45:45>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

3:45:46MEMBERS, I WANT TO BE REALLY,

3:45:48REALLY CLEAR FOR THE RECORD WHAT

3:45:49THIS DOES DO AND WHAT THIS DOES

3:45:52NOT DO.

3:45:53SO I THINK YOU RECALL DEPUTY

3:45:54CITY ATTORNEY DAN ABLESON SAYING

3:45:58BEFORE THAT ONE OF THE BARRIERS

3:45:59TO EXTENDING THE CURRENT

3:46:01CONTRACT WITH THE CRENT VENDOR

3:46:03IS OUR PROCUREMENT ROLES.

3:46:05SO WHAT THIS DOES, BECAUSE THE

3:46:09CITY COUNCIL IS ACTUALLY IN

3:46:11CHARGE OF THE PROCUREMENT

3:46:15POLICIES.

3:46:17IT HAS THIS BODY WAVING THOSE

3:46:20PROCUREMENT POLICIES SO THAT

3:46:22THAT IS NOT A BARRIER ANYMORE TO

3:46:24THE ADMINISTRATION BEING ABLE TO

3:46:26PURSUE A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH

3:46:28THE CURRENT VENDOR.

3:46:31THIS IS NOT A CTRACT WITH THE

3:46:34CURRENT VENDOR.

3:46:35THAT IS ANOER STEP, BUT THERE

3:46:44IS BECAUSE THERE IS THIS

3:46:46PROCEDURAL BARRIER THAT COUNCIL

3:46:48HAS AUTHORITY TO WAVE, WE'RE

3:46:49PUTTING THIS BEFORE YOU SO THAT

3:46:50THAT BARRIER GETS OUT OF WAY.

3:46:52AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION CAN

3:46:53MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO

3:47:04AND IF THE CONTRACT COMES

3:47:05FORWARD WITH THE EXISTING

3:47:06VENDOR, THERE'S NOT THAT

3:47:08BARRIER.

3:47:08THIS IS NOT A CONTRACT WITH THE

3:47:11EXISTING BARRIER.

3:47:12IT SIMPLY PAVES THE WAY SO THAT

3:47:14IS POSSIBLE.

3:47:15>> THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY.

3:47:16I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT

3:47:18CLARIFICATION.

3:47:18I JT WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT

3:47:20THE SHOT SPOTTER SITUATION,

3:47:21EXTENSION OF THAT CONTRACT WAS

3:47:22TO ALLOW FOR THE AUDITOR REPORT

3:47:25AND WE WILL BE GETTING IT SOUNDS

3:47:28LIKE THE AUDITOR REPORT NEXT

3:47:30WEEK.

3:47:30SO THANK YOU.

3:47:31>> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW.

3:47:36>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.

3:47:37I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.

3:47:39SO THIS IS FOR THE CITY

3:47:40ATTORNEY.

3:47:41WILL THERE BE ANOTHER ACTION TO

3:47:44EXTEND THEONTRACT OR IS THIS

3:47:45VOTE TODAY TO EXTEND THE

3:47:48NTRACT?

3:47:49>> MADAM CITY ATTORNEY.

3:47:52>> COUNCILMEMBER -- EXCUSE ME,

3:47:53COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

3:47:54COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, THIS MOTION

3:47:56BEFORE YOU DS NOT ITSELF

3:47:58EXTEND THE CONTRACT.

3:48:00AGAIN THIS IS RIGHT NOW CURRENT

3:48:02CITY PROCUREMENT POLICIES DON'T

3:48:05PERMIT FOR ANOTHER CONTRACT

3:48:06EXTENSION WITH THE CURRENT

3:48:08VENDOR.

3:48:08WE'VE SORT OF USED UP THE

3:48:10CORACT EXTENSIONS.

3:48:11AND THAT IS REALLY THE ONLY

3:48:13BARRIER TO THAT.

3:48:17THERE'S NOT A STATE LAW BARRIER

3:48:18TO IT.

3:48:19IT'S OUR OWN PROCUREMENT

3:48:22POLICIES THAT PRESENT THAT

3:48:23BARRIER.

3:48:23THIS WAIVES THOSE POLICIES SO

3:48:25THAT'S NOT A BARRIER ANYMORE.

3:48:27IF THE ADMINISTRATION CHOOSES TO

3:48:28PURSUE A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH

3:48:30CANOPY ROOTS, THAT WOULD THEN

3:48:32HAVE TO COME BEFORE THIS BODY

3:48:33FOR A VOTE.

3:48:35>> MY -- FOR THAT

3:48:51BRINGING THE SERVICE IN HOUSE.

3:48:53I'M TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHY DO WE

3:48:56HAVE 18 MONTHS WHEN THE

3:48:57CONVERSATION UP HERE WAS WE MAY

3:48:58NEED A FEW MONTHS.

3:49:00THEN WHAT ABOUT THE TRANSITION

3:49:01TO THE CHOSEN VENDOR. ALSO HAVE

3:49:10VENDOR THAT WENT THROUGHN RFP

3:49:14PROCESS AND IS WORKING WITH

3:49:15STAFF FOR A TRANSITION PLAN.

3:49:18>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE,

3:49:19COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS BODY JT

3:49:23VOTED TO DENY THE CONTRACT WITH

3:49:24THE NEW VENDOR.

3:49:25SO THAT IS NOW OFF THE

3:49:30SO THIS WOULD NOT BE FOR A SCOPF

3:49:37SERVICES WITH THE NEW VENDOR.

3:49:39LIKE THIS BODY HAS SAID NO TO.

3:49:43>> OKAY.

3:49:43CAN THE MAYOR VETO THAT?

3:49:45THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR THE

3:49:48CLERKS.

3:49:48>> YES.

3:49:49I MEAN IT'S BOTH FOR THE CLERK

3:49:50AND FOR THE ATTORNEY.

3:49:52YES, IT'S AN ACTION BY THE BODY.

3:49:55SO THE DENIAL OF TH CONTRACT

3:49:57WOULD GO TO THE MAYOR AND IS

3:50:00SUBJECT TO VETO.

3:50:01>> AND SO IF THAT HAPPENS, IT'S

3:50:03BACK ON THE TABLE.

3:50:05I HAVE NOT A CONVERSATION

3:50:05WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT THIS, BUT

3:50:08IF THAT HAPPENS, IT'S BACK ON

3:50:10THE TABLE.

3:50:12AND THEN SO I GUESS MY CONCERN

3:50:18IS MAYBE THIS GOES TO THE MAYOR

3:50:19FIRST.

3:50:19AND WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S

3:50:22PPENING OVER THERE AND THEN WE

3:50:26TAKE THE NEXT ACTION BECAUSE

3:50:27OTHERWISE WE JUST HAVE THIS

3:50:29CONFLICT OF LIKE ACTUALLY WHAT'S

3:50:31GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE MAYOR

3:50:32HAS THE FINAL SAY.

3:50:36THAT WAS JUST A COMMENT.

3:50:39YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT

3:50:40QUESTION, CITY ATTORNEY.

3:50:41I'M JUST SAYING FOR MY

3:50:43COLLEAGUES, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE

3:50:44KIND OF MOVING AHEAD OF

3:50:46OURSELVES WITH THIS WHEN THERE

3:50:48CAN BE ACTION TAKEN ON THIS BY

3:50:50THE MAYOR AS A VETO.

3:50:52AND IF THAT HAPPENS, WE'RE NOT

3:50:54IN A PLACE WHERE THIS NEXT

3:50:56ACTION IS EVEN VALID.

3:51:03>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

3:51:07MEMBERS, SO THIS ACTION AGAIN,

3:51:09ALL IT DOES IS SUSPENDS

3:51:13PROCUREMENT POLICIES IF AND ONLY

3:51:15IF THE ADMINISTRATION DECIDES TO

3:51:16GO FORWARD WITH EXTENDING CANOPY

3:51:20ROOTS FOR A INTERIM STEP.

3:51:24SO IT DOESN'T BIND THE

3:51:25ADMINISTRATION TO DOING SO.

3:51:29IT SIMPLY REMOVES A POLICY

3:51:31BARRIER THAT EXISTS IN CITY

3:51:35POLICY THAT RIGHT NOW WOULD

3:51:36PREVENT SUCH AN EXTENSION FROM

3:51:37HAPPENING.

3:51:41>> COUNCILMEMBER WHITING.

3:51:42>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYN

3:51:44PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY

3:51:49ATTORNEY.

3:51:50AS IT RELATES TO COUNCILMEMBER

3:51:53VETAW'S QUESTION --

3:51:53>> CHAIR, POINT OF ORDER.

3:52:05>> I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT

3:52:07POINT OF ORDER RECOGNIZED.

3:52:09SHE WAS NOT FINISHED.

3:52:09>> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, YOU

3:52:10SHOULD FINISH.

3:52:11>> SHE'LL COME BACK.

3:52:12BUT WE SHOD BE MINDFUL FORHE

3:52:13FUTURE.

3:52:20>> THANK YOU.

3:52:20FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, JUS KIND

3:52:22OF WALKING THROUGH LOGISTICS OF

3:52:24THIS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AT THE

3:52:26MOMENT.

3:52:27AND SO WE JUST DENIED, TOOK A

3:52:31DISPOSITIVE MOTION ON DENYING

3:52:32THE MCR CONTRACT THAT WAS IN

3:52:34FRONT OF US.

3:52:35REGARDLESS OF WHAT THIS MOTION

3:52:36DOES, THAT WILL THEN GO TO THE

3:52:38MAYOR.

3:52:38E DISPOSITIVE MOTION WILL GO

3:52:39TO THE MAYOR.

3:52:41THE MAYOR CAN VETO IT.

3:52:42IF HE DOES VETOIT, DOES THAT

3:52:43COME BACK TO US?

3:52:45AND SO IT LIVES IN KIND OF THE

3:52:46SAME EXAMPLE THAT W HAD EARLIER

3:52:48THIS YEAR WITH THE OCS

3:52:51COMMIS

3:52:54COMMISSIONER, IT WOULD JUST

3:52:54CONTINUE IN THIS ZOMBIELAND OF

3:52:57WHATEVER HAPPENED LAST.

3:52:57IS THAT THE SAME SORT OF PROCESS

3:53:00THAT THIS WOULD EXIST IN?

3:53:03>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

3:53:05MEMBERS, THIS IS WHY THIS JOB IS

3:53:07SO FUN.

3:53:09SO THE MAYOR GETS TO VETO IT.

3:53:12ALWAYS IT COMES BACK TO THIS

3:53:15BODY FOR A VOTE ON OVERRIDING.

3:53:19IF THIS BODY OVERRIDES THE VETO,

3:53:21THEN THEATTER IS DEAD.

3:53:22IF THE BODY DOES NOT OVERRIDE

3:53:23THE VETO, IT DOES NOT MEAN AN

3:53:28APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT.

3:53:29BUT IT RURRECTS THE CONTRACT

3:53:31SO THIS BODY WOULD HAVE TO DO

3:53:33SOMETHING WITH IT.

3:53:37>> AND BECAUSE IT'S A CONTRACT

3:53:39AND NOT AN APPOINTMENT, USUALLY

3:53:40WHEN THESE THINGS GET VOTED ON,

3:53:41THEY'RE DENIED.

3:53:42THEY HAVE TO BE MATERIALLY

3:53:43DIFFERENT TO COME BACK.

3:53:44BUT IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT'S

3:53:51NOT A FINAL DISPOSITION ON THIS,

3:53:53LIKE IT'S STILL ALIVE?

3:53:58BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN WE DENY A

3:53:59CONTRACT AND IT HAS AGREEANCE,

3:54:04HAS TO COME BACTERIALLY

3:54:05DIFFERENT, IT CAN'T COME BACK IN

3:54:07THE SAME FORM AS IT EXISTS IST

3:54:08LEAST MY UNDERSTANDING.

3:54:09LIKE YOU CAN'T BRING BACK THE

3:54:11SAME PROPOSAL OR CONTRACT.

3:54:16SO IS IT AOWED TO COME BACK AS

3:54:18IT EXIST CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW?

3:54:21

3:54:22>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL

3:54:23MEMBERS, SO I'M GOING TO TRACK

3:54:25THROUGH THE SCENARIOS.

3:54:27SO IF THERE'S NOT AN ERRIDE TO

3:54:30THE VETO, IT'S RESURRECTED AND

3:54:33THE BODY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING,K

3:54:36IN PLAY.

3:54:36>> MHM.

3:54:38>> IF THE BODY SUSTAINS -- NO.

3:54:41IF THE BODY OVERRIDES THE VETO,

3:54:46IS YOUR ESTION IN THAT

3:54:48SCENARIO CAN THE SAME CONTRACT

3:54:53WITH THE SAME VENDOCOME BACK

3:54:57TO THE BODY FOR A BRAND NEW

3:54:59TE?

3:55:00>> MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE --

3:55:01>> I DON'T THINK SO.

3:55:02>> IN THE OVERRIDE SCENARIO, IT

3:55:04COULD NOT COME BACK TO US THE

3:55:06EXACT SAME.

3:55:07BUT IF IT IS SUSTNED, THE VETO

3:55:09IS SUSTAINED, IT WOULD BE ABLE

3:55:10TO COME BACK TO US EXACTLY AS I

3:55:14EXISTS?

3:55:15>> YEAH.

3:55:16AGAIN IT'S RESURRECTED IN THAT

3:55:17SITUION.

3:55:18>> BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A

3:55:20DISPOSITIVE MOTION ON THAT.

3:55:22THAT IS HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND.

3:55:24SO MY WORRY RIGHT IS IF IT HAD

3:55:27TO MATERIALLY CHANGE WHEN IT

3:55:29COMES BACK T US, IT WOULD BE

3:55:31HARDER TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION

3:55:32I THINK TO TALK ABOUT THE

3:55:33PROCUREMEN POLICIES.

3:55:34AND SO I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL TO

3:55:35KNOW.

3:55:36SO THANK YOU.

3:55:37THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER

3:55:38WONSLEY AND COUNCILMEMBER

3:55:40PALMISANO FOR PUTTING THIS

3:55:41TOGETHER.

3:55:41I THINK THIS IS HELPFUL AS WE

3:55:42KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE, NOT

3:55:47WANTING TO HAVE A LIMITATION OF

3:55:49SERVICES IN THE PERIOD OF TIME

3:55:52THAT WE ARE HAVING THE

3:55:54DISCUSSIONS.

3:55:54WHILE I AM DEEPLY FRUSTRATED

3:55:56THAT WE DID NOT APPROVE THIS MCR

3:56:01CONTRACT, I THINK THIS GIVES US

3:56:03A VERSION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

3:56:04WORKS BEST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T

3:56:05HAVE A GAP IN SERVICES FOR OUR

3:56:10RESIDENTS.

3:56:12>> COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY.

3:56:13>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

3:56:15WHAT I SEE THISARGELY AS IS

3:56:17OUR SAFEGUARD FOR THE THING WE

3:56:18ALL AGREE ON WHICH IS THE

3:56:20CONTINTY OF SERVICE DEPENDENT

3:56:22ON WHATEVER THE ADMINISTRATION

3:56:24THE DECIDES TO DO.

3:56:27OR IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO COME TO

3:56:29CONSENSUS ON THE MCR CONTRACT

3:56:30SHOULD IT COME BACK TO US.

3:56:32THIS GIVES US A SAFEGUARD IN

3:56:33ORDER TO ENSURE THAT NO MATTER

3:56:37WHAT, THERE IS A RELIEF VALVE

3:56:39FOR CONTINUITY OF SERVICE.

3:56:41SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

3:56:45SECONDLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO

3:56:47SEE HAPPEN INSTEAD OF US GETTING

3:56:52INTO THIS, IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE

3:56:55A THUMB WAR WITH THE

3:56:57ADMINISTRATION AND THE COUNCIL.

3:57:01I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT THERE IS

3:57:02A SENSE OF NEEDING TO GO BACK TO

3:57:05THE DRAWING BOARD AND BUILDING

3:57:07OUT A COLLECTIVE STRATEGY TO

3:57:14HELP US GET OUT OF A SITTION

3:57:16WHERE WE END UP IN WHAT

3:57:19COUNCILMEMBER WHITING CALLED IT

3:57:21A ZOMBIELAND OF VETO.

3:57:26I THINK THE PRUDENT THING TO DO

3:57:28WOULD BE TO WORK TOGETHER WOULD

3:57:30BE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN

3:57:31AGREE ON AND NOT SAY IT'S MCR OR

3:57:38NOTHING.

3:57:38WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS A

3:57:40PROCESS THAT TAKES UP THAT UP TO

3:57:4318-MONTH TIME.

3:57:44I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ALSO TRY

3:57:46TO FIGURE OUT THIS TRANSITION

3:57:47PLAN AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR

3:57:51BRINGING IT IN HOUSE OR WHATEVER

3:57:54ELSE WE WILL DISCUSS DURING THE

3:57:58TIME OF BUDGET.

3:57:58SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE AN 18-MONTH

3:58:01TIMELINE.

3:58:01IT GIVES US AN ADDITIONAL

3:58:03QUARTER AFTER THE END OF THE

3:58:04YEAR TO GET TO WORK TOGETHER.

3:58:06I'D LIKE TO SEE RESIDENT

3:58:08ENGAGEMENT.

3:58:08I'D LIKE TO SEE THE FULL

3:58:10EVALUATION THAT OC DID ON

3:58:12BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE SO WE

3:58:14CAN HAVE A FULSOME CONVERSATION.

3:58:18I THINK WE JUST HAVE A LOT MORE

3:58:20TO WK ON THIS.

3:58:21I FEEL LIKE WHAT WE ARE DOING

3:58:22RIGHT NOW IS RUSHING THROUGH A

3:58:25PROCESS FOR SUCH A CRITICAL

3:58:27SERVICE AND AGAIN I THINK WE'RE

3:58:30LEAVING PEOPLE BEHIND IN OUR

3:58:31COMMUNITY.

3:58:31THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR CITY

3:58:33LARGELY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE

3:58:35RELY ON BEHAVIORAL CRISIS

3:58:36RESPONSE.

3:58:37AND SO IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE

3:58:39ROOM WITH US AS WE'RE DISCUSSING

3:58:40HOW THIS SERVICE IS TO BE USED,

3:58:42I DON'T KNOW HOW IT CAN BE

3:58:45SUCCESSFUL.

3:58:46AND I THINK AFTER FIVE YEARS OF

3:58:48TIME, IT ISIME TO ASK OUR

3:58:50COMMUNITY THAT HAS USED THIS

3:58:51SERVICE THAT HAS BENEFITED FRO

3:58:52THIS SERVICE OR MAYBE EVEN HAS

3:58:54BEEN FAILED BY THIS SERVICE TO

3:58:55WEIGH IN TO GIVE US A DIRECTION.

3:58:59BECAUSE ONCE AGAIN WE ARE NOT A

3:59:04PRIVATE ENTITY.

3:59:04WE ARE A GOVERNMENT REPRESENTING

3:59:06PEOPLE.

3:59:07>> COUNCILMEMBER CHUGHTAI.

3:59:12>> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

3:59:14I REALLY AM GRATEFUL TO MY

3:59:16COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING THROUGH

3:59:19THIS HERE TODAY AND TRYING TO

3:59:21BRING FORWARD CONSENSUS

3:59:23SOLUTIONS.

3:59:23I REALLY APPREATE THAT.

3:59:24THANK YOU.

3:59:33I HOPE THAT THIS MOTION PASSES

3:59:35HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT GUARANTEES

3:59:36THAT THIS BODY HAS DONE EVERY

3:59:38LAST THING IN OUR POWER TO

3:59:41ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF

3:59:43BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONS

3:59:44SERVICES COME JANUARY 1ST.

3:59:46WHETHER THE ADMINISTRATION

3:59:47CHOOSES TO USE THOSE TOOLS OR

3:59:48NOT IS NOW IN THEIR HANDS.

3:59:50THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

3:59:55I ADDED MELF TO QUEUE FOR A

3:59:56QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.

3:59:58SINCE THIS PROCUREMENT WAIVER IS

4:00:01TECHNICALLY THE PROCUREMENT IS

4:00:03WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE CITY

4:00:05COUNCIL IS THAT ALSO SUBJECT TO

4:00:07MAYORAL VETO.

4:00:16>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IT'S AN

4:00:19ACTION, SO YES.

4:00:20>> COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO.

4:00:21>> COLLEAGUES, I SUGGESTED THAT

4:00:24COUNCIL CAN WAIVE LOCAL

4:00:25PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES TO

4:00:27AUTHORIZE STAFFO NEGOTIATE A

4:00:29CONTRACT EXTENSION HERE.

4:00:40I DON'T THINK WE'RE READY TODAY

4:00:51INTO CHAOS, MY LEGISLATIVE NOTE

4:01:01ABOUT CREDIT IS STI

4:01:04OUTSTANDING.

4:01:04I NEED TO REITERATE.

4:01:09WHAT I HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY

4:01:11SAY JUST NOW, THIS ACTION DOES

4:01:15NO MANDATE THAT WE'VE EXTENDED

4:01:16A CONTRACT.

4:01:17IT DOES NOT MANDATE THAT WE'VE

4:01:18EXTENDED A CONTRACTITH A

4:01:20SPECIFIC VENDOR.

4:01:20IT ENABLES IT.

4:01:22IT MAKES THE TIMELINE AND

4:01:23PROCESS A LITTLE FASTER SO WE

4:01:24DON'T END UP IN ANOTHER CRISIS

4:01:26IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN TERMS

4:01:28OF THESE CONTRACTS RUNNING OUT

4:01:29AND US RUNNING INTO OUR OWN

4:01:32CHECKS AND BALANCES OF FINANCIAL

4:01:33POLICIES.

4:01:36I'M NOT SURE HOW MY REQST TO

4:01:42THE ATTORNEYS TO DRAFT LANGUAGE

4:01:45IS NOW SOMEHOW AUTHORED BY

4:01:47COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY.

4:01:48BUT I WON'T GET TRITORIAL

4:01:50ABOUT THAT.

4:01:51THIS IS NOT HOW I WOULD HAVE

4:01:52WRITTEN SUCH A REQUEST.

4:01:53THAT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD HAVE

4:01:54ASKED FOR.

4:01:55BUT THAT IS EVALUATELY WHAT

4:01:56COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY WORKED

4:01:58WITH THE ATTORNEYS ON.

4:01:59I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT THIS

4:02:01IS WRITTEN.

4:02:02I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED 18

4:02:04MONTHS TO START THE DECISION.

4:02:06AND I DON'T THINKHAT IT'S

4:02:07FEASIBLE.

4:02:07I THINK IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS ON

4:02:09ITS FACE IT'S NOT FEASIBLEO

4:02:11BRING THIS IN HOUSE ANYTIME IN

4:02:13THE NEAR FUTURE.

4:02:14BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS

4:02:17MOTION BECAUSE IT KEEPS US OUT

4:02:17OF A CRISIS OF CONTRACTS RIGHT

4:02:34NOW.

4:02:36>> A THAT'S NOT ON CANOPY

4:02:38ROOTS OR BEHAVIORAL CRIS

4:02:42RESPONSE.

4:02:43THAT'S ON THE ADMINISTRATION.

4:02:45I'VE BROUGHT THAT FORWARD

4:02:47SEVERAL TIMES AND IT STILL ISN'T

4:02:48SOMETHING I'VE RECVED.

4:02:52I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORNT

4:02:53POINT TO MAKE.

4:02:54AND THEN THE OTHER THING ABOUT

4:02:56THE AUDIT THAT'S COMING, I'M

4:03:00EAGER TO SEE WHAT THE