Marked Agenda

A post-meeting synopsis of actions taken or decisions made on all matters.

Policy & Government Oversight Committee Agenda

Standing Committee of the City Council
and
Minneapolis Community Development Agency Operating Committee
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Regular Meeting
June 30, 2021 - 1:30 pm
Online Meeting
Members Present: Council Members Andrea Jenkins (Chair), Jeremiah Ellison (Vice-Chair), Kevin Reich, Cam Gordon, Steve Fletcher, Phillipe Cunningham, Jamal Osman, Lisa Goodman, Alondra Cano, Lisa Bender, Jeremy Schroeder, Andrew Johnson, and Linea Palmisano (Quorum: 4)
Clerk: Ayan Adan, (612) 673-2216

Public Hearing

1. 2 Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs ordinance (2021-00387)
Action Taken: Continued to meeting of Jul 21, 2021

Consent

  1. 3 Transgender Equity Council Appointment (2021-00729)
    Action Taken: Approved
  2. 4 Request for Proposals for the Minneapolis Convention Center Security Services (2021-00731)
    Action Taken: Approved
  3. 5 Request for Proposals (RFP) for health reimbursement arrangement, flexible spending account and transportation administration services (2021-00734)
    Action Taken: Approved
  4. 6 Request for Proposals for Workers’ Compensation Legal Services (2021-00732)
    Action Taken: Approved
  5. 7 Legal Services Contract: Department of Justice Investigation (2021-00735)
    1. Authorizing a contract with Jones Day, in an amount not to exceed $500,000 in 2021, and not to exceed $500,000 in 2022, with a total cap of $1,000,000, and an extension of up to four additional calendar years for any and all work performed for legal representation in matters relating to the United States Department of Justice’s pattern or practice investigation into the City and the Minneapolis Police Department. All additional assistance will be provided pro bono through the duration of the litigation.

    2. Waiving the City’s procurement processes for legal services contracts related to the United States Department of Justice’s pattern or practice investigation into the City and the Minneapolis Police Department.

    Action Taken: Approved
  6. 8 Contract amendment with Riverview Window, Inc. for Lead Hazard Control (2021-00733)
    Action Taken: Approved
  7. 9 Contract with Canopy Mental Health & Consulting to provide professional services to operate 24/7 Mobile Behavioral Health Crisis Response Teams (2021-00736)
    Action Taken: Approved
  8. 10 Grant acceptance from the Graves Foundation (2021-00739)
    Action Taken: Approved
  9. 11 Memorandum of Understanding with Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department (2021-00737)
    Action Taken: Approved

Discussion

  1. 12 Petition to amend the City Charter: Public Safety Department (2021-00578)
    1. Receiving a legal memo, which includes findings and a proposed ballot question, on whether the voter-driven petition proposing a charter amendment to remove the Police Department and create a Department of Public Safety is an appropriate proposal for placement on the ballot under applicable law.

      Action Taken: Received and filed
    2. Passage of Resolution adopting title and ballot language pertaining to a proposed amendment to the Minneapolis City Charter relating to the removal of the Police Department and the creation of a new Department of Public Safety, to be submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Minneapolis at the Municipal General Election on November 2, 2021.

      Action Taken: Continued to meeting of Jul 21, 2021
  2. 13 Truth and reconciliation process (2020-01059)
    1. Receiving and filing recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Workgroup on establishing a truth and reconciliation commission.

      Action Taken: Received and filed
    2. Directing the Division of Race and Equity to work across City departments to develop a framework, timeline, and budget by which the City can implement a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 

      Action Taken: Approved

Addendum

  1. 14 Grant acceptance from the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board for 911 staff training (2021-00756)
    1. Accepting a sub-grant from the Metropolitan Emergency Services Board in the amount of $3,920, to reimburse the cost of providing each 911 telecommunicator with training in Telephone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

    2. Passage of Resolution appropriating funds to the 911 Department.

    Action Taken: Approved
  2. 15 Public safety charter amendment (2021-00105)
    Action Taken: Returned to author
  3. 16 Opposition to the Enbridge Energy Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline (2021-00588)
    Action Taken: Approved


Committee actions will be referred to the next Council meeting: Jul 2, 2021
Next Policy & Government Oversight Committee meeting: Jul 21, 2021