City of Minneapolis, MN 2014 Minneapolis City Council and Committee meetings, 18 Feb 2014

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From YouTube: February 18, 2014 Ways & Means Committee Meeting

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Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting

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Good afternoon I'm John Quincy, chair of the Ways and Means Committee and today is our regularly scheduled februari 18th ways and means committee meeting joined by council members yang Palmisano, vice-president glidden and councilmember Johnson I think there's 22 items on our agenda today.

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I think they're all running on our consent agenda, but will feel free to ask questions or pull off or if you members need any further information. The first item is a series of legal settlements with Galbraith prior run: Bettis Minnetonka, moccasin company and Wagner partners, limited partnership.

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The communications department brings forward a an appointment to the Minneapolis television network board, we're confirming the mayoral appointment of Kathryn Bishop to seat number. Six Convention Center has a. We have a low bid from Huff core Inc for next estimated expenditure of 1.1 13 441 dollars to furnish and deliver materials for the operable wall petition.

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The information technology department is bringing forward the authorizing officials to issue RFP for IT professional services for the compass financial system upgrade.

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The executive committee is bringing forward a number of new appointed positions for the Deputy Director of Public Works, a director of assessments and then setting a public hearing, 4 March third, to consider the following chartered department head reappointments of Patrick Todd for City Assessor and susan siegel for a city attorney the there are two agreements with apps me: Council: five, local nine general unit and an agreement with Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council, the trades inspectors unit, community development and regulatory services committee was bringing forward a number of items.

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The first is tornado recovery area, considering the resolution approving and amending amended the restated spending plan for tax increment funds in the tornado recovery area they're also considering an issuance of tax-exempt revenue, bonds and environmental remediation grant awards, accepting and appropriating grant funds for the following agencies, min deed grants and projects metropolitan tax base.

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Revitalization account grants for projects and the Hennepin County Environmental Response Fund grants for projects there's also the NRP phase, 2 neighborhood action and priority plans for Marshall terrace and Holland neighborhoods NRP phase 2 neighborhood action plan and the health environment and community engagement committee is asking us to consider authorizing an execution of a memorandum understanding with healthy housing. Solutions for healthy communities, transformed nation initiative.

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Also considering you care Skyway, Senior Center, accepting 186,000 dollars from you care for an annual operating expenses in 2014, skyway, Senior, Center and, of course, increasing the approach appropriation in the in the grants and other fund by 180 thousand eight hundred and eighty six thousand dollars to reflect, reflect the receipt of those funds, public safety and civil rights and emergency management committee, a bringing forward, Minneapolis, Employee, Assistance, Program police and then authorizing contract with the cell for the development of a community awareness program, customized training program and training, video tailored, especially for Minneapolis Community, at a cost of 197 thousand dollars for the counterterrorism education.

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Learning lab transportation of Public Works is bringing forward tots Tulsa King, duval Anderson, the TKD, a contract, amendment 2014, downtown Minneapolis, TMO, grant agreements.

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Parking control and security automation, project for the federal courthouse ramp, the Government Center ramp expansion, joint project and accepting low bids for Baerwald roofing company and global specialty contractors for a sociate.

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Are there any questions on any of those items, not seeing any I'm? Sorry councilmember yang, I'm,.

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Mr. chair, on number two with regards to the appointment of kathryn bishop, I mean: do we actually get to meet her? This.

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Is a mayoral appointment, okay, but you've identified something that came up in our agenda setting is that there's a for council seats also that we're up for a point and we're going through a more rigorous screening application process. So, if you'd like to be involved in those be happy to, but this action is just the mayoral appointment. Okay,.

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Chairman um I don't want to put more work on myself, but you know my issue is really just that. You know I mean if we're going to confirm somebody. I yeah I, don't even have to question that person. I just want to know who she is right. I'd.

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Be happy to have that introduction made councilmember glidden I.

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Just wanted to let council members know that if you see a name on here, you can contact the clerk's office and they can send to you the full application form that the person filled out that at least kind of gives you a starting point, and and of course you can reach out to that person. I think sometimes we've attached as a staff reporter redacted form because it will contain some confidential information.

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So I just wanted to let folks know that is a piece of information out there that I know I have requested in the past too. So I can see the background and qualifications of the applicants. Thank.

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You for that I hope that clears that up. It sounds like you're volunteering to be on our screening panel, for there are other appointments.

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Get to that later, any other questions all right, then, with that I'd like to move all 22 items for approval today on the consent agenda, all those in favor, please say aye aye opposed and that those items carry and thank you very much with no further business. We are adjourned.