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From YouTube: August 17, 2015 Ways & Means
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Minneapolis Ways & Means Committee Meeting
B
A
A
A
As
we
begin
today,
I
think
we
have
a
number
of
items
on
the
agenda,
but
I
think
we'll
just
go
ahead
and
if
we
can
begin
with
the
first
item,
this
is
a
public
hearing,
and
this
is
a
public
hearing
for
an
ethical
practices
board
appointment,
miss
Tramell.
If
you'd
like
to
join
us
for
that,
and
as
soon
as
that's
concluded,
we
can
go
right
into
the
presentation,
which
is
the
next
agenda
item
and
then
we'll
go
into
the
consent
items
so
miss.
B
C
Afternoon,
chair
Quincy
members
of
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee
I'm
Susan,
Trammell,
I'm,
Minneapolis
ethics
officer,
and
I'm
here
today
to
request
that
you
hold
a
public
hearing
for
the
appointment
of
virginia
known
as
ray
lie
to
the
ethical
practices
board.
The
appointments
are
made
by
a
three
panel,
appointing
committee.
That
committee
consists
of
the
chief
judge
of
Hennepin
County,
the
deans
of
the
University
of
Minnesota
and
the
University
of
st.
Thomas
law
schools.
C
They
have
chosen
to
forward
the
name
of
Virginia
rave
lie
to
you
as
the
third
member
of
the
appointing
committee
to
complete
the
term
that
was
recently
vacated
by
Cassandra
Ward
brown.
Now
Cassandra
Ward
Brown
was
appointed
in
the
beginning
of
2014
to
serve
a
term
running
through
january
second
2018.
C
Unfortunately,
she
had
to
move
to
the
out
of
state
and
is
no
longer
eligible
to
serve
as
a
member
of
the
committee.
The
appointing
committee
is
thus
forwarding.
Virginia
rave
lies
name
for
holding
of
the
public
hearing.
You
have
all
received
a
letter
from
me
indicating
the
process
of
the
appointment.
That
letter
started
a
30-day
period
for
comments
to
be
forwarded
to
the
appointing
committee.
In
order
to
finalize
their
appointment,
this
hearing
today
is
part
of
that
process.
C
The
record
will
remain
open
until
sep
tember-
ninth
for
comments
that
have
come
through
me
or
given
directly
to
the
members
of
the
appointing
committee,
at
which
time
they
will
finalize
their
decision.
Miss
blye
is
here
today
she
is
an
attorney
recently
retired
from
the
state
of
Minnesota
and
I've
invited
her
to
say
a
few
words
and
you
want
those
before
or
after
the
public
hearing.
Well,.
A
If
I
could
I
think
we'll
just
open
the
public
hearing
and
we'll
incorporate
them
as
part
of
that,
if
that's
all
right
with
you,
okay,
so
let's
go
ahead
and
for
the
purposes
of
of
conducting
the
public
hearing,
I
have
to
formally
open
the
public
hearing,
which
we
will
consider
done.
There's
anybody
here
to
wish
to
speak
you're
more
than
welcome
to
do
so.
I
think
we'll
begin
with
the
the
applicant.
Thank
you
very
much.
Mr.
B
Chair
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
reply,
and
I
am
a
recently
very
recently
retired
state
employee,
I'm
very
interested
in
serving
on
the
board,
because
the
work
that
I
did
at
the
department
of
human
services
really
really
helped
me
appreciate
the
importance
of
the
ethical
environment
in
which
public
services
are
provided.
I
see
serving
on
the
board
as
an
opportunity
to
continue
to
use
the
knowledge
and
the
skills
that
I
have
I'm
a
40-plus
year
resident
of
minneapolis,
and
it
seems
some
small
way
that
I
might
get
back
to
my
community.
B
A
D
B
A
B
A
D
A
Miss
by
are
there
other
people
who
would
like
to
address
the
group
during
the
public
hearing
any
others
any
other.
It's
not
seeing
any
I'm
happy
to
close
the
public
hearing.
The
council
doesn't
take
action
on
this
item.
Specifically,
it
is
the
ethical
practices
board,
but
we
have
done
our
duty
and
conducted
a
public
hearing
and,
as
miss
Tramell
indicated
those
rhythmic.
Those
comments
remain
open
to
what
was
the
date
September.
A
F
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here
today
and
to
present
the
ethical
practices
2014
annual
report,
I'd
like
to
thank
Susan
Trammell,
our
ethics
officer
and
assistant
city
attorney
for
her
consistent
and
tireless
support
of
this
work.
I
was
imported.
I
was
appointed
to
the
ethical
practices
board
in
2012
and
would
like
to
thank
my
colleagues
who
are
mentioned
on
page
three
of
the
report.
Walter
bulk,
who
has
served
since
2010
Patricia
covel
drawer,
be
who
served
until
January
of
2014.
F
We
particularly
thank
patricia
for
providing
over
a
decade
of
service
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
and,
as
we
heard,
miss
Tramell
port
Cassandra,
Ward
Brown,
who
was
appointed
in
January
14,
but
who
has
left
the
state.
We
are
therefore
seeking
to
fill
this
vacancy
and
believe
Miss.
Why
would
be
an
excellent
member
of
the
board
I'd
like
to
call
your
attention
to
a
few
of
the
accomplishments
outlined
in
the
2014
report?
Ethics.
Education
is
a
key
component
of
the
Ethics
in
Government
Code,
adopted
by
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
In
2013.
F
Choose
me
adopted
in
20
2003
in
2013,
after
an
appropriation
by
the
City
Council,
an
electronics
based
ethics,
education
training
was
developed
for
all
city
personnel.
This
was
implemented
in
2013
and
we
are
pleased
to
report
that
this
training
received
an
honorable
mention
in
the
2014
National
Association
of
telecommunication
officers
and
advisors.
Government
programming
awards
that
training
education
was
provided
for
over
a
thousand
employees
in
2014
and
progress
continues
in
this
area
in
2015.
F
It
is
important
to
note
that
to
remain
compliant
with
the
ethics
code,
it's
essential
that
each
department
head
and
his
or
her
management
management
staff
participate
in
the
ethics
training
as
well
ensure
their
members
participate
in
this
training.
The
annual
report
also
provides
an
overview
of
the
ethics
inquiries
and
reporting
for
2014
Susan
Trammell
manages
and
tracks
the
ethics
in
queries
and
reports
on
our
metrics.
These
metrics
are
reported
in
comparison
with
other
cities
that
are
members
of
the
council
on
government
ethics.
Ethical
excuse
me
the
Council
on
governmental
ethics
laws.
F
C
Thank
You,
chair
Quincy
and
members
of
the
Ways
and
Means
Committee.
There
are
a
number
of
proposed
ordinance
changes
that
are
being
presented
in
this
annual
report.
I
will
be
following
up
on
these
proposed
ordinance
changes
that
the
board
is
proposing
seeking
to
have
them,
reduce
that
council
and
sponsored
by
one
of
the
City
Council
members.
The
first
change
relates
to
conflict
of
interest
provision
and
we're
making
a
recommendation
that
is
contained
within
the
Council
of
governmental
ethics
laws.
C
Excuse
me
and
also
city
ethics,
dot,
orgs
model
ordinances,
and
that
is
to
indicate
that
someone
who
is
a
member
of
your
household,
not
just
merely
a
spouse
or
domestic
partner,
could
create
a
financial
conflict
of
interest
that
you
would
need
to
disclose.
The
second
change
is
to
outside
reporting
requirements
of
our
ordinance.
Those
changes
were
actually
aren't
designed
to
exclude
a
couple
classifications
from
reporting
requirements.
C
Those
classifications
are
election
judges
because
they
are
considered
employees
of
the
city,
yet
to
have
them
come
in
for
the
short
term
that
they
are
here
and
disclose
any
and
all
other
employment
would
be
an
onerous
job
for
them.
The
same.
For
the
same
reasons,
we'd
want
to
exclude
the
stagehand
production
technicians.
C
In
addition,
the
third
section
that
we're
seeking
to
have
amended
is
the
annual
statements
of
economic
interest
filings
this
one
we
need
to
accomplish
before
January,
because
state
law
has
changed
and
the
changes
that
we
have
proposed
are
sistant
with
the
changes
that
were
made
in
state
law
during
last
session.
We
also
proposed
a
section
change
to
the
use
of
property
provision
to
change
it
to
be
more
specific
to
cover
not
just
city
property,
but
funds
and
resources.
C
Then
we
have
a
potential
amendment
for
the
ethical
practices
board
to
specify
that
no
member
of
the
board
should
be
a
current
local,
official
or
current
city
employee
and
changing
everything
to
current
and
then
also
former
limiting
that
25
year
period
so
as
to
not
hinder
the
potentially
very
valuable
expertise.
That's
out
there,
but
not
available
to
us
right
now,
because
even
serving
as
a
paid
election
judge
could
prohibit
the
service.
C
We
also
are
amending
section
15
point
240
related
to
sanctions,
suggesting
that
the
changes
would
make
our
our
practices
have
been
consistent
with
both
the
government.
Data
practices
act,
an
open
meeting
law,
but
there
were
arguments
that
our
ordinance
could
be
read
such
to
be
in
violation
of
both
those
acts,
so
we're
trying
to
bring
it
in
line
with
those
acts
to
keep
things
consistent
and
lawful.
I
already
mentioned
the
changes
to
ethics,
education.
The
last
section
that
we're
proposing
mending
are
clarifying
and
supplementing
some
of
the
definitions.
C
We've
had
some
difficulties
with
department
heads
changing
their
names,
their
titles
and
so
we're
trying
to
get
rid
of
those
titles
altogether
and
just
going
with
the
departments
and
we've
added
a
clause
in
there,
there's
consideration
actually
of
adding
a
clause
that
would
then
say
or
ask
those
departments
change
and
are
renamed
just
to
cover
it
for
all
times
sake,
because
sometimes
we
do
merge
our
departments
or
change
departments,
but
the
other
definitions
just
add
clarity
to
what
we
have
in
the
code.
Already
I
can
stand
for
questions,
as
can
miss
Hagerty.
A
C
But
I
do
try
to
make
it
such
that
you
could
not
figure
out
who
it
is
based
on
that
on
the
entry
that's
made,
but
the
subject
matter
is
noted,
along
with
the
code
section
and
the
advice
that
was
given,
and
at
times
this
has
proved
useful.
Because
of
some
issue
will
then
come
up
in
the
workplace
and
the
employee
will
say
well.
C
I
called
the
ethics
officer,
and
this
is
what
was
said
and
then
the
boss
will
call
and
say
what
happened
here
and
I
can
usually
find
it
based
on
just
the
vicinity
of
the
the
date
in
my
fairly
decent
memory.
As
of
this
age
still,
and
then
we
go
back
through
and
can
discuss
that
the
ant
the
at
the
year-end
report
is
produced
for
year-end
inquiries,
which
is
divided
up
by
topic
by
date,
and
that's
what's
used
to
produce
the
ethics
inquiries
chart
here
if
you're
interested
I
can
produce
one
of
those
copies
for
you.
C
Usually,
every
year
since
I've
started,
this
gifts
has
been
the
number
one
topic
of
a
employee
inquiry.
Now,
when
I
first
started
handling
inquiries
back
in
2006
that
comprise
more
than
fifty
percent
of
the
calls
that
I
would
receive
that
numbers
drop
substantially,
but
the
number
of
inquiries
that
I've
receive
every
year
has
gone
up
dramatically
as
well.
It's
just
that
people
now
realize
that
I
can
answer
many
more
things
besides
gifts,
and
so
they
will
call
in
many
other
topics.
C
Ik
honestly
cannot
tell
you
of
any
particular
inquiry
that
has
come
in
over
the
year.
They
all
kind
of
blend
together,
but
I
do
have
the
log
and
we
could
go
through
it
if
you'd,
like
some
time
as
to
the
ethics
complaints,
again,
they
kind
of
muddle
themselves
together.
I
do
note
that
2014
was
an
unusual
year
in
that
we
had
four.
I
had
six
separate
incidents
involving
28
different
complaints,
so
I
only
opened
six
complaints,
but
I
got
reported
to
me
28
times
so
that
was
unusual.
C
I
usually
only
have
like
maybe
11
complainant
who
files
multiple
complaints
in
a
year
about
the
same
thing.
But
this
you
know
sometimes
they
come
in
anonymously,
so
I
don't
know
if
it's
all
the
same
person.
Some
of
these
were
definitely
the
same
complainant
complaining
about
continuous
behavior
of
coworkers
kind
of
thing
budge
on.
This
is
unusual
that
we
had
so
many
that
came
in
that
were
multiple
complaints.
Complaints
come
in
one
of
four
ways
to
me:
they
come
in
either
directly
to
me
on
a
complaint
form.
C
They
can
also
come
in
through
the
ethics
report
line
which
can
be
done
by
the
person
themselves
through
the
internet,
or
they
can
call
and
file
a
report
with
the
network,
and
then
the
network
sends
the
poor.
The
network
sense
both
reports,
but
the
reports
that
are
done
by
phone
usually
have
a
few
more
details,
because
the
network
will
ask
questions
of
the
complainant
and
they
will
use
full
sentences
and
try
to
explain
things
more
where
someone
filing
an
Internet
complaint,
there's
no
editing,
that's
done
at
all.
C
The
other
way
that
reporting
comes
in
is
from
311,
we'll
get
a
citizen
complaint
that
comes
in
and
then
311
will
forward.
That
on
to
me
in
the
fourth
way
that
I
get
complaints,
is
departments,
departments
are
required
by
our
ethics
code
to
file
complaints,
or
excuse
me
to
inform
me
of
when
they
have
an
ethics
issue
in
their
workplace
and
how
it
was
resolved.
C
I'll
also
done
a
lot
of
work
in
the
past
year
with
the
public
works
department
to
get
that
reporting
in
and
then
every
so
often
I
can
think
of
maybe
three
times
in
my
career
is
ethics
officer.
An
employee
will
call
me
up
to
self-report
that
they
violated
the
ethics
code
and
that
happened
last
year.
So
those
are
the
ways
that
complaints
would
come
in
once
the
complaint
comes
in
they're
referred
back,
usually
to
the
department
for
handling.
C
Occasionally
they
go
to
the
anti
discrimination,
harassment,
retaliation
unit
of
the
human
resources
department
for
investigation
and
sometimes
to
internal
audit,
and
anything
that
comes
in
through
the
hotline
is
dual
reported,
either
to
myself
and
steve
kennedy
from
the
anti
discrimination
harassment,
retaliation
unit
or
two
will
Tetzel
from
internal
audit.
That
way,
if
someone
wants
to
complain
about
me,
they
can
rest
assured
that
the
other
two
won't
sit
on
it.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
thought
it
was
important
to
highlight,
obviously
the
work
of
the
ethics
officer,
much
appreciated
and
taken
very
seriously
by
this
council
on
the
mayor's
office.
Thank
you
for
your
work
and
thank
you
for
the
work
of
the
of
the
board
and,
of
course,
look
forward
to
the
work
of
the
newly
appointed
position,
miss
blye.
So
thanks
for
that,
thank.
C
A
E
B
E
To
work
and
build
the
audit
department
I
really
appreciate
the
collaboration
that
you've
been
able
to
do.
I
do
think
that
some
of
the
work
of
some
of
your
work
really
can
help
to
build
audits,
risk
lens
for
our
city
and
to
look
at
some
things
more
closely
or
just
pay
attention
to
things
or
ask
a
question
as
other
as
they
go
through
other
programmatic
or
routine
work.
I.
E
Also
wonder
if,
as
as
needs
as
you
hit
work,
Peaks
or
flows,
if
audit
could
be
of
a
little
bit
more
assistance
with
you,
so
that
we're
not
using
valuable
Attorney's
Office
time
to
go
and
do
some
of
the
more
procedural
things
that
don't
need
an
attorney
skills
like
yours,
so
I
know
that
will
look
to
further
those
kinds
of
conversations
and
they've
been
kind
of
going
on.
I've
had
a
couple
myself
with
the
city
attorney,
so
so
all
of
this
just
to
say
this
is
a
big
job
and
I
appreciate
your
work.
A
Seeing
any
further
conversation
we'll
just
move
to
receive
and
file
the
2014
annual
report
of
the
Minneapolis
ethical
practices
board,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye,
and
so
that
item
is
received
and
filed.
Thank
you
very
much
we'll
move
on
then.
If
we
could
to
the
next
items,
this
is
items
3
through
25.
I
believe
it
is.
This
is
the
consent
agenda,
so
I
don't
think
there's
anything
of
any
note
or
controversy,
but
invite
people
to
pull
off
or
ask
any
questions
for
those
items.
A
They
are
three
and
four
are
the
two
legal
settlements.
Item
number
five
is
contract
with
that
Shaw
lundqvist
construction
for
the
convention
center
city
coordinators
office
brings
forward
a
facility
use
agreement
with
public
functionary
finance
property
services.
Has
a
number
of
items
related
to
bids
for
the
fridley
softening
planets,
accessible
toilet
locker
room,
upgrade
project
contract
amendment
with
ctx
for
lease
space
at
340?
Twenty
seventh
avenue
northeast
item
number:
nine?
Is
the
goldberg
bonding
lease
extension
with
off
ramp
ramp?
Excuse
me
item
number.
A
10
is
the
contract
amendment
for
the
curry
truck
wash
project
11
as
the
contract
amendment
with
Minneapolis
Animal,
Care
and
Control
dog
run
project
the
contract
amendment
with
central
roofing
for
the
police
and
fire
reroofing
project.
The
number
13
is
the
TIF
revenue
refunding
bonds
for
Ivy
Tower
and
East
River
and
yoona
calcite
projects.
A
A
Item
number
15
is
IT
department
to
bring
forward
a
contact,
increase
macro
group
and
wolford
Group
Inc.
Item
number
16
is
contract
increase
with
Sierra
cedar
implementation
of
the
elms
item.
Number
17
is
contract
with
canon
solutions
for
GIS
platter,
I
work
with
their
equipment.
Public
Works
brings
forward
a
number
of
items,
including
a
bid
for
10th
and
lasalle
signage
19
is
the
Hennepin
County
bicycle
Improvement
funds.
A
Accepting
those
awards
item
number
20
is
historic
structures
report
existing
condition,
study
for
peavey,
plaza
item
number
21
and
22
23
are
from
Community
development's
and
regulatory
services
committee.
It's
corcoran
triangle
redevelopment
project,
the
environmental
remediation
grant
awards.
Item
number
23
is
the
annual
2014
annual
tax
increment
report,
and
the
final
item
is
referred
from:
public
safety,
civil
rights
and
Emergency
Management
near
the
school
resource
officers,
city,
high
schools,
it's
a
contract
amendment,
any
questions
or
comments
on
those
items,
not
seeing
any
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
those
items
pass.