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Description
Minneapolis Public Safety, Civil Rights and Emergency Management Committee Meeting
A
Two,
this
regular
meeting
of
the
public
safety,
civil
rights
and
emergency
management
committee
at
today
is
jun,
24
2015,
and
we
are
starting
right
on
time.
I'm
councilmember,
Wang,
Yang,
chair
of
this
committee.
With
me,
our
accounts
members
were
Sami,
Gordon,
Palmisano
and
right,
and
I
believe
the
council
president
may
be
joining
us,
but
this
meetings
gonna
be
pretty
quick,
so
she
might
miss
it
altogether.
We
have
three
items
on
our
agenda
for
today
and
they're
all
consigned
consent
items.
A
The
first
item
is
to
authorize
the
department
of
civil
rights
to
accept
program
funds
in
the
amount
of
twenty
seven
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty
three
dollars
from
its
urban
scholar
partner
organizations
to
cover
professional
services
for
urban
scholars.
Programming
second
item
is
authorized
amendment
of
a
contract
with
horsemen
inc,
with
the
boarding
of
police
mounted
patrol
horses
increasing
by
ninety
six
thousand
six
hundred
dollars
for
one
year
in
authorizing
execution
of
any
documents
necessary
to
effectuate
the
agreement.
A
Further,
that
the
purchasing
department
be
authorized
to
continue
payments
for
services
provided
up
to
twenty
five
thousand
dollars.
While
this
agreement
is
approved
and
executed-
and
this
will
be
referred
to
ways
and
means-
the
third
item
is
to
refer
to
staff,
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amending
title,
seven
chapter
1
39,
the
Minneapolis
code
of
ordinances
relating
to
civil
rights
in
general,
prohibiting
discrimination
based
on
the
receipt
of
public
assistance,
including
tenant,
based
section
8
assistance,
regardless
of
any
requirements
of
such
public
assistance
programs.