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From YouTube: June 17, 2020 Executive Committee
Description
Minneapolis Executive Committee Meeting
https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/
B
Welcome
to
the
regularly
scheduled
Executive
Committee
meeting
the
date
is
June
17th,
2020,
I'm,
Jacob,
Frye
and
I'm.
The
chair
of
this
committee.
As
we
begin
I'll
note
for
the
record
that
this
meeting
has
remote
participation
by
committee,
members
and
city
staff
is
authorized
under
Minnesota
statute,
section
13,
D
point
0
to
1
due
to
those
declared
local
public
health
emergency
and
at
this
time
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
roll.
So
we
can
verify
a
quorum
for
the
meeting.
C
D
E
B
B
So
chief
Friedel
has
served
Minneapolis
for
now
41
years
and
in
the
short
time
that
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
work
with
them.
I've
seen
him
lead
the
states,
through
some
very
challenging
times
from
the
fire
over
at
Cedar
Riverside
to
the
Drake
Falak
fire
right
on
Christmas
Day
to
managing
through
significant
issues
during
kovat
19,
including
an
opioid
crisis
and
then
most
recently,
of
course,
the
the
unrest
our
city
saw
following
the
murder
of
George,
Floyd
and
I'm.
B
Given
the
time
frames,
either
nominate
the
chief
for
a
temporary
period
that
would
allow
only
for
60
to
90
days
or
so
of
service
or
a
traditional
reappointment.
The
second
option
allows
us
flexibility
to
find
a
successor,
while
maintaining
some
stability
during
a
challenging
time
in
our
city.
I
want
to
be
clear
that
I
have
great
faith
in
the
Chi
and
chief
Friedel
to
lead
us
now
and
through
this
transition.
D
Yeah
Thank
You
mayor
for
this
reappointment
and
for
the
context
of
transitionary
period.
I
just
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
publicly
thank
chief
Friedel
for
his
long-term
dedicated
commitment
to
the
city
and
to
the
residents
of
Minneapolis.
D
As
you
noted
many
many
challenging
situations
in
just
recent
years,
but
there
was
also
a
significant
First
Responder
response
that
I
know.
Chief
Peter
was
involved
with
when
the
I-35w
bridge
collapse
and
and
all
of
the
other
significant
events
that
you've
named
and
including
just
up
until
last
night.
When
you
know
there
were
multiple
fires
on
on
both
sides
of
town.
So
just
thank
you,
chief
for
your
long-term
dedication
and
commitment
to
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
E
Mayor
I'll
jump
into,
and
just
also
thank
the
chief
for
all
of
his
service
and,
in
addition
to
the
specific
incidents
and
the
leadership
in
you
know,
fire
safety
that
others
have
talked
about.
The
chief
has
just
been
an
incredible
community
leader
in
our
city
and
someone
who's
been
very
dedicated
to
diversifying
our
workforce,
even
starting
with
you
know.
E
Related
health
calls
just
understanding
how
to
strategically
plan
for
that
and
being
a
leader
around
the
country
and
talking
with
other
chiefs,
sharing
best
practices
and
setting
up
training
programs
again
to
welcome
more
diversity
into
our
workforce
and
into
those
careers.
So,
thank
you,
chief
for
all
of
your
leadership
in
our
city,
especially
your
dedication
to
our
young
people
and
your
mentorship
and
guidance
of
so
many
in
our
city.
B
G
Think
it
may
or
Fri
distinguish
council
members.
My
name
is
Jim
Krueger
I
am
a
human
resources
manager,
a
facilitator
and
administrator
of
the
hiring
freeze.
We
have
a
process.
I
did
submit
two
documents
to
today's
meeting.
One
is
a
quick
report
and
then
I
also
have
a
more
full
explanation
of
each
waiver
that
has
been
approved
and
or
denied
to
go
over
the
report
very
quickly.
G
Some
background
on
March
31st
of
this
year,
mayor
fry,
did
implement
the
hiring
freeze
as
a
cost
containment
measure
during
the
local
public
health
emergency
declaration.
At
that
time
that
the
hiring
freeze
was
implemented
on
March
31st
there,
there
were
exactly
a
hundred
active
hiring
processes
in
flight.
G
In
addition
to
council
president
bender
and
then
the
hiring
freeze
resolution,
as
adopted
by
City
Council
on
May
1st,
requires
a
presentation
and
report
on
those
waivers
and
exemptions
at
each
executive
committee
meeting.
So
today's
report
is
the
first
report
out
of
the
hiring
freeze
exemption
and
it
covers
the
time
period
from
March
31st
to
May
20
28.
That
would
be
all
hiring
waivers
that
have
gone
through
the
full
process.
G
With
final
decisions
made,
there
are
approximately
another
10
that
are
in
the
pipeline
in
progress
and
again
council
president
bender
began
doing
the
review
of
those
waivers
effective,
May
1st,
so
not
since
the
beginning
of
on
March
31st,
a
high
level
overview
within
that
time
frame,
March
31st
to
Martin
a
28th.
We
have
had
40
waivers
completed
of
those
48
hiring
waivers.
G
G
You
will
see
the
names
of
the
departments
that
have
requested
those
the
next
column
over
shows
the
total
number
of
waivers
that
the
department
had
submitted
in
that
time
frame
up
through
May
28th
and
then
out
of
those
total
number
of
waivers.
How
many
have
been
approved
and
how
many
have
been
denied
I'm.
D
A
A
Miss
Kruger
you
you're
hearing
from
the
technical
team.
You
cannot
share
your
screen
because
you're
not
a
producer
in
the
team's
live
broadcast.
So
again,
I'll
just
repeat:
I've
added
the
link
for
council
members.
It
was
published
for
the
public
and
is
available
from
the
agenda.
That's
available
on
the
city
website.
G
So
unless
you
have
any
questions,
I
may
be
more
than
willing
and
Abie
to
answer
any
questions
that
you
have
on
the
report.
Otherwise,
there
was
a
second
document
that
was
provided
with
a
complete
breakdown,
with
more
detail
on
the
hiring
waivers
for
each
department,
the
job
title,
the
funding
source
and
which
ones
have
been
approved
in
which
ones
had
been
denied
and
the
at
the
end
of
that
Excel
spreadsheet
report
in
general,
I
would
say
most
probably
60%
of
the
positions
that
have
been
approved,
we're
from
general
funds.
G
G
Councilmember
Gordon
there
was
one
before
the
decision
was
made
that
mayor
Frey
would
be
included
in
the
decision-making
process.
There
was
one
the
very
first
day
of
the
waiver
process
and
it
was
foreign
police
sergeant
which
they've
actually
put
on
hold
and
they're,
not
completing
those
hires
at
this
time.
So.
C
I'm
going
through
the
reports
and
there's
one
that's
listed
on
not
the
one
pager,
but
in
the
deeper
document
from
the
police
that
has
to
do
with
police
recruit
and
it
says
36
permanent
hires,
and
then
it
says
that
it
was
approved,
but
I
don't
see
that
coming
up
on
the
one
pager
at
all.
Do
you
do
you
know
what
I'm
referring
to
councilmember.
G
C
Waiver
for
36
people-
that
is
correct,
so
the
report,
it
just
looks
a
little
bit
it's
hard
to
see
that
and
understand
so
that
report
actually
all
those
requests
for
waivers,
then
that
could
actually
be
for
36
or
50
or
100
different
employees.
But
it's
we're
only
listing
it
as
one.
C
If
I
say
36,
so
I
would
I
think
it's
great
that
we
have
the
number
of
waivers
listed
member,
approved
partial
approvals
and
denied.
However,
it's
not
as
transparent
and
useful
as
it
might
be,
because,
when
I'm
looking
at
it
at
first
I'm
thinking
Oh
out
of
you,
know
employees,
there
were
48
job
postings
that
people
wanted
a
waiver
for
and
34
got
hired
out
of
those
48.
But
when
I
discover
one
one
of
those
numbers
could
be
36.
It
doesn't
give
me
a
lot
of
good
information
to
understand.
C
Actually
how
effective
our
hiring
freeze
has
been
or
hasn't
been.
Maybe
it'll
work
out
to
about
60%
of
the
individuals
who
you
know
we
wanted
to
have
waivers
for
got
hired
or
70%
or
whatever
already
it
looks
like
requests
are
being
granted
pretty
easily.
So
if
we
could
get
I
mean
it
might
be
more
useful
to
actually
have
a
report
about
the
number
of
individuals
who
got
hired
and
how
much
money
is
associated
with
those
hires
somehow,
so
we
have
a
better
understanding.
The
whole
purpose
be
behind.
C
C
You
provided
a
great
bit
of
background
information,
so
it's
there
somewhere,
although
I'm
not
sure
if
we
have
the
total
cost,
because
it
just
says
how
many
were
hired
and
how
many
were
approved
and
I
think
we're
going
to
be
very
interested
in
seeing
if
we
can
hold
down
the
expenses
to
so
that
would
certainly
make
a
difference
depending
on
how
much
we're
paying
and
how
much
is
costing
to
make
these
hires.
So
that's
just
some
input
here
and
and
thanks
for
clarifying
about
the
police
and
the
Cadet
class
yeah.
B
G
B
Thank
You
Blanche
just
to
add
on
briefly
to
councilmembers
Gordon's
suggestion,
while
we're
on
the
topic
and
I
think
it's
his
suggestion
is
a
good
one.
The
other
figure
that
we
haven't
delved
into
is
the
numbers
that
have
not
been
brought
forward
because
the
instruction
to
staff
was
to
not
even
bring
a
potential
hire
through
the
waiver
process
unless
it's
absolutely
essential
and
so
I,
don't
know
how
easy
it
is
to
get
the
numbers
that
didn't
even
come
to
the
approval
process
to
begin
with,
but
certainly
that
would
add
to
the
total
cost
savings
council.
E
E
One
page
overview
sheet
would
be
helpful
all
that
all
of
those
details
are
also
available
in
the
same
link,
just
a
different
document,
one
more
down
both
for
the
public
and
in
any
of
our
colleagues
and
council
members
and
I
did
want
to
note
actually,
since
customer
use
it
Gordon
use
it
as
an
example.
The
police
recruit
class
is
one
where,
before
I
submitted,
my
own
approval,
I
checked
in
with
a
number
of
colleagues
mindful
of
quorum,
including
councilman
Gordon,
to
make
sure
that
folks
didn't
have
any
particular
questions
or
concerns.
E
This
is
one
where,
during
the
budget
process,
we
had
a
very
significant
and
lengthy
conversation.
It
was
part
of
an
agreement
made
by
a
number
of
policy
makers
and
an
attempt
to
reduce
the
amount
was
failed
significantly.
I
voted
I
authored
that
change,
I,
think
along
with
felts
member
Gordon
and
Ellison,
but
it
did
not
have
support.
So
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
one,
because
we've
been
talking
about
the
police
department's
budget
so
much.
E
This
was
approved
before
the
most
recent
conversations
and
before
George
Floyd's
death,
but
also
was
top
of
mind
for
me
and
checking
in
with
my
colleagues,
but
because
the
council
had
so
definitively
made
that
decision
to
invest
in
a
recruit
class
and
not
hearing
particularly
concerns
from
my
colleagues
about
moving
forward
with
it.
I
did
approve
that
item.
As
is
noted
in
the
in
the
documentation.
D
D
D
Thousand
and
five
hundred
that's
what
I
thought
yeah
so
yeah
I
mean
you
know
it's
listed
as
six
six
approved
requests,
but
it's
twenty-five
hundred
people,
so
I
mean
and
yeah
I
get
it
that
it's
in
another
document
and
it's
buried
in
our
limb
systems,
but
I'm
not
sure
the
public
is
always
able
to
to
access
that
or
willing
to
go
that
deep.
D
B
F
Thank
you
Mary
fry,
so
this
next
item.
The
third
item
in
the
agenda
is
consideration
of
strategy
for
labor
negotiations
involving
IBEW
electricians,
unit,
consideration
or
discussion
and
review
of
labor
negotiation.
Proposals
may
be
held
in
a
closed
session
pursuant
in
minced
at
section
13
B
0.03.
In
order
to
close
the
meeting
to
the
public,
the
majority
of
this
committee
must
vote
to
close
this
meeting
in
deciding
whether
to
close
for
discussion
of
labor
negotiation
strategy.
F
Is
there
yes,
then
Mara
I'll,
just
note
since
I
didn't
address
the
the
third
and
fourth
item
I
was
some
wasn't
clear
that
we
would
do
both.
But,
yes,
you
are
correct.
The
fourth
item,
which
is
consideration
of
preliminary
consideration
of
allegations
regarding
the
director
of
C
ped
mr.
David
Frank,
the
Open
Meeting
Law,
actually
requires
that
that
meeting
be
closed.
There
is
no
discretion,
and
that
is
minced
at
13
d.
Point
O,
5
subdivision
to
be
because
mr.
Frank
is
subject
to
the
the
authority
of
the
executive
committee.
B
A
Of
ice
president
Jenkins
council,
president
bender,
they
are
frying
all
right.
There
are
five
lines
that.
A
Vice
president,
you
will
need
to
log
out
of
this
meeting
and
you'll
need
to
log
into
the
meeting
called
closed
session
number
three,
for
which
you
should
have
an
invite,
and
that
will
be
the
closed
session.
So
if
everyone
can
log
out
of
this
meeting
and
log
into
that
separate
meeting,
that'll
be
our
closed
session.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
A
B
D
C
C
Please
I
think
that
we're
I'm
not
prepared
to
ratify
this
at
this
point,
partly
because
of
the
wage
freeze
that
we
instituted
and
I
don't
believe
that
this
agreement
is
consistent
with
that
and
so
I
think
we'll
need
to
go
back
and
work
on
a
little
bit
more
and
see
what
we
can
do
about
it,
and
I
did
have
one
question
that
I
want
to
get
clarity
on
I.
Don't
need
to
refer
this
to
the
City
Council
because
it
we're
not
recommending
it.
It
will
just
stay
off
the
council's
list.