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A
A
Good
afternoon
we're
gonna
come
back
together
here
for
committee
of
the
whole,
my
name
is
Lanae
palmisano
and
I'm.
The
chair
of
Committee
of
the
whole
I'll
call
to
order
our
regular
meeting
today
for
Monday
June
26th
this
time,
I'll
ask
the
clerk
to
call
the
role
and
verify
the
presence
of
a
quorum
council.
C
D
F
A
Present,
let
the
record
reflect,
we
have
a
quorum.
I,
know,
council,
member
Johnson
specifically
has
told
me
he
will
be
right
back.
I
anticipate
our
other
colleagues
will
be
coming
back
shortly
as
well.
Thank
you
also
to
our
guests,
who
I
know
have
been
sitting
here
for
quite
some
time
as
we
endured
the
last
bits
of
budget
committee
here.
So
let
the
record
reflect
we
have
a
quorum.
We
have
three
items
on
the
published
agenda
today,
in
addition
to
our
reports
from
committees
that
have
met
this
cycle.
A
But
first
item
number
one
is
our
regular
report
on
the
contract,
Awards
or
amendments
that
have
been
approved
over
the
last
couple
of
weeks
by
the
ad
hoc
work
group
established
for
the
American
Rescue
plan
act,
related
expenditures.
Staff
does
not
have
a
presentation
for
this
item
today,
but
we
could
ask
questions
if
there
are
any.
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff
I'm,
actually
not
logged
into
speaker
management?
At
this
moment,
I
was
refreshing,
my
screen.
Does
anybody
see
anybody
in
speaker
queue?
I
am
not
seeing
anybody
so
seeing
no
discussion
on
this
item.
A
I
will
just
briefly
mention
that
there
are
two
big
Awards
one
of
them
is
for.
One
of
them
is
my
one
of
the
groupings
is
Master
contracts,
availability
and
the
other
are
related
to
employment
and
training
with
our
arpa
dollars,
so
I'll
direct
the
clerk
to
please
file.
That
report
and
move
on
item
number
two
is
an
update
on
the
report
relating
to
the
economic
impact
study
of
our
City's
minimum
wage
ordinance
and
I'll
start
with
our
interim
chief
operations
officer
Heather
Johnston,
to
introduce
this
item.
Welcome.
Thank.
G
Just
for
a
bit
of
context.
In
2017,
the
City
of
Minneapolis
adopted
an
ordinance
that
incrementally
increases
wages
for
All
City
businesses
to
15
per
hour
by
July
2024..
The
city
contracted
with
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Minneapolis
to
analyze
the
economic
impact
of
the
minimum
wage
increases
and
Report.
The
data
to
council
incrementally
throughout
20
through
2028.,
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Minneapolis,
is
performing
this
work
without
compensation.
I
would
like
to
thank
the
Minneapolis
federal
reserves,
researchers
and
staff
for
all
their
hard
work
and
dedication
to
this
project.
G
We
are
so
fortunate
to
have
such
a
nationally
distinguished
team
working
on
this
effort.
The
first
evaluation
report
to
the
city
council
was
provided
in
November.
2021
I
would
like
to
remind
the
council
that
we
are
still
early
in
the
process
for
evaluation.
Today,
Dr
Nath
will
present
the
second
of
seven
reports.
This
latest
report
examines
the
minimum
wage
policy
effect
on
wages,
hours
worked
jobs
and
overall
earnings
between
2018
and
2021..
G
At
the
end
of
this
period,
the
minimum
wage
rates
in
a
city
reached
14.25
for
large
firms
and
twelve
dollars
and
fifty
cents
for
small
firms.
Future
reports
will
use
new
data
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Revenue
Department
of
Human
Resources.
Excuse
me,
the
Department
of
Human
Services,
providing
additional
data
and
Analysis
I
would
like
to
now
to
invite
Dr
Andrea
raffo
to
introduce
the
team.
Thank
you.
B
H
Good
afternoon
Madam,
chair
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Andrea
rafo
I'm,
the
senior
vice
president
for
research
at
the
Federal
Reserve
Bank
of
Minneapolis
I'm
pleased
to
be
here
today
for
this
discussion
of
the
latest
findings
from
the
Minneapolis
fed
analysis
of
the
city's
minimum
wage
policy
before
I
turn
over
to
anushana
one
of
our
researchers
leading
this
effort.
I
would
like
to
share
a
few
remarks.
H
The
academic
literature
provides
a
wide
range
of
findings
on
the
effect
of
minimum
wage
policies.
In
fact,
many
of
these
different
results
were
discussed
at
the
recent
research
conference
on
minimum
wage
hosted
by
the
Minneapolis
fed
and
the
University
of
Minnesota,
while
the
core
results
that
Anusha
is
about
to
present
are
broadly
in
line
with
other
studies.
H
H
I
I
I
I
Our
2023
report
adds
two
more
years
of
analysis,
so
we
now
present
2020
and
2021
results
as
well
and
in
addition
to
comparing
Minneapolis
to
other
cities
within
Minnesota.
We
now
have
three
other
approaches
that
we
have
Incorporated
in
this
report.
In
order
to
get
robustness
of
our
results,
we
still
continue
to
look
at
the
same
outcomes
which
are
hourly
wages,
jobs,
hours,
worked
and
total
earnings,
and
just
to
present
an
overview
of
the
key
finding
which
I
will
be
going
over
in
detail.
I
In
today's
presentation,
we
do
find
increase
in
hourly
wages
for
workers
in
Minneapolis.
However,
we
also
find
declining
jobs,
hours
worked
and
worker
earnings.
As
you
mentioned.
This
is
the
second
of
seven
reports
in
future
earnings.
We
will
be
doing
a
more
comprehensive
assessment
of
how
different
groups
of
workers,
including
by
different
skills,
by
different
demographic
characteristics
such
as
age,
gender
and
race,
and
also
looking
at
different
types
of
businesses
as
well.
I
These
will
be
left
for
future
work,
so
let
me
Begin
by
looking
at
what
are
we
doing
here
so
in
this
table
right
now?
What
I'm
presenting
to
you
are
the
average
minimum
wages
at
the
end
of
2017
and
2021
the
time
period
of
the
policy
implementation
and
the
period
of
our
analysis,
so
in
2017
the
average
minimum
wage,
which
means
both
small
average
across
small
and
large,
was
8.62
cents
in
2021
this
average
was
12.93.
I
I
I
How
do
we
do
that
now?
We
know
there
were
many
changes
that
were
happening
in
the
period
between
2017
and
2021.
So
what
we
want
to
do
is
compare
what
we
observed
in
2021
with
what
would
have
happened
if
the
minimum
wage
policy
had
not
taken
place
so
take
what
we
observe
and
look
at
a
parallel
universe.
So
to
say
where
everything
else
is
the
same.
I
I
Now
we
use
four
different
strategies
to
get
this
difference
and
estimate
this
difference,
which
I
will
go
over
in
detail
in
today's
presentation.
But
let
me
give
you
the
number
of
what
are
estimated
a
number
for
what
would
have
happened
if
there
was
no
policy
was,
and
what
we
estimate
is
that
if
there
was
no
policy,
the
average
wage
in
2021
would
have
been
25
dollars.
I
So
on
an
average
we
can
attribute
an
increase
of
17
cents
for
average
wages
for
all
workers
in
Minneapolis
now
note
that
this
is
the
average
wage.
There
are
some
workers
who
gain
much
more
than
17
cents.
There
are
workers
who
don't
gain
at
all.
I
I
Now
these
two
are
our
main
estimates
and
I
will
walk
through
how
we
estimate
this,
and
how
do
we
interpret
these
results
so
in
the
rest
of
the
presentation,
in
addition
to
showing
the
estimates,
I
just
want
to
point
out,
I'll
show
you
percentage
difference
first
and
then
I
will
come
back
in
the
end
and
provide
some
more
magnitudes
in
terms
of
numbers
to
you
now,
I
mentioned
that
we
have
four
different
strategies
of
how
we
estimate
these
results.
So
in
this
table,
I
give
an
overview
of
what
we
do.
I
I
The
first
row
tells
us
gives
an
overview
of
our
first
methodology,
which
takes
zip
codes
within
Minneapolis.
These
zip
codes
had
the
policy
they
were
facing,
the
minimum
wage
policy.
We
compare
these
zip
codes
to
zip
codes
outside
of
Minneapolis
and
St
Paul,
but
within
Minnesota.
That
comparison
will
give
us
an
estimate
of
how
different
outcomes
have
changed
between
these
two
groups.
I
The
second
methodology
is
at
the
city
level,
which
does
a
similar
analysis,
it's
again
across
cities,
so
it
Compares
Minneapolis,
but
it
Compares
now
to
cities
outside
of
Minnesota,
but
these
are
cities
which
are
comparable
in
size
and
different
policies
like
the
pandemic
shutdowns
across
the
us,
and
that
comparison
again
gives
us
an
estimate
of
how
many
the
changes
in
jobs
and
hours
work
was
different
in
Minneapolis.
Compared
to
these
other
comparable
groups,
where
there
was
no
minimum
rate
change.
A
A
D
Thank
you,
Madam,
chair
and
I
think
you
you
did
mention
it,
which
is
why
I
took
my
name
out
of
cue,
but
for
the
average
jobs
are
we
adjusting
for
the
pandemic
and
the
job
loss
that
was
created
in
that
time
period?
I
think
for
2021.
Madam.
I
Chair,
if
council
president
Jenkins,
yes
and
we
are
controlling
for
pandemic
as
well
as
some
of
the
civil
unrest
following
order
of
George
Floyd
and
I,
will
show
that
during
the
presentation.
How
exactly
we
do
that?
Thank.
D
I
So
those
first
two
methodologies
take
cities
or
zip
codes
and
then
compare
them
across
to
other
cities
and
zip
codes.
The
next
two
methodologies
that
I'm
going
to
mention
now
look
at
within
Minneapolis
changes.
I
So
in
the
third
methodology
in
the
third
row
we're
looking
at
establishments,
we
take
establishments
where
minimum
wage
increase,
the
liver
costs
that
the
establishments
have
to
bear
because
they
were
paying
their
workers
below
the
target
rate
of
15,
and
we
compare
them
to
those
establishments
who
are
already
paying
their
workers
above
15,
so
they
were
not
exposed
to
the
minimum
wage
policy.
Now
these
are
all
establishments
within
Minneapolis.
So
all
other
factors,
as
I
will
show
you
are
similar,
are
affecting
the
establishment.
I
Similarly,
our
fourth
methodology
looks
at
worker
level
and
here
instead
of
establishment,
we're
looking
at
workers
who
are
directly
exposed
to
the
minimum
wage
change
and
compare
them
to
workers
who
were
not
affected
by
the
minimum
wage
change
as
they
were
already
earning
higher.
So
these
are
the
four
approaches
in
today's
presentation.
Due
to
you
know,
limited
time,
I
will
focus
on
the
third
methodology,
which
is
within
City
variation
across
establishments.
I
So
what
does
this
approach
to
so
we
are
able
to
do
this
approach,
thanks
to
the
very
rich
data
that
we
are
able
to
gain
access
to
on
workers,
establishments
and
very
detailed
geographic
information.
So
we
know
zip
codes
for
each
establishment.
We
will
compare
worker
outcomes
across
these
establishments
within
the
same
sector
and
the
same
zip
code
in
a
given
year
and
a
quarter.
So
what
do
I
mean
by
this
comparison?
So
let
me
illustrate
with
a
a
graph.
I
So
here's
a
hypothetical
graph
and
here
I
am
outlining
a
hypothetical
squared,
zip
code.
So
this
square
is
one
ZIP
code
and
I'm
comparing
two
hypothetical
establishments.
Both
of
these
are
restaurants,
some
very
restaurant,
a
and
restaurant
B
they're
on
a
side
of
on
the
same
street
here.
But
the
idea
is
that
they're
in
the
same
sector
and
they're
in
the
same
code,
what
does
methodology
does?
Is
it
Compares?
How
are
these
SEC
two
establishments
exposed
to
the
minimum
wage?
So,
let's,
let's
look
at
their
costs.
I
This
is
a
hypothetical
situation
where
we
have
two
restaurants,
close
to
each
other,
with
a
very
different
cost
structure.
When
minimum
wage
policy
is
announced-
and
they
know
that
over
time
they
have
to
pay
their
workers
of
fifteen
dollars.
What
how
does
it
cost
that
the
restaurants,
which
are
the
establishments?
How
does
it
change
for
them?
I
So
here's
the
calculation.
So
if
each
worker
has
to
be
paid
15
in
a
few
years,
restaurant
a
has
to
increase
their
cost
by
100
percent,
because
every
worker
was
getting
7.50
now
they
have
to
be
paid
eventually,
fifteen
dollars,
restaurant
B,
their
costs,
don't
change
at
all
because
they
were
already
paying
everybody
about
fifteen
dollars.
So
the
direct
impact
of
the
policy
is
very
different
across
these
two
establishments.
I
So
what
our
procedure
does
is
it
does
exactly
this?
It
Compares
establishments
like
restaurant,
a
and
with
establishments
like
restaurant
B,
and
this
is
what
happens
to
the
jobs
in
these
establishments
to
ours,
work
of
the
workers
of
the
employee
employee,
what
happens
to
the
work
earnings
and
what
happens
to
the
hourly
wages
now
the
question
is
this
is
some
of
the
question
also,
president
council,
president
Jenkins
question:
how
do
we
take
into
account
pandemic
and
civil
unrest?
Does
this
methodology
take
that
into
account?
I
And
the
answer
is
yes
here
it
says
no,
but
the
note
is
the
question.
Real
factors
like
pandemic
and
civil
unders
affect
the
analysis
and
the
answers.
I
How
so
here,
as
I
mentioned,
we're
looking
at
within
a
zip
code
analysis
so
for
every
zip
code,
we,
the
establishments
that
we
compare,
are
within
the
same
zip
code,
so
any
civil
unrest
that
happens
will
affect
all
establishments
in
a
similar
way.
In
this
example,
there
are
the
establishments
are
crossed
from
the
road
from
each
other,
so
any
protests
that's
happening
will
affect
them
equally
number
two
they're
the
same,
so
we're
comparing
within
the
same
sector.
I
So
any
pandemic
policy
that
happens
at
the
city
level
might
be
different
across
sectors,
but
within
the
sector
and
within
a
zip
code,
every
establishment
faces
the
same
pandemic
policies.
They
face
the
same
consumers
and
all
the
other
economic
factors
are
the
same.
Hence
when
we
do
this
comparison,
the
only
thing
that's
different
between
these
establishments
is
the
fact
that
restaurant
a
has
cost
going
up
by
100
and
restaurant
B
has
no
costs
changing
because
of
the
minimum
wage.
I
Everything
else
is
the
same
for
both
these
establishments,
and
this
is
exactly
the
comparison
we
do
again
and
again
for
every
zip
code,
every
sector
right
and
then
we
average
everything.
So
the
idea
is
that
all
the
other
Local
Economic
conditions
are
taken
care
of
the
only
difference
and
the
difference
that
we
capture
in
this
analysis
is
the
differences
in
exposure
to
the
minimum
wage
having
sex
done.
We
will
show
you
in
the
next
few
slides
that
this
is
actually
the
case.
I
We
do
see
that
this
methodology
removes
the
effect
of
the
pandemic
and
the
civilian
risk.
I
So
now,
what
I'll
show
you
in
the
form
of
a
table
are
results
for
our
hourly
wages
and
total
jobs
from
this
methodology.
I
will
present
yearly
figures,
so
2018
and
2019,
which
are
the
pre-economic
years,
will
be
a
highlighted
in
bold
and
in
red
letters
and
then
in
2020
and
2021
will
be
in
blue
letters.
I
Similarly,
those
establishments
which
were
exposed
to
the
minimum
wage
had
had
jobs.
There
were
fewer
jobs
by
11
compared
to
the
establishments
not
directly
exposed.
Similarly,
we
find
numbers
for
2019.
Hourly
wages
went
up
by
14,
total
jobs
fell
by
16
percent,
and
if
you
look
at
2020
and
2021,
the
the
hourly
wage
increases,
as
well
as
the
declining
jobs,
were
very
similar
in
percentage
terms
compared
to
the
2019
numbers.
So
there
are
two
main
takeaways
from
this
figure
of
from
this
table.
I
First
I
received
the
effects,
focus
on
the
gains
in
wages
and
declining
jobs
began
pre-pandemic.
Second,
the
magnitude
are
very
similar
across
the
years,
which
means
whatever
we're
capturing
is
the
effect
of
the
minimum
wage
and
not
the
effect
of
the
pandemic
and
the
civil
unrest.
Given
the
stability
of
the
estimates.
I
Now
imagine
that
we
have
four
different
estimates
and
what
I
presented
to
you
is
one
estimate
which
is
the
across
establishment
within
Minneapolis.
How
do
these
numbers
compare
to
other
estimates,
other
approaches
so
now
I'll
present
in
this
table
in
the
first
hot
panel,
these
numbers
for
across
City
approaches,
which
is
looking
at
Cisco's
in
City
of
Minneapolis
and
comparing
them
to
other
cities
and
zip
codes
outside
of
Minneapolis
St
Paul,
but
within
Minnesota,
and
then
the
second
column.
I
So
here
are
the
numbers:
hourly
wages
went
up
by
7.4
on
an
average
in
our
within
across
city
of
approaches,
but
within
City
approach
we
get
about
12
increase
in
wages
and,
on
average,
across
all
four
approaches.
It's
9.6
percent
total
job
estimates,
on
the
other
hand,
for
across
the
city,
would
be
32
percent
decline,
a
14
decline
in
the
within
City
approach,
which
I
showed
you
before
and
if
you
average
them,
it's
23
decline.
I
I
So
here
the
average
wages
in
our
first
two
approaches
was
0.8
increase
in
wages
and
point
five
percent
in
the
within
City
approach,
which
gives
you
average
across
all
different
types
of
methods
of
0.7
increase.
Again,
these
are
increase
compared
to
the
comparison
groups,
total
Sharps
declined
by
2.7,
based
on
our
first
two
methodologies
and
0.6,
based
on
our
second
two
methodologies,
which
are
across
establishment
and
across
workers,
and
that
gives
us
an
average
estimate
of
a
decline
of
jobs
of
1.7
percent.
I
I
If
you
look
at
across
City
estimates,
which
includes
everybody,
all
the
sectors
or
establishments
about
workers,
the
hourly
wages
go
up
only
by
17
cents,
but
that's
because
it
includes
everybody
and
the
total
job
declines
are
by
5
400
jobs
around
500
jobs.
So
these
are
basically
our
estimates
looking
at
the
most
exposed,
as
well
as
the
averages
now
going
back
to
some
of
the
numbers
here
that
we
looked
at
for
jobs
in
terms
of
across
City
approaches
and
within
City
approaches.
How
do
they
compare
with
other
studies?
I
These
look
big
and
they
are
somewhat
bigger.
If
you
just
look
at
the
other
personalities
which
have
looked
at
restaurant
sectors,
these
are
our
different
approaches.
So
our
first
approach
we
look
at
across
cities
if
the
minimum
wage
increases
by
one
percent,
we
see
that
the
jobs
go
down
by
0.8,
so
that's
kind
of
the
elasticity
of
measure
here
and
we
do
the
same
calculation
for
other
studies
and
we
find
that
ours
are
a
little
bit
bigger.
I
I
The
one
thing
to
note
is
that,
overall,
there
were
some
studies
early
on
in
the
1990s,
which
had
really
big
positive
effects,
but
since
then
there'd
be
many
studies
which
look
at
federal
minimum
wage
changes,
state
minimum
wage
changes
and
they
have
been
more
negative
studies
since
the
most
negative
estimates.
Since
then,
this
context,
why
are
our
estimates?
Are
bigger?
I'll
just
show
you
in
the
next
slide,
but
this
is
basically
our
comparison
chart.
I
So
why
are
our
estimates
bigger
than
many
of
the
other
studies?
There
are
three
main
reasons.
The
first
is
that
the
size
of
the
minimum
wage
change
in
Minneapolis
was
larger
than
policies
examined
in
some
of
these
previous
studies,
which
are
on
that
chart,
for
example,
our
estimates
are
similar
to
what
we,
what
Jeffrey
Commons
and
the
coaster
Michael's
trade
find
in
their
study,
where
they
look
at
small
changes
and
large
changes
and
look
at
the
differential
effects
of
small
versus
large
in
their
study.
They
defined
as
large
changes
as
changes.
I
The
minimum
wage
of
about
20,
but
in
Minneapolis
buying
of
2021,
already
had
a
minimum
wage
change
of
50,
which
is
much
larger
than
their
study,
which
looks
at
many
minimum
wage
changes.
I
Now
in
The
Limited
service
restaurants,
80
of
the
workers
in
2017
were
earning
below
15,
and
if
you
look
at
what
the
median
wages
were,
it
was
eleven
dollars
which
means
50
of
the
workers
in
The
Limited
service,
restaurants
in
2017
were
earning
below
11.
I
So
this
amounts
to
a
huge
change
in
The
Establishment
in
the
restaurant
owners
because
they
have
to
reach
15
within
a
short
period
of
span,
and
that
tells
us
that
there's
the
large
exposure
in
these
sectors
and
the
third
reason
for
why
our
findings
may
be
different
from
other
studies-
is
because
we're
looking
at
a
city
level,
minimum
wage
change,
whereas
other
studies,
many
of
the
other
studies
that
you
signed,
the
figure,
look
at
a
federal
change
or
state
level.
Minimum
wage
policy
changes.
I
So
this
is
basically
what
we
find
in
our
report.
In
terms
of
future
work,
we
will
be
providing
five
more
reports
to
the
end
of
2028
and
in
future
work
we
will
examine
additional
research
questions
but
give
a
more
comprehensive
analysis
of
the
minimum
wage
changes,
including
disaggregated
outcomes
by
worker
demographics,
which
includes
age,
gender,
race
and
also
by
worker
skills.
I
We
will
also
be
providing
impact
of
the
minimum
wage
change
on
worker
economic
assistance
benefits
like
food
stamps
and
other
services
that
are
provided
by
the
Department
of
Human
Services.
These
impacts
will
also
start
getting
at
the
physical
impact
of
the
policy,
and
also
we
will
be
providing
more
detailed
analysis
of
firm
decisions.
I
Are
there
any
substitutions
between
labor
and
capital,
which
means
our
firms
automating
more
also,
our
work
firms
moving
towards
more
gig
work,
are
they
hiring
more
contract
workers
and
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
those
are
the
types
of
analysis
that
we
will
provide
a
larger
picture
of
what
the
effects
are
and
how
are
these?
This
aggregating
effects
aggregating
the
world
we
saw
today.
I
I
We
also
saw
that
the
effects
began
pre-pandemic
and
continued
throughout
2020
and
2021,
and
that
the
effects
were
pretty
stabled
over
time,
which
means
that
we're
able
to
remove
the
effects
of
pandemic
and
civil
unrest
from
our
analysis
and
provide
the
effect
of
the
minimum
wage.
I
We
did
see
that
the
magnitude
of
effects
are
larger
in
some
sectors
like
restaurants,
particularly
and
also
retail,
which
we
provide
details
for
in
the
report,
and
we
also
saw
today
that
establishments
that
are
more
exposed
for
faced
more
sort
of
changes,
larger
changes
in
both
wages,
as
well
as
jobs
and
also
in
the
report.
We
show
that
it's
true
for
hours
worked
and
work
earnings
as
well,
and
also
we
show
in
the
report
that
workers
that
are
more
exposed
were
also
affected
with
a
higher
magnitude.
A
Thank
you,
Dr
Nath,
as
I
wait
to
see
if
my
colleagues
get
in
queue,
councilmember
Goodman.
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I,
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
I
really
understand.
Since
I
was
here
when
this
all
happened.
The
importance
of
having
a
independent
outside
organization-
that's
highly
regarded
in
the
area
of
economic
analysis.
Doing
this
report.
I
also
agree
to
you
that
it
is
up
to
us
to
determine
if
the
effects
have
had
a
negative
or
positive
effect
on
the
city.
J
I
respect
the
work
you've
done,
I
I
would
argue
that
probably
it
was
still
pretty
positive,
however,
because
ultimately,
some
of
the
jobs
that
were
lost
were
very
low
wage
jobs
and
hopefully
those
individuals
were
able
to
find
a
job
that
was
a
higher
wage
job
and
that
would
lead
to
a
better
outcome.
We
are
in
a
very
odd
unemployment
situation
right
now
and
I
think
it
would
be
good
for
all
of
us.
J
K
Thinking
I'm
sure
I'm
not
able
to
get
into
speaker
management.
I
too,
want
to
express
my
thanks,
a
doctor
as
to
all
your
staff.
Thank
you
for
coming
and
sitting
through
our
our
last
meeting,
but
most
of
all
thank
you
for
helping
us
get
the
information
I
understand.
I
do
have
one
quick
question
in
Reading
between
the
lines,
mostly
the
restaurants
lost
employees,
and
is
it
safe
to
say
that
it's
because
of
the
high
high
wages,
the
higher
wages
that
were
paid
and
thus
the
closing
of
the
restaurants?
I
I
So
there
could
be
various
reasons,
partly
it's
true
that
some
restaurants
closed,
but
on
average
we
do
see
the
restaurants
that
even
remain
lost
workers,
so
they
have
fewer
jobs
in
them.
So
it's
a
it's
a
It's,
a
combination
of
both
factors,
some
restaurants,
closing
and
many
restaurants,
reducing
the
number
of
jobs
that
they
have.
K
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I.
I
have
a
few
questions,
so
I'm
happy
to
jump
back
into
Q
so
that
others
can
ask
questions.
But
first
of
all
thank
you.
So
much
I
was
not
here
prior
to
your
first
presentation.
So
it's
really
interesting
to
hear
this
report
and
the
analysis
I
said
a
question
about
you
know:
I
know
that
we
have
a
tight
labor
market
and
there
aren't
enough
workers
for
the
jobs.
L
It's
a
job,
Seekers
Market,
but
this
report
showed
that
there
are
actually
Less
jobs,
and
so
how
should
we
you
know
or
how
much
should
we
worry
about
the
missing
I
guess:
5425
jobs,
that
this
report
shows.
I
Madam,
chair
council
members,
so
it's
true
that
there
were
fewer
jobs.
What
we
have
ensured
you
today-
and
we
hope
to
do
in
the
future,
is
what
happens
to
workers
who
lose
their
jobs.
Do
they
go
to
another
city,
partly
in
our
analysis,
where
we
look
at
establishments
we
do
and
workers.
Specifically,
we
follow
workers
over
time.
We
find
that
workers
you
know
are
even
if
they
stay
employed.
A
lot
of
them
have
fewer
hours
that
they're
working.
So
it's
both
the
lost
jobs
and
ours.
I
Work
that
are
declining
are
that
are
contributing
to
Lost
earnings
and
and
what
so,
partly
they
are
finding
other
jobs.
But
we
haven't
Quantified
how
many
of
these
workers
are
going,
for
example,
to
Gig
work
that
we
will
see
when
we
start
analyzing
the
Department
of
Revenue
data
and
also
be
able
to
say
basically:
are
they
losing?
Are
they
staying
unemployed?
For
how
long
are
they
going
to
Gig
work?
Are
they
going
to
another
city?
If
they
go
to
another
city,
do
they
come
back
to
Minneapolis?
I
L
Okay-
and
this
might
kind
of
piling
on
to
your
answer-
and
you
talked
about
the
workers,
but
then
there's
the
business
themselves
and
how
they've
adapted
and
so
I'm
wondering.
Will
your
analysis
or
or
some
of
your
analysis
are
done
or
future
analysis
talk
about
how
they're
adapting
to
this
because
I
know
it's
been
difficult.
So,
for
example
like
how
they're,
maybe
incorporating
technology
or
sched
scheduling
people
differently,
I
went
to
a
restaurant
or
in
the
Skyway
not
long
ago,
and
it
was
somebody
virtual
that
was
checking
me
out.
L
I
Chair
council
members,
that's
those
are
exactly
the
questions
we
are
interested
in
and
answering
and
with
the
Department
of
Revenue
data,
we'll
be
able
to
see
many
things
at
the
firm
level,
including
what
their
profit
margins
were
what's
happening
to
their
profit
margins
as
the
labor
costs
increase,
are
they
increasing
prices?
Are
they
automating
more
as
you
asked,
and
also
whether
they're
moving
to
contract
work
rather
than
having
full-time
employees?
So
those
are
the
types
of
questions
we
will
be
able
to
answer
in
the
future,
which
we
have
not
done
in
this
report.
M
You,
madam
chair
and
I,
just
love
this
presentation,
the
level
of
debt
analysis
that
you're
doing
and
completely
agree
with
council
member
Goodman
on
just
her
her
view
of
this
and
just
want
to
thank
you
and
the
whole
team
for
all
of
your
work.
I
think
Super
interesting,
extremely
interesting
too,
about
the
next
steps
and
what
you're
looking
at
in
the
future
I
did
have
one
question
and
I'm
sorry:
if
I
missed
this
because
I
might
have
just
missed
this,
are
these
wages
and
the
impacts?
F
F
I
had
a
chance
to
go
through
some
of
the
some
of
the
other
studies
that
you've
conducted
on
the
minimum
wage
here
and
in
St
Paul,
something
that
stood
out
to
me
was
your.
Your
study
on
Saint
Paul
found
that
the
minimum
wage
reduced
employment
in
in
2018
and
2019,
even
though
most
businesses
at
that
time,
weren't
affected
by
a
rise
in
minimum
wage
until
July
2020..
F
Can
you
walk
us
through
the
the
economic
logic
I
guess
of
why
businesses
would
be
cutting
back
on
employment,
even
though
there's
no
increase
in
in
labor
costs-
and
you
know,
understanding
the
the
restaurant
industry
and
other
low
paying
businesses
where
they
often
have
higher
turnover
and
are
and
are
making
Staffing
changes
relatively
often?
I
Jobs
decline,
starting
in
2018
as
council
member
just
mentioned,
but
we
don't
see
any
wages
going
up
till
they
started
implementing
the
policy
in
2020,
so
they
announced
the
policy
in
2018,
but
they
only
started
implementing
in
2020.
So
we
have
two
years
where
there's
the
rare
businesses
and
workers
know
what's
coming,
but
they
don't
they're
not
legally
required
to
increase
wages.
So
there
we
find
the
wages,
don't
go
up
because
presumably
they're
not
required
to
increase
wages,
but
we
do
see
that
job
declines,
as
you
mentioned
now.
I
The
rationale
for
that
is
that
the
businesses
know
that
this
is
coming,
and
especially
you
mentioned
the
restaurant
businesses
so
the
they
know
that
this
change
is
coming,
although
they
can
change
their
labor
hiring
more
frequently,
they
might
actually
be
deciding
whether
they
want
to
keep
hiring
more
workers
or
change
to
automated
check-ins
or
automated
other
sort
of
parts
of
the
businesses
as
council
member
Koski
mentioned.
I
Businesses
tell
us
that
they
were
thinking
about
doing
this
for
a
while,
but
they
were
had
inertia
and
given
this
change
in
policy
that
made
them
adopt
it
much
quicker
than
what
they
were
thinking,
they
could
take
more
time
to
adopt.
So
those
are
the
types
of
changes
that
businesses
do,
where
they
workers
and
start
adopting
a
different
technology
for
doing
the
same
tasks.
N
I
Costs
right
so
the
labor
cost
may
be
higher
than
adopting
a
automated
technology,
and
hence
given
the
relative
costs,
they
might
choose
to
do
the
Automation
and
have
fewer
jobs
available
in
their
businesses,
got.
F
It
next
question:
for
you:
we
know
that
the
Twin
Cities
have
have
also
experienced
an
unusually
higher
or
larger
rise
in
commercial
vacancies
in
our
in
our
downtown
Office
Buildings
as
compared
to
other
Metro
areas.
F
We
attribute
this
to
covid
and
the
rise
in
remote
and
hybrid
work,
so
Minneapolis
St
Paul
have
experienced
nearly
like
a
three
percent
rise
in
office
vacancies
between
early
2020
and
end
of
2022,
and
we
have
we're
I
think
we're
like
the
19th
worst
out
of
139
metros,
just
looking
at
data
provided
by
by
like
the
the
Realtors
Association.
F
F
Intensive
jobs
like
in
in
restaurant
and
hospitality
and
other
accommodations
in
our
in
our
Twin
Cities
metro
I
see
that
as
something
that
that
likely
led
to
like
that
fall
in
demand
and
and
I'm
concerned
that
that
might
be
mistaken
for
an
effect
of
a
minimum
wage
increase.
That
happens,
coincidentally,
happens
to
be
at
the
same
time.
I
N
I
Demand
changes
are
happening.
You
mentioned
Downtown
Minneapolis.
It
has
many
zip
codes,
we're
going
even
further
than
Downtown
Minneapolis
and
saying,
let's
just
take
one
ZIP
code
and
take
all
restaurants
and
just
compare
them
within
that
zip
code.
So
all
the
changes
that
you
mentioned
would
affect
all
these
businesses
in
a
similar
way.
So
the
only
thing
that
we
are
comparing
are
changing.
Labor
costs
everything
else
remaining
the
same.
That's
how
we
take
into
account
the
factors
you
mentioned
got.
A
It
thank
you,
council,
president
Jenkins.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'm,
just
curious
and
thank
you
so
much
msnan
for
your
presentation.
I
am
just
curious.
You
know,
as
we
see
and
I
think,
even
the
president
of
the
United
States
has
put
a
a
message
out
about
all
of
these
hidden
bees,
but
as
we
go
to
service
Industries
as
we
purchase
concert,
tickets
and
other
things,
we
see
all
of
these
fees,
and
particularly
in
restaurants,
service
fees,
Healthcare
fees,
etc,
etc.
Our
workers,
seeing
any
parts
of
these
increased
bees
that
you're
aware
of
in
your
study.
I
Madam,
chair
council
members,
so
what
we're
the
measurement
that
we
are
using
for
our
analysis
is
total
earnings,
which
includes
any
source
of
wage
earnings
that
the
workers
get.
It
would
be
the
direct
wages
paid
by
the
business.
It
could
be
the
tips
and
it
could
be
any
money,
that's
being
pooled
by
the
business
and
distributed
from
a
gratuity
or
a
health
fees,
and
so
on.
I
So
what
we're
showing
you
are
total
wage
earnings
and
then
we
look
at
the
hourly
wage
earnings
based
on
ours
worked,
and
so
this
does
incorporate
all
those
changes
that
could
be
happening
at
the
Restaurant
level,
and
the
second
part
of
my
answer
is
that
all
restaurant-
many
restaurants,
are
doing
this.
What
we're
comparing
across
as
I
as
explained
within
sector
across
businesses,
so
these
additional
fees
that
you
mentioned
may
be
more
prevalent
in
some
service,
Industries,
less
prevalent
in
others,
for
example
in
retail.
L
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'm,
just
kind
of
piling
on
I
guess
a
little
bit
of
President
Jenkins
questions,
because
we
know
we
have
this
continued
wage
disparity
in
restaurants
between
the
front
and
the
back
of
the
of
the
house
as
the
front
of
the
house
earns
tips
which
I
think
is
a
little
different
than
other
states.
L
So
you
know,
one
of
my
questions
is,
you
know:
are
these
service
fees?
Have
they
been
helpful?
I
think
you
kind
of
answered
a
little
bit
of
that,
but
do
are
there
any
recommended
policies
that
you
have
that
we?
You
think
that
City
of
Minneapolis
or
the
state
of
Minnesota
should
enact
to
address
some
of
these
issues
and
disparities.
I
A
You
thank
you.
You
know
I
really
appreciate
all
of
these
questions.
This
is
kind
of
tallies
on
to
earlier
questions
asked.
Could
you
help
us
understand
just
at
a
real
high
level,
you've
mentioned
using
Department
of
Revenue
data
for
some
of
this
analysis,
but
could
you
help
us
understand
how
this
information
gets
so
much
deeper
over
time
like
what
is
there
new
information
coming
to
you,
new
data
points
that
you
didn't
have
before
and
yeah
I
think
I
think
what
is
curious
to
the
public
is
just
how
how
do
you?
A
I
Madam
chair
council
members,
so
over
time
we've
been
able
to
obtain
more
data
from
Department
of
Revenue
and
Department
of
Human
Services
Department
of
Revenue
data
comes
with
a
lag
because
businesses
are
allowed
to
file
their
taxes
for
more
than
a
calendar
year,
and
so,
if
2018
is
what
we
want
to
look
at
so,
for
example,
if
you
want
to
look
at
2020
from
today's
data,
we
can't
because
even
the
Department
of
Revenue
hasn't
processed
all
that
data.
I
They
still
have
the
income
that
was
coming
in
until
2021
or
early
2022,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
and
so,
given
the
lag
in
the
data,
we
now
have
started
getting
data
that
we
can
start
analyzing
over
at
least
two
or
three
years
after
the
pandemic.
That
data
contains
much
more
information
about
businesses
and
also
certain
types
of
workers
than
what
current
what
we
currently
had
access
to
for
this
report.
So
this
report
we
had
access
to
on
the
establishment
level
what
you
know
where,
where
are
they
located
so
zip
codes?
I
What
are
the
industries
they're
located
in
and
then
they're
matched
to
the
workers
that
are
working
in
those
establishments
and
for
workers?
We
know
their
hours
worked
and
worker
earnings
at
the
quarterly
level.
So
what
this?
This
data
allowed
us
to
do
all
this
analysis,
but
it
limits
us
because
we
didn't
know
that
you
know
what
are
the
demographic
characteristics
of
the
workers.
What
are
the
skills
of
the
workers
we're
getting
additional
data
for
that,
where
we
will
be
able
to
do
that?
Additional
analysis.
I
Going
back
to
the
Department
of
Revenue,
we
will
be
able
to
look
at
as
I
mentioned
sort
of
profit
margins
of
the
firms
how
our
different
firms
affected
based
on
you
know
where
they
are
in
terms
of
profit
margins
where
they
are
in
terms
of
size
both
based
on
employment,
as
well
as
their
sales.
We
don't
observe
sales
of
the
establishments
and
firms
with
what
we
have
for
the
Revenue
data.
I
We'll
also
know
gig
workers,
because
we
have
their
some
of
the
tax
returns,
so
we'll
be
able
to
know
what's
happening
to
the
workers
who
leave
their
jobs
in
Minneapolis.
Are
they
going
to
Gig
work
if
they
are?
How
long
do
they
stay
in
so
on
and
so
forth,
and
additional
questions
which
came
up
before,
for
example,
automation,
what's
happening
to
automation?
Are
they
trying
are
the
firms
increasing
prices?
I
I
We
get
that
data
so
looking
at
worker
demographics
from
additional
data
assistance
from
additional
data
and
firm
level
data
will
help
us
really
get
a
more
Fuller
picture
of
what's
Happening,
not
just
in
Aggregates
in
terms
of
averages,
but
also
how
different
types
of
workers
and
businesses
are
affected.
Thank.
A
You
that's
really
interesting
and
I
can
appreciate
even
better
now
how
complex
that
is
of
people,
whether
they're
aging
out
of
needing
child
care
or
other
types
of
things,
and
how
that
impacts.
Other
types
of
work
in
terms
of
skills
of
workers
are
you
finding,
and
you
might
have
mentioned
this
in
response
to
council
member
Chuck
Tice
comment:
are
you
finding
upward
mobility
in
workers
I
mean?
Are
you
able
to
discern
that
at
this
point?
I
Own
Madam,
chair
and
council
members,
we
haven't
done
that
analysis.
Yet
that's
something
with
the
additional
data
will
provide
us
also
because
we
know
worker
skills
from
in
terms
of
their
education
background,
but
also
in
terms
of
the
on
the
job
training
that
they
get
so
there's
some
data
on
on
the
job,
training
that
we
are
getting
access
to
and
we
will
be
able
to
analyze
in
the
future
reports
so
we'll
be
able
to
get
at
that
in
the
future.
A
Thank
you
one
more
ask
if
my
colleagues
have
any
questions
about
this
I'm,
not
seeing
any
so
seeing
no
further
discussion,
I'll
direct
the
clerk
to
please
file
this
report,
and
thank
you.
Thank
you,
everybody
from
the
Federal
Reserve.
Thank
you
for
being
our
guest
today.
Thank
you
for
hanging
in
there
with
us
and
for
this
Rich
dialogue.
We
appreciate
your
time.
A
We
have
been
here
for
a
while
and
I
wanted
to
know
in
conversation
with
the
clerk.
There
was
the
idea
that,
in
order
for
us
to
make
a
leadership
meeting
that
we
have
at
four
and
because
we
aren't
really
time
Bound
for
this
legislative
Department
update.
That's
item
number
three
on
our
schedule
today.
Is
there
any
objection
from
my
colleagues
that
are
here
to
moving
this
government
structure
subcommittee
report
to
a
later
time?
A
A
I'm
not
seeing
any
so
auditor
Patrick
or
we'll
do
this
other
item
next
time.
Last
but
not
least,
we'll
receive
reports
from
the
standing
committees
on
matters
to
be
considered
by
the
full
Council.
This
Wednesday,
we'll
Begin
by
with
budget
committee
chaired
by
council
member
Koski
foreign.
L
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
The
budget
committee
will
be
bringing
forward
two
items
to
Wednesday's
council
meeting.
The
first
is
Market
adjustment
to
salary
schedules
for
non-represented
and
appointed
employees
in
the
human
resource
department
and
number
two
is
vacation.
Adjustments
and
salary
increases
for
eligible
sworn
appointed
employees
in
the
police
department.
I'll
stand
for
any
questions.
A
O
Thank
you,
madam
vice
president.
Business
and
inspection
housing
committee
brings
nine
items
forward
a
proven
item.
One
approving
an
application
for
Coalition
restaurants
for
a
permanent
expansion
of
premises.
O
License
item
two:
a
proven
application
for
Retreat
2040,
Hennepin
Avenue
Minneapolis
on
sale,
liquor
with
limited
entertainment
and
Sunday
sales,
license
item
three
localizing
approvals:
item:
four
cholesterol:
license
renewals
item
five
authorizing
the
submission
of
public
Grant
application
to
the
Metro
Metropolitan
Council
livable
communities,
Administration
account
livable
communities,
and
this
are
many
organizations
that
have
applied
these
grants
and
that
includes
Native
American
Community
Clinic,
located
in
ward
6,
also
a
little
Earth
commonbond
communities
on
1301
West,
Lake,
Street,
Unity,
building,
Sabathani
family
housing,
snailing
out
family
housing
item
six
additional
there's
additional
Metropolitan
consolivability
account
pre-developmental
Grant
application
on
328
West
Broadway
item:
seven
is
Ali
vacation,
proven
application
submitted
by
PPL.
O
A
Thank
you.
Next
we
have
the
Pogo
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
I've
council,
member
Chavez.
Did
you
want
to
read
that
report
yeah.
C
Councilman
Ellison
told
me
that
I
should
read
it
to
both
chair
and
vice
chair
and
I.
Here
number
one
is
a
passage
of
a
resolution
for
gift
acceptance
from
D.C
police
Leadership
Academy
for
travel
expenses.
Number
two
is
authorizing
a
contract
Amendment
with
the
government
jobs.com
Inc
for
Neil
gov
applicant
tracking
system
for
the
human
resource
department.
C
Number
three
is
authorizing
a
contract
Amendment
with
HBC
Acquisitions
LLC
for
improvements
at
10,
49,
10th,
Avenue,
Southeast
number
four
is
authorizing
a
contract
Amendment
with
Edinburgh
Healthcare
System
Inc
for
Fire
EMS
training
and
Education
Services
number
five
is
authorizing
a
contract
Amendment
with
CNA
Consulting
Engineers
for
construction
oversight,
services
for
the
Central
City
parallel
tunnel
project
number
six
is
authorizing
contract
Amendment
with
value
and
Company
Inc
for
Brian
Avenues,
South
Street
reconstruction
project
number.
Seven
is
approving
illegal
settlement
with
Char,
with
Charles
Orange
versus
the
City
of
Minneapolis
number.
C
A
is
approving
litigation
matter
of
Andrew
Moore
versus
Tony
partica
Neil
Walsh,
John
Doe
number
one
and
number
two
and
the
City
of
Minneapolis
number
nine
is
authorizing
a
contract
Amendment
with
the
world
world
Architects
and
Engineers
for
City
Hall
office,
space
renovation
and
item
number
10
is
accepting
a
bid
for
lead
Hazard
control.
I'll
stand
by
for
any
questions.
A
P
You,
madam
vice
president,
the
public
health
and
safety
committee
is
bringing
forward
seven
items
item.
One
is
authorizing
the
police
to
enter
into
a
mutual
Aid
agreement
with
the
FBI
Bloomington
Police
Department
bomb
squad,
Crow
Wing,
County,
Sheriff's,
Department,
Regional
bomb
squad
and
St
Paul
police
department's
bomb
squad.
In
the
event
of
an
emergency
item,
two
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Division
of
Homeland
Security
to
enhance
Emergency
Management
capabilities.
P
Item
three
is
authorizing
an
extension
of
six
months
for
the
grant
agreement
with
the
Minnesota
Division
of
Homeland
Security
for
completion
of
a
training
plan
for
Public
Works
water
treatment.
Item
four
is
authorizing
the
submittal
of
a
Grant
application
to
the
Department
of
energy
for
the
Energy,
Efficiency
and
conservation
block
grant
program.
Item
five
is
accepting
a
grant
from
the
EPA
for
enhanced
air
monitoring
item.
P
L
L
Two
approving
the
word
play
large
Buck
event
for
July
8th
number:
three:
improving
the
North
Loop
food
truck
fair
for
July
16th
number,
four,
approving
the
cancellation
and
reassessment
of
a
sewer
service
line,
repair,
special
assessment
and
number
five
approving
a
legislative
directive
requesting
a
high-level
budget
and
implementation
and
timeline
analysis
of
sidewalk
snow
and
ice
removal.
Pilot
projects
presented
at
the
pwi
pwi
committee
meeting
of
June,
8th
and
I
will
stand
for
any
questions.
A
O
Thank
you,
my
vice
president
I
wanna.
Let
you
know
that
read
on
Falls
eat
occasion
falls
on
one
stay
and
I
want
to
wish
the
warmest
wish
to
Muslims
across
our
city
and
around
the
world.
This
is
a
special
holiday,
it's
time
to
honor
and
sacrifice
resolve
commitments
to
God
demonstrated
by
Abraham.
It
marks
the
end
of
pilgrimage
of
the
Hajj
performance
each
year
by
millions
of
Muslims
who
Journey
from
all
corners
of
the
world,
to
Makkah.