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A
My
name
is
Jeremiah
Ellison
I'm,
the
chair
of
the
policy
and
government
oversight
committee
and
I'm,
going
to
call
to
order.
Our
here
says
regular
meeting,
but
this
is
like
not
the
regular
time
but
art
still
our
regular
meeting
for
Wednesday
May
24th
2023.
I'll
now
have
the
clerk
call
the
roll.
C
B
Is
absent,
Vice,
chair,
wansley.
A
The
record
reflect
that
we
have
a
quorum.
We
have
21
items
on
the
consent
agenda
which
I'll
Now
read
for
the
record
item.
One
is
passage
of
an
ordinance
appointed
position
in
the
city,
attorney's
office
policy,
reform
implementation,
senior
advisor
I'll
be
pulling
that
item
for
discussion
item
two
is
a
passage
of
a
resolution
for
gift
acceptance
from
the
Minnesota
section
of
the
American
Waterworks
Association
of
registration,
travel
and
lodging
expenses.
Three
is
passage
of
a
resolution:
gift
acceptance
from
the
Minnesota
State
Association
of
Narcotics
investigators
of
registration
and
lodging
expenses.
A
A
Six
is
a
passage
of
a
resolution
of
gift
gift
acceptance
from
the
Minneapolis
Police
K-9
foundation
for
Dual
Purpose
police
dogs.
Seven
is
the
passage
of
resolution
gift
acceptance
from
Joseph
Mueller
of
a
canine
dog
Kobe.
A
Eight
is
the
passage
of
resolution
gift
acceptance
from
the
Goldenrod
collaborative
of
per
diem
for
yeah
for
a
per
diem
and
hotel
expenses.
Nine
is
accepting
of
a
bid
for
liquid
chlorine.
10
is
accepting
of
a
bid
for
the
2023
Vision
zero
project.
11
is
accepting
of
a
bid
for
convention
center
ceiling
and
lighting
upgrade
phase.
Four
project.
A
12
is
authorizing
contract
with
Weiland
Associates
LLC
for
supplemental
Emergency,
Operations
Center,
Staffing
13
is
authorized
in
contract
with
elect
election
systems
and
software
for
purchase
of
in-person
early
voting
ballot,
on-demand
printing
equipment
14
is
authorizing.
Contract
Amendment
with
Northside
Economic
Opportunity
Network
for
workplace
workspace
at
1007,
West
Broadway,
Avenue
15
is
authorizing
contract
Amendment
with
Minnesota
state
colleges
and
universities
through
Century
College
for
fire,
cadet
training
and
education
services.
A
16
is
authorizing
contract
Amendment
with
Lynch
record
Services
Inc
for
public
towing
services.
17
is
authorizing
contract
amendments
for
the
language,
Services
pool
for
interpreting
and
translation
services.
18
is
contract
Amendment
with
axon
Enterprise
Inc
for
body,
worn
cameras
and
Licensing
for
the
police
department.
A
19
is
authorizing
contract
Amendment
with
CenturyLink
Communications
LLC
for
telecommunications
services.
20
is
authorizing
contract
Amendment
with
good
works,
Consulting
LLC
for
continued
delivery
of
the
metamorphosis,
senior
leadership,
development
program
and
21
is
passage
of
a
resolution
approving
the
2023
local
Board
of
appeal
and
Equalization
assessed
valuations
and
receiving
a
filing
the
2023
report.
A
Is
there
any
further
discussion
on
the
consent
agenda?
It's
always
a
long
one.
Seeing
no
further
discussion.
I
will
move
items
2
through
21
and
move
item,
one
to
discussion
and
I
will
all
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
and
the
consent
agenda
is
approved,
and
so
next
is
a
standard
receiving
file
of
Staff
purchasing
letters
and
Joint
purchase
purchases
report.
This
is
a
quarterly
report
prepared
by
the
finance
department
and
while
there
is
no
presentation,
staff
is
available
for
any
questions
my
colleagues
might
have.
A
A
E
So
I'm
Christian
romhoff
I
lead
the
records
management
and
the
date
of
access
teams
in
the
clerk's
office.
So
the
item,
I'm
speaking
to
is
an
extension
to
an
existing
contract.
We
have
with
Robert
Half
for
temporary
staffing
services.
We've
been
using
this
contract
to
add,
documented
review
attorneys
to
support
projects
implementing
recent
changes
to
how
the
city
handles
Public
Safety
records
requests.
E
Netflix
office
responds
to
public
records,
requests
working
with
departments
to
locate
data.
Department
staff
provides
the
data
to
us
we
review
and
remove
protected
data
and
ultimately
release
it
to
requesters.
One
exception
to
this
is
until
last
year
the
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Police
Department
was
responsible
for
requests
about
public
safety
data.
So
last
year
Council
and
the
mayor
asked
MPD
in
the
clerk's
office
to
restructure
how
Public
Safety
requests
are
managed.
So
we
work
to
move
more
complicated
requests.
E
They
called
manage
requests
to
the
clerk's
office,
while
MPD
retained
the
high
volume
transaction
requests
for
insurance
purposes,
accident
reports,
things
like
that.
They
also
retained
multimedia
data
requests,
including
body
worn
camera.
So
this
shift
was
informally
reflected
in
this
year's
budget
for
the
first
time.
So
what
does
all
this
have
to
do
with
a
contract?
Well,
the
contract
supported
two
projects
about
implementing
this
change
and
I
want
to
just
briefly
kind
of
go
through
what
these
projects
are.
Give
you
a
status
update
on
them.
E
So
you'll
have
to
excuse
my
metaphor:
I'm
picturing,
this
effort,
maybe
maybe
unfortunately,
bleakly
as
a
being
in
a
ship
which
is
both
taking
on
water
and
which
has
already
accumulated
quite
a
bit
of
water
and
it's
not
as
dark
as
a
it's
sounds,
but
really
we're
thinking
about
the
backlog
project
which
is
identifying
and
targeting
more
than
4
000
of
the
oldest
public
safety
requests
and
prioritizing
them
to
resolve
them.
We're
thinking
that
as
a
water,
that's
already
in
the
boat,
so
we
need
to
bail
it
out.
E
The
steady
state
project
here
we're
thinking
about
the
water
coming
into
the
boat,
we're
trying
to
get
to
a
spot
where
the
requests
opened
in
any
given
month
are
roughly
balanced
with
the
number
of
requests
we're
closing.
So
it's
not
the
same
requests,
but
it's
that
over
time
we're
handling
things
so
that
we're
not
just
creating
more
backlogs.
E
So
I
want
to
give
you
just
a
very
brief
example
of
where
these
projects
are
at
so
the
backlog
project.
A
team
of
the
clerk's
office
started
last
year
started
targeting
the
request
we
identified.
What
requests
first
of
all
were
considered
kind
of
within
the
backlog
scope?
It
was
about
4
200
requests.
As
you
see
here,
we
tried
to
understand
where
the
status
of
these
requests
was
what's
been
done
already,
were
they
still
needed
by
folks
who
had
asked
for
them?
E
Mpd
at
the
same
time
was
restructuring
the
records
unit
and
they
approached
this
project
later
in
the
year
from
the
other
side
on
the
transactional
request.
So,
together
we
worked
on
this
and
we
had
hoped
to
make
significant
progress
and
ideally
resolve
the
backlog
by
the
end
of
this
year.
Well,
so
far,
I'll
say
the
current
status
is
we're
ahead
of
schedule.
We've
moved
from
4
200
requests
to
about
68
that
are
still
open.
E
This
is
a
lot
of
work
that
both
the
MPT
and
the
the
team
and
clerks
have
done,
and
the
temporary
workers
have
been
a
key
key
part
of
this
for
the
steady
state
project.
It's
a
little
bit
harder
to
talk
about
this.
This
is
one
single
project.
It's
a
number
of
different
efforts
designed
to
improve,
improve
our
productivity,
and
you
know
really
increase
the
rate
at
which
we
can
resolve
requests
so
at
a
high
level.
E
What
I
can
say
is
this
year
from
January
to
April,
where
we
have
complete
months
data
we've,
we,
the
city,
have
resolved
more
requests
each
month
than
have
been
opened.
This
is
true
both
within
NPD
with
a
team.
That's
remained
there
as
well
as
the
new
merge
team
in
the
clerk's
office.
So
every
month
we've
made
progress
on
the
backlog
and
Achieve
steady
state.
To
this
point,.
E
So
I
do
want
to
say
anytime.
You
come
up
in
front
of
you,
I'm,
not
saying
that
we
solved
the
public
records
request
issue,
there's
still
a
lot
to
improve
a
lot
to
fix
a
lot
of
work
to
do,
but
I
did
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
talk
about
why
this
contract
is
important.
It's
allowed
us
to
make
this
progress
on
these
two
two
aspects.
E
There's
a
lot
of
work
to
do:
I'm
not
going
to
go
into
the
details
of
all
the
all
the
issues
to
fix
going
forward,
but
I
want
to
say,
I,
think
this
shows
the
importance
of
Staffing
and
right
size
and
Staffing
on
how
we
respond
to
data
requests.
We
would
not
have
been
in
the
same
position
without
the
contract
workers
if
we
didn't
have
a
contract
in
place.
The
going
back
to
my
little
boat
metaphor,
it's
kind
of
like
we're
sinking,
the
Coast
Guard
comes
up.
E
They
help
us
bail
out
but
then
take
off
before
we're
fixed
right.
We
just
start
syncing
again
so
the
again
with
the
boat
we
look
to
the
Future,
the
boat's
fixed,
there's,
no
water
in
it,
but
the
seas
are
choppy.
E
So
we
see
a
number
of
challenges,
one
of
which
is
every
year
the
number
of
requests
increase
from
the
clerk's
office
perspective.
We
saw
a
10
increase
in
2022
over
2021
and
in
2023
we're
seeing
similar
numbers
in
the
first
part
of
the
Year
first
quarter
of
the
year.
The
complexity
of
the
request.
We
don't
have
a
good
measure
for
this,
but
anecdotally
I
can
tell
you.
Requests
are
harder,
there's
more
email,
related
requests,
different
types
of
data
make
requests
challenging,
so
we
need
to
keep
improving.
E
E
So
extending
this
contract
is
one
thing
that
we
can
do
now.
That
will
help
put
us
in
a
good
position
to
to
keep
moving
forward
and
I
conclude
my
comments.
Just
by
saying,
I
want
to
recognize
the
team
that
really
made
the
backlog
project
so
successful
in
the
city
clerk's
office.
It's
the
combined
team.
The
lead
on
the
project
was
Katie
Knutson
and
within
MPD
in
the
records
unit,
the
Project
Lead
there
was
Charlotte
and
Murphy
it's
their
work.
That
really
contributed
to
the
amazing
numbers
you
saw
earlier.
A
E
Charleston
councilmember,
thanks
for
the
question
the
this
contract
so
different.
We
approached
this
project
through
different
different
ways
within
NPD.
They
did
some
restructuring
within
the
records
unit.
They
weren't
leveraging
contract
workers.
They
restructured
some
existing
resources
they
had
within
the
clerk's
office.
The
team
that
moved
we
didn't
have
enough
folks
to
both
handle
the
existing
quests.
We
we
handled
plus
the
new
requests
that
were
coming
over,
so
we
didn't
know
the
right
number
of
staff,
so
we
approached
it
by
throwing
contract
workers
at
it.
E
D
You
chair,
Ellison,
first
I,
was
really
excited
to
see
an
agenda
setting
that
this
item
was
coming
forward
and
really
wanted
to
make
sure
that
the
public
knew
about
just
the
great
work
that
our
department
in
the
clerk's
office.
You
know
that's
been
leading
this
charge,
which
you
all
have
done
thus
far
so
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
our
team
and
the
clerk's
office,
for
this
amazing
work
that
you've
done
it's
a
great
example.
As
you
highlighted,
you
know
that
investing
in
data
management
experts
can
also
expedite
and
streamline.
D
You
know
getting
residents
and
information
that
they
are
entitled
to,
and
you
know
I've
made
these
comments
along
the
lines
before
of
just
saying.
You
know
also
thank
you
to
our
residents
to
our
journalists
who
have
made
these
requests.
D
As
you
highlighted,
you
know,
I
think
it
was
2022
that
had
the
highest
value
and
knowing
you
know
the
period
of
of
where
we
were
in
our
city
and
just
the
lack
of
transparency,
especially
around
Public
Safety,
and
decisions
related
to
Public
Safety,
how
that
was
not
being
related
to
the
public,
and
these
data
requests
became
the
Avenue
for
getting
crucial
information
that
the
public
is
again
entitled
to.
D
D
You
know
again
in
the
public,
but
that
has
also
shaped
I,
think
some
of
the
information
that
we've
had
access
to
as
council
members
as
well
of
getting
Clarity
of
those
Dynamics
as
well
so
I
also
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
public
to
our
residents
to
journalists
who
have
also
used
these
data
requests
as
a
tool
to
get
the
crucial
information
about
police
misconduct.
That
often
never
comes
to
the
light
of
day.
D
Unfortunately,
in
this
place-
and
it's
you
know,
through
this
tool-
we've
been
able
to
enhance
greater
transparency,
and
hopefully
you
know
that
gives
Faith
to
I
think
the
work
that
some
of
us
are
doing
on
this
body,
around
Transforming
Our
public
safety
system
and
making
that
not
only
more
transparent
but
also
comprehensive.
So
I
think
this
was
just
another
great
opportunity
of
when
we
invest
in
the
right
places
and
I'm
hoping
as
we
walk
into
the
budget
season.
D
You
you
laid
that
out
very
carefully
if
we
need
additional
Investments
into
our
team,
because
these
data
requests
are
not
going
anywhere
anytime
soon.
So
you
know
it's
really
good
to
know
that
as
we're
walking
into
budget
season
and
where
we
need
to
be
prioritizing
our
resources,
especially
in
addressing
transparency
around
data
practices
related
to
policing,
especially
policing
misconduct.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
this
presentation
and
again
to
the
clerks
for
all
the
great
work
you've
done
around
this.
A
And
I
just
was
gonna
say
again,
thank
you
for
the
presentation
and
you
know:
we've
got
statutory
requirement
to
give
people
this
information
and
and
I
know
that
we
were
really
challenged
as
a
city
to
deliver
this
information
for
a
long
time
and
so
just
want
to
commend
the
work
that
it
took
to
get
us
here.
This
is
an
item
that
we
could
have
easily
just
sort
of
stuck
on
consent,
and
then
you
know
you
know
approved
without
any
discussion,
but
I
felt
like
it
was
significant
to
see
the
backlog.
A
Kind
of
I
I
hesitate
to
say
disappear,
but
to
see
it
essentially
disappear
in
in
a
lot
of
meaningful
ways
because
of
the
work
that
you
all
have
put
in,
and
so
I'm
happy
to
support
this
happy
to
Vice
chair
wansley,
for
highlighting
this
and
asking
us
to
make
sure
they're
making
sure
that
we
got
a
presentation
on
this
and
we
look
forward
to
seeing
the
work
continue.
So
that's
all.
Thank
you,
yeah.
Thank
you.
Seeing
no
further
discussion.
I
will
move
approval
of
this
item.
A
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed,
say,
nay,
and
that
motion
carries
I
want
to
before.
We
continue
with
the
rest
of
the
agenda.
Pull
up
item
number
one
and
I
know
that
City
attorney
Kristen
Anderson
is
here
to
give
a
brief
presentation
on
this
new
position,
roles
and
responsibilities,
all
the
above.
So
thank
you.
City
attorney.
F
F
The
question
before
you
is
the
question
of
whether
you
approve
putting
this
position
in
the
unclassified
service,
but
I
wanted
to
come
and
kind
of
talk
to
you
about
what
the
implementation
unit
in
the
city
attorney's
office
even
looks
like
I
know
that
that's
something
that
has
been
sort
of
of
great
interest
and
how
this
position
fits
within
that
and
and
what
the
role
is
so
very,
very
simple,
org
chart
showing
just
the
piece
of
my
office
that
deals
with
implementation.
Obviously,
I've
got
a
Criminal
Division
and
a
Civil
Division.
F
So
this
is
just
the
piece
that
deals
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights
settlement
agreement
implementation.
So,
as
you
see
from
the
org
chart,
the
City
attorney
position
is
at
the
top
of
the
org
chart.
What
what
I
really
want
to
emphasize
and
have
you
all
take
away
from
that-
is
that
the
City
attorney
is
ultimately
responsible
for
and
accountable
for
the
legal
work
of
implementing
the
mdhr
settlement
agreement.
F
That's
not
something
that's
being
given
away
by
the
rest
of
the
org
structure,
that
flows
underneath
that,
as
you
see
again,
City
Attorney
at
the
top
and
then
they're
sort
of
what
I
would
say,
a
legal
line
and
an
advisor
line.
F
So
the
legal
line
is
a
managing
attorney
managing
the
legal
work
of
implementation,
underneath
that
is
going
to
be
two
attorneys.
We've
actually
already
posted
within
our
office
for
either
a
reassignment
or
promotion
for
internal
candidates
to
fill
those
spots.
And
then
a
project
manager
position
to
kind
of
keep
everything
organized
and
then
to
the
side
is
the
senior
advisor
position,
which
is
the
position
that's
before
you
today,
I
didn't
know
how
to
depict
it,
but
obviously
the
senior
advisor
and
the
managing
attorney
work
very
very
closely
together.
F
They
don't
there's
not
a
dual
reporting
sort
of
thing
to
each
other,
but
they
work
very
very
closely
with
each
other.
Hr
has
provided
you
a
different
set
of
slides
walking
through
the
criteria
of
the
unclassified
service,
so
I'm
not
going
to
deal
with
that,
but
I
just
wanted
to
touch
on
what
the
senior
advisor
position
is
and
does
and
why
it
is
so
important
for
it
to
exist
and
in
the
city
attorney's
office.
F
As
I
said,
the
position
is
not
a
decision
maker,
that's
me,
but
this
is
an
advisor
to
fill
in
the
gaps
of
knowledge
of
law
enforcement
policies
and
practice,
something
the
attorneys
know
a
lot
about
from
the
legal
perspective,
but
not
so
much
from
the
Practical
perspective
of
experience
living
through
just
knowledge
of
not
only
law
enforcement
practices,
but
management
practices
as
well,
and
a
key
position
for
helping
us
appropriately
and
accurately
interpret
and
Implement
all
of
the
policy
changes
as
directed
by
the
mdhr
settlement
agreement.
I.
F
Think,
as
you
are
all
very
well
aware,
assistant
chief
Amelia
Huffman
has
been
embedded
in
the
city
attorney's
office,
essentially
in
this
role,
helping
us
to
get
them
an
implementation
of
the
mdhr
agreement
off
the
ground.
With
critical
things
like
drafting
the
request
for
proposals
for
the
independent
evaluator,
which,
because
of
her
assistance,
we
were
able
to
actually
get
that
out
the
door
and
posted
already.
Even
before
we
have
assigned
court
order
ordering
the
settlement
agreement.
F
She
is
uniquely
qualified
since
she
has
that
deep
knowledge
of
both
actual
MPD
policy
and
practice,
and
also
the
settlement
agreement
since
she
was
at
the
table
during
negotiations.
But
having
an
assistant
chief,
continue
to
be
embedded
in
our
office
is
just
not
a
sustainable
thing
going
forward.
So
that
is
why
I'm
coming
to
ask
for
this
position
to
be
approved
in
the
unclassified
service,
so
that
it
can
be
a
permanent
feature
of
the
city,
attorney's
office.
F
Implementation
team
just
need
needing
that
advice
and
Counsel
on
police
policy
and
the
ability
to
navigate
how
that
policy
and
practice
and
real
life
interact
with
the
changes
required
by
the
settlement
agreement
and
also
to
focus
on
collaboration
and
coordination
between
my
office
and
MPD.
I
know
that
there
have
been
some
discussion
about
laying
this
item
over
for
further
future
discussion
about
the
the
many
different
positions
the
executive
branch
has
been
creating
as
part
of
government
government
structure,
but
I
would
urge
you.
This
position
is
actually
not
related
to
government
structure.
F
So
I
would
I
would
respectfully
ask
for
your
consideration
to
not
hold
this
particular
position
over
but
to
approve
its
its
insertion
into
the
unclassified
service
now,
so
that
I
can
can
make
that
that
permanent
change
and
and
just
really
go
at
the
work
of
of
getting
all
of
the
deadlines
met
in
the
settlement
agreement
and
I'm
happy
to
stand
for
questions.
Thank.
A
You
so
much
City
attorney
Anderson
we've
got
questions
from
Vice,
chair
wansley.
D
Thank
you,
chair
Ellison,
so
I've
had
internal
conversations
with
the
City
attorney
about
particularly
concerns
that
I
have
about
the
candidate
that
you
just
named
former
Chief
Amelia
Huffman
and
just
as
you
highlighted
in
regards
to
this
role,
you're,
absolutely
right
that
you
know
this
person
who
will
be
fulfilling
this
position
will
be
responsible
for
helping
ensure
the
successful
implementation
of
the
provisions
included
in
the
legal
settlement
agreement,
both
with
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Human
Rights,
as
well
as
the
coming
Department
of
Justice
consent
decree.
D
D
If
we
appoint
someone
in
this
position,
who
has
a
history
of
being
complicit
and
the
patterns
and
practices
of
racism,
massaging
and
violence
within
the
MPD,
then
we
will
be
signaling
that
we
do
not
take
the
settlement
agreement
seriously
and
quite
simply
considering
a
candidate
who
has
been
connected
to
some
of
the
patterns
and
practices
that
were
noted
in
that
mdhr
findings
report.
That
alone
should
be
disqualifying.
D
I
want
to
recognize.
You
know.
Our
current
City
attorney
was
not
here
when
the
mdhr
report
was
released
last
year.
That
being
said,
I
also
want
to
share
that
you
know
there
was
significant
broken
trusts
between
the
city
and
our
residents
when
the
mayor
and
former
City
attorney
made
harmful
comments
in
the
media
questioning
the
culpability
of
the
cities.
D
In
that
findings
report
and
while
many
of
us
council
members
were
out
in
our
Ward
saying
we
are
going
to
leave
for
with
the
charge
of
of
doing
that,
reparative
Justice
work
that
is
going
to
be
needed.
D
The
executive
side
seemed
very
intent
on
reaffirming
the
person
that
think
see
more
so
intent
on
deflecting
from
what
was
actually
listed
in
that
findings.
Report
and
it
didn't
demonstrate
that
again,
we
were
taking
this
process
serious
and
that
trust
once
again,
that's
on
thin
ice
already
was
just
cracked
further
and
since
then
I
will
highlight
you
know
since
you've
come
into
this
position,
I've
been
relieved
to
see
a
different
tone
and
happy
that
you
know
we
were
able
to
get
into
this
legal
settlement
to
have
both
sides.
D
Finally,
you
know
move
that
work
forward,
but
I
also
don't
want
us
moving
backwards
and
I
think
that's
a
share
goal
for
everyone.
So
that
is
exactly
why
I'm
very
disappointed
to
see
that
we're
already
considering
a
candidate
for
this
role
and
also
not
considering
questions
of,
is
it
really
necessary
to
have
a
non-attorney
in
this
role?
D
And
why
aren't
we
using
our
tools
to
do
a
nationwide
search
like
we're
doing
with
so
many
other
crucial
positions
that
could
actually
bring
us
that
high
qualified
and
experienced
candidate
that
does
not
have
the
harmful
and
historic
baggage,
for
instance,
in
press
conference
references
releasing
photos
that
mischaracterize
victims,
like
Amir,
lock
or
criminalize
victims
of
police
misconduct
like
America,
Amir,
lock,
there's
a
lot
of
baggage.
D
That's
coming
forward
with
this
candidate
and
in
in
light
of
that,
it's
completely
again
concerning
for
me
to
take
someone
who
has
played
a
leading
role
in
this
violent
in
the
racist
institution
that
mdhr
extensively
assessed
and
analyzed
in
that
the
Department
of
Justice
is
doing
right
now
and
then
ask
them
to
be
an
advisor
on
how
to
reform
that
same
violent
institution
that
they
LED.
D
The
city
desperately
needs
to
regain
credibility
when
it
comes
to
Public
Safety
in
the
internal
conversations
that
again,
that
I've
had
around
this.
That
you've
highlighted
just
in
your
presentation.
D
I
I
worry
that
you
know
the
the
person
that's
being
considerate
like
I.
It
feels
like
we
could
do
better
due
diligence
and
doing
that
larger
search
to
bring
someone
forward
without
the
baggage
that
we
know
exists
with
the
current
candidate
and
while
I
recognize,
as
you
highlighted,
that
hiring
decisions
are
within
the
authority
of
the
mayor
and
department.
Heads
I
would
like
you
to
think
very
deeply
about
the
implicate
implications
of
hiring
a
person
who
could
harm
The
credibility
of
this
crucial
process
and
whether
the
cost
of
that
is
worth
it.
D
So,
for
those
reasons,
I
I
can't
support
this
position.
The
position
in
itself
is
needed,
but
based
off
of
who
we're
considering
right
now.
That
does
not
give
me
the
confidence
that
we're
going
to
be
able,
as
council
members,
go
out
to
the
public
and
say
yes,
we're
doing
everything
possible
to
repair
the
trust
and
also
take
this
process
as
serious
as
as
possible,
so
that
we
don't
end
up
with
another
George
Floyd
in
another
10
years.
F
F
You
know
in
my
professional
judgment,
I
really
need
somebody
who
is
who
has
experience
in
law
enforcement,
and
there
are
not
a
lot
of
attorneys
out
there
that
have
that
kind
of
of
practical
experience
and-
and
one
of
the
reasons
why
you
know
I
mean
just
to
be
clear
and
respectfully
stated.
You
know
this
position
is
not
subject
to
council
confirmation.
So
you
know,
as
as
you
stated,
a
council
member
wansley.
This
is,
you
know
the
identity.
F
The
candidate
I
want
to
be
transparent
with
you
and
with
the
public
of
of
of
who
I'm
considering
as
a
candidate,
but
it's
not
actually
a
you
know:
Council
approval
sort
of
thing,
but
you
know
my
experience
with
with
assistant
chief
Huffman,
is
that
she
is
extraordinarily
knowledgeable
about
MPD
policy
and
practice
and,
like
very,
very,
very
uniquely,
was
at
the
table
with
the
settlement
agreement.
So
you
know
this
position
is
really
the
settlement
agreement
is
the
guide
for
everything
that
we
do.
F
I
mean
not
even
a
guide,
it's
an
enforceable
document
for
everything
that
we
do
and
assistant
chief
Huffman
is
extremely
knowledgeable
about
what
is
in
that
settlement
agreement
what's
required
in
that
settlement,
agreement
and
kind
of
how
that
marries
with
existing
MPD
policies
and
practices.
So
could
I
do
a
nationwide
search,
yes,
but
then
I
would
not
have
somebody
who
actually
understands
and
knows
MPD
policies,
because
that's
really
what
that
issue
here
is
MPD
specific
policies
and
practices,
and
then
we've
got
this
really
I'm
I'm,
so
proud
of
the
settlement
agreement.
F
You
know
coming
together
jointly
to
to
do
this
really
important
and
time
sensitive
work
is
just
you
know,
really
what
what
my
eyes
are
on
and
and
again
what
I
want
to
emphasize
back
to
this
org
chart
with
the
city
attorney
at
the
top
box
I
or
whoever
succeeds
me
as
we're
going
through
this
many
year.
Journey
under
the
settlement
agreement
is
ultimately
accountable
for
the
progress
under
the
settlement
agreement
from
from
the
legal
perspective,
so
whoever
occupies
the
senior
advisor
position
or
the
managing
attorney
or
anybody
else,
it's
the
City
attorney.
D
Tomorrow
is
May
25th
and
it's
the
third
anniversary
of
MPD
officers,
murdering
George
Floyd
in
light
of
the
world
in
front
of
the
world,
and
in
light
of
that,
I
do
just
want
to
strongly
encourage
you
to
consider
the
Implement
implications
of
your
hiring
decision
and
I
say
that,
in
the
light
of
you
mentioned
the
expertise,
I.
D
Think
of
my
constituents
who
watch
former
Chief
Huffman
lead
a
police
contract
that
did
not
come
forward
with
any
meaningful
revisions,
in
light
of
it
being
the
first
contract
passed
after
George
Floyd's
Murder,
By,
Police,
Department,
I,
think
of
Amir
lock,
who
was
shot
and
killed
by
an
MPD
officer,
still
likely
on
the
force
today
and
I.
D
D
Correction
did
not
use
the
authority
to
do
so
was
repeatedly
found
complicit
in
it
had
residents
crying
double
down
on
the
harm
and
the
grief
from
that.
That
is
the
person
that
we're
saying
you
are
expert
in
helping
us
implement
the
very
legal
agreement
and
mandate
that
says
we
cannot
continue
to
run
a
police
department
that
is
in
violation
of
human
rights
that
should
not
terrorize
black
and
brown
and
working
class
residents.
D
That
is
concerning,
if
we
think
that
is
the
best
that
we
can
give
our
residents
so
I
will
deeply
encourage
you
in
light
of
the
anniversary.
Tomorrow,
we
have
the
opportunity
you
do
have
the
authority
to
do
a
course.
Correction
on
this
one
and
I
can't
do
anything
again.
The
decision
lies
in
your
hands,
but
that
is
who
I
keeping
mine
as
I
make
these
comments
and
I
think
of
what
is
actually
needed.
D
The
type
of
individual
that's
actually
needed
to
fulfill
this
role,
for
something
that
is
going
to
shape
policing
in
our
city
for
decades
to
come,
as
you
noted
so
I
hope
you
do
take
that
into
consideration.
Take
a
Miralax
father
and
his
family
into
consideration,
take
George,
Floyd's
family
into
consideration,
and
so
many
others
who
did
not
get
Justice
in
the
way
that
George
Floyd's
family
did
through
the
traditional
criminal
justice
system.
A
Thank
you,
Vice
chair,
councilmember,
Vita,.
G
F
Cheryl
Sun
council
member
Vita,
she
would
not
remain
assistant
chief
so
that
that
you
know
that
is
the
position
that
she
occupied
right
now
embedded,
but
that
is
obviously
not
a
sustainable
thing.
So
this
is
a
civilian
position,
a
brand
new
position
that
that
she
would
occupy
and
would
no
longer
be
be
a
sworn
police
officer.
G
You
and
I
I
would
just
say:
I
have
a
completely
different
experience
with
Amelia
Huffman
I
find
her
to
be
very
knowledgeable
specifically
about
the
mdhr
agreement.
I
was
in
a
lot
of
those
meetings
with
her.
You
know
a
year
ago
when
she
was
in
the
interim
role,
and
she
did
a
lot
of
work
to
prepare
us
for
this.
So
I'm
personally
excited
about
you
putting
her
in
this
role,
because
I
know
how
passionate
she
is
about
reform.
We
all
make
mistakes.
We
all
do
things
that
people
don't
agree
with,
but
I
don't
want.
G
People
to
judge
me
based
on
who
my
colleagues
are
so
I
give
her
that
Grace
and
I
think
you've
made
a
wonderful
selection,
she's,
brilliant.
She
knows
her
stuff.
She
knows
that
department
we've
had
two
new
people
that
we've
brought
into
Minneapolis,
who
are
not
familiar
with
MPD
in
major
leadership
roles.
Both
are
men,
Amelia
has
knowledge
of
this
department,
the
ins
and
outs,
long
Decades
of
knowledge
of
this
department.
She
wants
to
do
this,
she's
excited
about
it.
G
A
All
right,
oh
we've
got
a
few
more
comments
and
then
I'll
and
then
I've
got
a
few.
I've
got
a
few
sort
of
technical
questions
not
not
related
to
the
candidate
for
the
position
but
councilmember
Chavez.
H
Chair
Olson
I
just
want
to
make
some
public
comments
that
I
just
can't
support
this
position.
I
think
that
there
have
been
many
mistakes
that
had
led
to
multiple
killings
by
our
own
Police
Department
to
many
of
our
own
constituents
and
many
of
our
residents.
H
Mistakes
do
happen,
but
when
these
mistakes
lead
to
killing
of
black
Brown
and
Native
people
in
our
city,
that
is
unacceptable
and
the
broken
trust.
Right
now
we
have
many
community
members
that
don't
trust
our
current
process
and
don't
trust
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
mdhr
settlement
agreement
and
to
hire
someone
that
does
not
have
trust
in
our
community.
H
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
Chavez,
I,
real,
quick
I
did
want
to
briefly
attempt
to
decouple
sort
of
the
two.
The
two
considerations
that
are
kind
of
before
us
here
one
is
about
the
the
position
that
that
is
sort
of
materially
in
front
of
us.
The
other
is
about
the
candidate
that
I
appreciate
you
very
transparently
naming
is,
is
who
you
have
in
mind
for
the
position
both
are
important.
Both
are
related,
I
think
you
know
near
inextricably,
but
but
they
are,
but
we
are
taking
up
them
separate.
A
We
are
taking
them
up
separately
and
so
I
I
think
that,
right
now
the
concerns
about
the
candidate
are
completely
valid.
I
hear
my
colleagues
who
feel
very
strongly
that
that's
not
the
right
candidate
I
think
that
I
hear
my
colleagues
and
I've
certainly
heard
on
both
sides
for
my
own
Community
about
people
who
absolutely
would
not
want
to
see.
A
You
know:
Amelia
Amelia
Huffman
rise
in
the
leadership,
and
there
are
folks
who
have
had
great
experiences
with
her
as
a
council.
Member
of
Utah
has
Illustrated
here.
I
think
the
thing
that
I
want
to
focus
on
right
now
is
the
positions
and
the
way
that
positions
have
moved
through
the
committee.
We
do
have
this
presentation
pending.
There's
a
plan
for
us
to
have
a
presentation
on
Staffing
I.
A
Think
that
there's
been
a
lot
of
changes
with
with
government
structure
related
to
government
structure,
with
how
positions
have
been
reclassified
with
how
positions
have
come
forward
with
sort
of
uncertainty
around
the
sources
of
those
positions
or
maybe
they're
being
sources
once
they
come
before
us,
but
those
sources
weren't
laid
out
during
the
budget
process
and
so
we're
trying
to
gain
Clarity
of
that
and
it's
not
to
obstruct
or
slow
work
down.
A
But
I
do
think
that
it's
important
that
that
the
council
really
understand
the
decisions
that
are
before
us
when
it
comes
to
making
these
these
decisions
around
Personnel.
A
I
know
that
we
have
a
position
that
is
pending,
that
present,
that
specific
presentation
I
feel
strongly
that
I
don't
want
to
pick
favorites
I,
don't
want
to
sort
of
put
the
committee
in
a
weird
position
where
we're
moving
positions
that
we
feel
like
we
understand
and
we're
not
moving
positions
that
we
are
skeptical
of
I
want
us
to
be
able
to
take
action
when
it's
time
to
take
action
and
I
think
that
if
we're
going
to
be
sort
of
developing
a
queue
of
positions,
then
we
should
develop
that
cue.
A
I
did
have
a
question
about
Source.
You
might
have
gone
over
it,
but
the
but
you're
creating
a
new
position
and
I
was
just
curious
about
the
source
of
that
I'm.
Sure
it's
in
the
RCA,
but
I
don't
have
it
off
top
my
head.
The
new
position
that
you're
yeah
and.
F
Yes,
thank
you
so
Cheryl
said
so.
The
source
of
funding,
my
understanding
and
I
might
have
to
correct
the
record
after
this,
because.
C
F
My
understanding
of
all
the
moving
parts
of
the
budget
is
is
a
little
sketchy,
but
either
the
the
funding
for
this
position
for
2023
is
either
coming
out
of
my
existing
budget
because
of
salary
savings
and
and
other
things
or
if
that
is
not
the
case,
then
I
the
the
two
million
dollar
set
aside
for
the
mdhr
work
and
and
I'm
sorry
that
I
don't
recall.
F
Those
pots
it's
coming
from,
but
it's
it's
one
or
the
other
for
2023
and
I
I,
know
that
we'll
be
making
a
budget
act.
Ask
for
2024
for,
like
all
of
the
implementation
positions.
A
F
F
I
do
think
that
this
position
is
not
similarly
situated
to
the
other
positions
that
that
are
at
issue
this.
This
is
not
related
to
government
structure.
F
This
position
is
100
related
to
implementation
of
the
mdhr
settlement
agreement,
which,
which
I
think
is
a
very
big
distinction
between
this
position
and
the
other
positions,
and
you
know
my
fear,
I
I,
don't
know
how
long
it's
going
to
take
to
get
all
the
information
and
and
how
long
the
delay
is
and
I'm
just
not
in
a
position
to
delay
the
work
on
the
mdhr
agreement
again.
F
I
know
that
our
agreement,
it
does
not
have
the
the
court
signed
off
on
it
yet
so
that
that
clock
is
not
officially
ticking,
but
all
of
the
deadlines
in
the
settlement
agreement
are
so
tight
that
we
are
really.
We
really
have
to
capitalize.
On
the
the
extra
time
sort
of
that
we've
been
given
to
get
a
jump
on
all
of
these
things
and
and
I
it
isn't.
F
You
know
fair
or
sustainable
for
me
to
be
taking
up
an
assistant
chief
position,
so
I
I'm,
just
I
I,
know
that
it's
putting
MPD
in
kind
of
a
hardship
situation
and
and
I
just
fear
that
additional
delay
is,
is
it's
just
not
so
simple
and
straightforward
as
hey?
Let's
just
just
wait
and
I
do
think
that
this
is
is
a
distinct
position
from
the
other
ones
that
are
are
are
being
laid
over
yeah.
A
I
I
do
I
do
appreciate.
I,
do
appreciate
the
perspective
on
that.
I
did
have
a
few
questions
you
had
mentioned
and
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
the
assistant
chief
is
currently
embedded
at
the
moment
and
I'm,
assuming
that
at
some
level
this
work
is
happening
under
that
Arrangement
at
the
moment.
How
long?
How
long
has
the
assistant
chief
I
kind
of
remember
when
that
when
that
happened,
but
do
you
know
how
long
the
assistant
chief
has
been
embedded
in
your
office.
C
F
I
believe
that
assistant
chief
Huffman
has
been
embedded
since
around
that
time.
Okay,
so
again,
I
mean
it's
been
kind
of
a
long
time
and
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I
I
support,
Chief
O'hara
being
able
to
move
forward
with
his
structure.
So
yeah.
A
Absolutely
and
I
know
you
mentioned
that
this
work
would
get
delayed,
but
I
was
you
know,
I,
guess,
there's
nobody
from
the
police
from
she,
the
chief's,
not
here
to
sort
of
speak
to
his
timing
needs
it
does
sort
of
I
I
also
want
to
just
sort
of
voice,
not
frustration
with
you,
but
the
process
in
which
this
is
this
position
has
been
held
in
this
manner
in
this
arrangement
for
possibly
up
to
eight
weeks-
and
you
know
now
we're
being
told
two
more
weeks
is
we're
under
the
gun.
A
We
can't
do
it
there's
no
way
and
so
that
I'm
a
little
bit
sensitive
to
that
dynamic
as
well.
I,
don't
want
it
to
feel,
like
other
folks,
get
to
take
their
time,
but
then
the
council's
on
Under
Pressure
to
to
sort
of
deliver
on
everyone
else's
timeline,
and
you
know
so
that's
just
something
that
I'm
sort
of
keeping
in
the
back
of
my
mind,
but
but
yeah
I
I
wanted
I.
A
Guess
I
asked
that
just
to
say
there
is
a
possibility
that,
even
with
a
delay,
a
cycle
delay,
this
work
could
continue
under
the
current
arrangement.
I
know
that
it
puts
some
I
know
that
it
puts
some
burden
on.
Possibly
the
chief
I
know
that
it
puts
some
some
discomfort
in
your
office
not
having
this
position
for
certain,
but
if
I
had
to
say
two
things,
one
I
do
think
it's
really
important
that
the
that
the
budget
implications
that
the
process
implications
for
how
these
positions
move
forward,
regardless
get
sort
of
ironed
out.
A
I
think
that
that
is
an
important
process
for
us
to
consider
that
and-
and
we
do
have
a
relative-
a
relative
timeline
for
how
that's
going
to
come
forward
and
and
so
I
just
don't
want
it
to
so
anyway.
I
guess
what
I'm
saying
is.
A
You
know
I'm
a
little
bit
skeptical
that
the
timeline
is
so
under
the
gun
and
and
so
for
that
reason,
I
feel
like
it
is
appropriate
for
us
to
take
a
little
bit
time
to
get
this
presentation
from
the
executive
side
so
that
we
can
make
this
decision
sort
of
with
the
full
amount
of
information
in
front
of
us
and
be
consistent
about
how
we're
making
these
decisions
moving
into
the
future.
A
There
was
one
other
thing:
I
was
going
to
say:
I
I,
don't
think
that
either
I
don't
know
that
these
positions
are
under
threat
of
not
passing
either
the
OCS
position
or
this
position.
But
I
do
think
that
there's
certain
kind
of
there's
certain
information
that
we
should
be
allowed
to
have
before
we're
sort
of
pulling
the
trigger
on
this.
So
so
to
speak.
Awful
choice
of
words
but
yeah.
F
Chair
Alison,
if
I
can
maybe
just
just
comment
on
on
one
item
which
is
creation
of
a
job
in
in
frankly,
any
government
entity
takes
some
time
so
I
just
want
you
to
know
that
that
we
in
HR
worked
at
you
know
all
do
deliberative
speed
to
create
a
position.
It's
just
a
it's
it's
a
long
process,
so
we.
D
A
I
appreciate
that
thank
you,
I
do
want
to
lay
out
sort
of
how
I
plan
to
sort
of
end
committee
for
my
colleagues
and
then
just
see
if
there's
any
further.
If
there's
any
discussion
on
that
idea,
we
we
passed
a
staff
Direction
that
was
initially
to
the
clerks
and
the
auditor
for
a
presentation
on
on
the
new
positions
reclassifications.
A
Those
kinds
of
things
that
have
been
moving
through
the
committee
I
think
that
there's
been
I
can't
remember
if
there's
been
a
net
of
60
positions
or
if
there's
eventually
going
to
be
a
net
of
60
positions.
A
But
we've
got
some
of
that
information
in
front
of
us
and,
and
so
we
have
that
presentation
pending
I
had
initially
written
that
staff
Direction
with
with
us
delaying
these
items
until
that
presentation
occurs,
I
think,
through
some
conversation
with
my
colleagues,
we
have
decided
that
we're
going
to
write
basically
reissue,
that
staff
Direction
directly
to
the
city
coordinator's
office,
who's
going
to
be
responding
to
that
staff
Direction
at
the
budget
committee.
A
Since
we're
going
to
restart
we're
going
to
be
taking
up
regular,
regular
budget
committees
in
starting
in
the
next
few
Cycles
here,
and
so
so,
my
my
action
today
was
going
to
be
that
the
council
took
no
action
on
this,
that
we
sort
of
carried
this
over
until
we
pending
that
presentation
and
then
took
this
up
at
the
same
time
that
we
were
taking
up
the
OCS
position
and
any
other
positions
that
might
come
through
in
the
interim.
So
that's
that's
been.
A
That's
that's
the
plan
that
I
had
walking
in
here
and
wondering
if
there's
any
discussion
for
my
colleagues,
councilmember
Vita.
G
Yes,
so
you're
saying
on
this
particular
position
in
the
city
attorney's
office,
Mr,
chair,
that
you
need
more
information
on
it
and
that
you
want
us
to
vote
on
all
of
these
together.
So.
A
There
is
a
and
I'm
happy
to
happy
to
give
more
information
offline
we've
been
taking
up
reclassifications
and
all
those
things
for
the
last
year
and
myself,
councilmemberkowski
councilmember
wansley,
a
number
of
folks
have
been
sort
of
trying
to
wrap
our
minds
around.
What
do
all
these
changes
mean
right?
We
got
reclassifications,
they
all
sort
of
get
explained
in
a
similar
way.
For
example,
you
know
we're
told
hey:
these
are
budget
neutral,
we're
told
hey
these
are.
A
This
is
a
reclassification
of
a
position
of
an
existing
position,
but
when
you
dig
into
the
details,
not
all
the
positions
are
really
created,
all
all
that
equal
and
the
the
I
think
the
budget
neutralness
of
creating
these
positions.
There's
some
question
to
that.
There's
some
loopholes
to
to
how
that
gets
explained
to
us.
I.
A
Think
that
the
presentation
that
we
were
looking
for
looking
to
bring
forward
would
it
be
to
provide
some
clarity
on
the
decisions
that
we've
made
thus
far
get
a
projection
of
what
we
can
anticipate
moving
forward,
which
I
think
in
conversations
with
the
with
Heather
Johnson
seems
like
information
that
they
have,
that
that
information
doesn't
have
to
be
created.
A
Whole
cloth
and
I
do
think
that
it's
important
that
we
get
an
understanding
of
of
of
what
it
means
to
approve
these
positions,
especially
under
the
new
structure
and
what
the
implementation,
what
the,
what
the
implications
are
for
next
budget
and
and
you
know,
and
all
of
that
so
moving
forward.
A
So
no
I,
don't
think
I
need
more
information
on
this
individual
item,
but
I
do
think
that
these
reclassifications
new
positions,
these
approvals
in
general,
could
use
a
little
bit
more
transparency
and
clarification,
and
so
I
guess
I'm
asking
that
we
not
take
up
new
positions
until
we
get
that
presentation
and
I
think
that
that
presentation
is
coming
forward
pretty
quickly.
G
Mr
chair
with
all
due
respect,
there
was
a
agenda
setting
where
you
knew
these
things
were
going
to
come
up,
and
that
was
a
week
ago
and
so
I'm
struggling
to
figure
out
why,
when
certain
positions
come
up
from
certain
departments,
we
keep
having
this
back
and
forth
of
delay
and
I
need
new
information,
and
it
does.
It
feels
very
political
like
this
is
not
about
a
position.
I'm.
A
G
You've
had
other
positions
that
got
voted
on
that
got
moved
forward.
That
I
didn't
agree
with,
and
it
happened
and
what's
happening
is
positions
that
specific
council
members
don't
agree
with.
We
keep
going
through
this
back
and
forth
back
and
forth
back
and
forth,
but
when
you
think
it's
okay,
as
a
chair,
we
don't
have
this,
and
so
with
all
due
respect,
can
we,
if
we're
going
to
be
consistent,
let's
be
consistent,
let's
take
it
to
the
full
Council.
If
it's
voted
down,
it's
voted
down,
but
we're
we're
stalling.
We
keep
pushing
forward
I.
G
A
A
A
I
think
that
passing
this
position
today
would
be
an
indicate
would
be
exactly
what
you're
describing,
which
is
why
I'm
trying
to
remain
consistent,
hold
these
positions
in
the
queue
any
future
positions
in
the
queue
until
we
get
this
presentation
which
is
coming
forward
within
the
next
cycle
or
two
so
I.
Don't
think
that
there's
any
inconsistency
here,
I,
don't
like
hashing
out
sort
of
personal
Grievances
and
on
the
dice,
but
I
do
have
to
point
out.
I
do
have
to
say
I
resent
the
accusation.
A
I
think
it's
inaccurate
I
think
it's
I
think
it's
in
bad
faith,
quite
frankly,
which
I'm
which
disappoints
me
because
I
feel
like
we
have
a
good
working
relationship,
but
I
do
feel
like
this
is
what
what
is
consistent
here
would
be
to
not
take
action
on
this
item.
A
The
same
way
that
we
have
not
taken
action
on
item
number
24
and
to
hold
this
position
until
we
are
able
to
get
the
Staffing
presentation
that
we've
already
asked
for
that
we've
already
asked
for
and
that
we
take
up
these
items
once
that
once
once
that
presentation
has
been
had
that's
consistency,
if
you
don't
understand
it,
if
there's
something
that
you're
missing,
that's:
okay,
okay,.
G
D
A
And
well,
then,
I
will
move
to
I'll
move
to
delay
this
item,
one
cycle
and
we
will
and
we
can
call
the
roll
on
that.
B
B
Okay,
so
delaying
to
the
next
Pogo
meeting,
yes,
June.
G
C
C
A
Eyes
in
one
day
and
those
items
are
delayed,
so
thank
you
and
seeing
no
further
business
before
the
committee.
We
are
adjourned.