] >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO ASSEMBLED FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS CASEY CARL, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS CLERK OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY CHARTER AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THIS IS THE DAY FIXED FOR THE ASSEMBLING OF THE NEWLY INSTALLED CITY COUNCIL FOLLOWING THE 2025 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. CERTIFICATES OF
ELECTION WERE PROVIDED TO ALL DECLARED WINNERS ON NOVEMBER 18, THOSE NEWLY I ELECTED AND RE-ELECTED MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WERE SWORN IN EARER TODAY AS PART OF THE CITY'S INAUGURATION CEREMONY. CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES,
TODAY'S ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING MARKS THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE 2026-2029 TERM. WITH THAT, THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL WILL BE IN ORDER. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL OF MEMBERS IN NUMBER CALL ORDER BY WARD. >> PAYNE. >> PRESENT. >> WONSLEY.
>> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PRESENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> WARREN. >> PSENT. >> OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> SHAFFER. >> PRESENT. >> STEVENSON. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHUGHTAI. >> PRESENT. >> WHITING. >> PRESENT. >> CH CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO.
>> PRESENT. >> 13 MEMBERS PRESENT. >> A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FIRST MEETING IS TO ORGANIZE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CONDUCT OF CITY BUSINESS. THISRGANIZATIONAL MEETING IS CONVENED PURSUANT TO NOTICE AS
REQUIRED BY LAW POSTED ON MONDAY, 22nd OF DECEMBER, 2025. PRINTED COPIES OF THE AGENDA HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE MEMBERS AND COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING FROM THE CITY'S LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE. COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS MORNING'S CEREMONY,
MAYOR FREY OFFERED HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS ARE FOR THE TERM. WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL DIRECT THE CLERK TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MAYOR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS AND HAVE IT SPREAD UPON THE JOURNAL. IT'S IN ORDER FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, AS PRINTED, AND DISTRIBUTED. I HAVE SUCH A MOTION, PLEASE. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> MOVED AND SECONDED. TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. OPPOSED SAY NO. THE AYES HAVE IT. THE AGENDA HAS BEEN ADOPTED. MEMBERS, THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE
BODY. IN TERMS OF PROCEDURE. AND AS PROVIDED UNDER THE RULES, I WILL ADMINISTER THE ELECTIO FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. WE WILL TAKE UP THE NOMINATION AND ELECTIOOF THE PRESIDENT AND THEN PROCEED TO THE ELECTION OF THE VICE PRESIDENT. FOR EACH OFFICE, WE WILL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS,
WHICH I'LL NOW EXPLAIN. FIRST, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR TO NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE. ANY MEMBER MAY NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR ANOTHER MEMBER. ANY MEMBER WHO IS SO NO NOMINATED MUST ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION TO BE CONSIDERED. AFTER ALL NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, THE FLOOR WILL BE CLOSED. AT THAT
POINT, WE'LL PCEED TO TAKE THE VOTE BY ROLL CALL. WE'LL VOTE ON NOMINATIONS IN THE ORDER THEY WERE MADE AND ACCEPTED. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL IN NUMERICAL ORDER BY WARD. THE FIRST NOMINEE TO RECEIVE THE REQUIRED NUMBERF AFFIRMATIVE VOTES SHALL BE DECLARED THE
WINNER OF THE ELECTION. AS PROVIDED UNDER CITY CHARTER SECTION 4.3C1. THE ABSOLUTE MAJORITY OF THE BODY. THERE MUST BE THE AFFIRMATIVE ROAD OF AT LEAST SEVEN MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE. AS I
INDICATED, WE'LL CONDUCT THE ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT FIRST. AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS TO ELECT A VICE PRESIDENT. ONCEHE ELECTION OF OFFICERS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE'LL BRIEFLY PAUSE THE PROCEEDINGS IN ORDER TO SET OR SEAT THE PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT BEFORE TAKING UP THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE PROCEDURES FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS AS I HAVE DESCRIBED THEM? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE FIRST OFFICE TO ELECT IS THAT OF PRESIDENT AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'LL OPEN THE FLOOR
TO NOMINATIONS. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT? COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, CLERK KARL. IT'S MY HON TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIOT PAYNE TO THE SEAT AND OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE
COUNCIL. IS A IT ALL RIGHT IF I SAY A FEW WORDS? >> SURE. >> SO WHERE TO BEGIN? COUNCIL MEMBER ELLIOT PAYNE, OFTENTIMES, SHARES HIS STORY AND HOW HE ENDED UP BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER. AND I THINK IT'S ONE MANY
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MANY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THIS DAI SEE THEMSELVES IN. HE WAS A SERVANT TO THIS CITY. WORKING IN PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION TIRELESSLY. TO ENSURE THAT WE GREW OUR PUBLIC
SAFETY SYSTEM. AND WE HAD JUSTICE IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM THROUGH THE CREATION OF THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAMS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. RECEIVING HIGH RERD. EVEN AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND HE SHARES THAT NOT
TO CLAIM CREDIT, BUT TO SHARE THAT THAT IS A NORTH STAR THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY. THAT WE CAN DO HARD AND DIFFICULT THINGS. AND IN HARD AND DIFFICULT TIMES. WITH THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. WE CAN BE A LEADER IN THIS NATION AND WE CAN
BOTH PROVIDE JUSTICE BUT ALSO SERVICE. AND SPECIFICALLY TO THE BLACK, BROWN, INDIGENOUS RESIDENTS IN OUR CITY. AND EVEN MORE SO, THE WORKING PEOPLE OF OUR CITY. AND HE HAS SERVED STEADFASTLY AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THE LAST
TWO YEARS. AND I HAVE RLLY GROWN TO APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP. BECAUSE HE DOES NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR HIMSELF. HE REALLY TRIES TO OPEN UP THIS BODY TO BE A PLACE WHERE ALL KOWSHES CAN FIND THEIR LEADERSHIP AND HE ALSO
UNDERSTANDS HE'S NOT PERFECT. AND THAT HE'S MADE MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY. BUT HE'S TAKEN THOSE MISTAKES AND TURNED THEM LESSONS. HE TRIED TO SEEK OUT FEEDBACK. NOT ONLY FOR THE MEMBERS HE'S ENTRUSTED TO SERVE, BUT FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO CONSISTENTLY SHOW UP AND
FILL OUR OFFICES AND CITY HALLS. TO CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. TO CALL FOR BETTER SERVICES. TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE RESIDENTS EVE OUR CITY THAT GETS FORGOTTEN TOO OFTEN. I KNOW
PAYNE WILL BE A LEADER THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW. RK WITH ALL OF US. TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS BODY FUNCTIONS IN THE DIRECTION WHERE WE'RE SERVING WORKING PEOPLE. WE'RE SERVING OUR CITY. AND IN A TIME WHERE WE HAVE ATTACKS FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL. MANY OF US HAVE RECEIVE SEVERAL
PHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES TODAY ABOUT THE ATTACKS FROM I.C.E. IN OUR COMMUNITY TAKING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. HE KNOWS THAT. HE CAN COME TO US AND WORK WITH US TO ENSURE THAT THIS BODY IS STEADY AND READY TO COME TOGETHER. AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO SHOWN IN THE STRUCTURE THAT
HE'S PUT FORWARD. GIVING US ALL A CHANCE TO LEAD AND GROW AND THAT'S THE HOPE THAT I HAVE FOR THIS BODY. ONE THING THAT'S REALLY CAR IS THAT THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS IS REALLY ASKING US TO FIND A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER. AND NOT DO THAT IN A WAY WITH WE ARE COMPRISING OUR SHARED
VALUES. NOT DO THAT IN A WAY THAT WE'RE FORGETTING EACH OTHER. THATE'RE HOLDING ON TO EACH OTHER. AND WE'RE TAKING BIG, UNCOMFORTABLE STEPS. AND DOING THINGS THAT ARE HARD. AND STILL STAYING TRUE TO WHAT THE CITY IS. SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO
NOMINATE YOU. THANK YOU FOR SERVING AS A PRESIDENT AND SHARING YOUR LEADERSHIP WITH ALL OF THE MEMBERS, AS YOU WERE UNTESTED TO SERVE. THANK YOU FOR EXPHITTING TO SHARE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS UPCOMING TE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE, DO YOU ACCEPT THE NOMINATION? >> I ACCEPT.
>> THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE US A OFFICE OF PRESIDENT? ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR U OFFICE OF PRESIDENT? >> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE WITH A NOMINATION. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER
PALMISANO. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN HAS NOMINATED COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO TO THE OFFIC OF PRESIDENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, DO YOU ACCEPT? ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE
OF PRESIDENT? ONE MORE TIME. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS F THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT? SEEING NONE. WITHOUT OBJECTION, THE PERIOD FOR NOMINATIONS IS NOW CLOSED. I'LL REMIND COUNCIL MEMBERS WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE IN THE ORDER THAT THE NOMINATIONS WERE MADE. THUS, WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE NOMINATION FOR COUNCIL
MEMBER PAYNE REPRESENTING WARD 1 TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> STEVENSON.
>> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> THERE ARE EIGHT AYES AND FIVE NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE HAS BEEN E ELECTA -- ELECTED
PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATION, COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. [ APAUSE ] WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO NOMINATIONS FOR THE U OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT. ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT? I SEE COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI IS IN QUEUE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN TO THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN REPRESENTING WARD 6 HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE POSITION OF VICE PRESIDENT. DO YOU ACCEPT? >> I ACCEPT. >> THANK YOU. >> ARE THERE ANY OTHER
NOMINATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT? COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, I POSSIBLE,
WO WOULD I BE ABLE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? >> PLEASE PROCEED. >> I THINK IT'S TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE CHOWDHURY, AS WELL. I THINK WE'VE SEEN EVERY PERSON, IN THIS CHAMBER AND ACROSS OUR CITY, HEARD A FAMILIAR MESSAGE FROM OURONSTITUENTS. THEY ARE
TIRED OF FACTIONAL POLITICS AT CITY HALL. AND WE HAVE TO COME TO THAT MOMENT TO MOVE PROGRESS. BECAUSE, AS MUCH AS CIVILITY AND DECORUM AND WORDS OF AFFIRMATION HAVE BEEN USED
AGAINST COMMUNITIES TO STRUGGLE IN TERMS OF CRUELTY. DOES GRIDLOCK AND SO DOES DIVISION. AND SO DOES CONTINUED TOXICITY. AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS SEEN AND HAD CONVERSATIONWITH MOST OF THIS BODY, I HAVE SEEN AND HAD THESE
CONVERSATIONS. I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS ANON UNANIMOUS IN THIS UNDERSTANDING WE'RE TIRED OF THAT. WE WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO SEEING BALANCE, UNDERSTANDING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO HAS HAD 12 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THIS BODY. MUCH IN LEADERSHIP. SHE'S SPENT HER TIME SWEATING
THE DETAILS AND ENSURING THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIVE TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. AND FOR THAT AND FOR HER EXPERIENCE IN SERVICE, I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO, DO YOU ACCEPT THAT NOMINATION?
> ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT FOR CITY COUNCIL? ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE. THE PERIOD FOR NOMINATIONS IS NOW CLOSED. AND, AGAIN, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS I'LL REMIND YOU, WE'LL PROCEED TO VOTE ON THE NOMINATIONS IN THE ORDER THEY
HAVE SUBMITTED. WE'LL BEGIN WITH A VOTE ON THE NOMINATION OF COUNCIL MEMBER OSN. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> OSMAN. >> AYE.
>> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> NO. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND SIX NAYS. >> THAT MOTION PASSES. COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HAS BEEN ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT. CONGRATULATIONS.
[ APPLAUSE ] COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND FOR THE AUDIENCE, WE'LL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS NOW AS WE RESEAT THE PRESIDENT. THE VICE PRESIDENT WILL STAY WHERE HE IS. THANK
YOU. [ BRIEF RECESS TO RESEAT THE
PRESIDENT ]
>> BEFORE WE PROCEED, I WANT TO SHARMY SINCERE THANKS TO MY COLLEAGUES. I'M TRULY HUMBLED BY YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN MY LEADERSHIP. I RECOGNIZE THIS POSITION IS ONE OF TRUST ANDTHAO REFLECT THE CONSENSUS OF THIS
BODY. ESPECIALLY OUR FORWARDING MEMBERS ON THIS BODY. I'M EXCITED ABOUT GETTING TO KNOW YOU ALL AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU, AS WE PUT THE INTEREST OF THE CITY FIRST. I WANT TO THANK THE WORK OF MR. KARL.
TODAY YOUR TEAM AND YOUR ENTIRE TEAM, INCLUDING OUR NEW LEGISLATIVE RESEAR AND OVERSIGHT TEAM HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF SHEPHERDING US INTO A NEW TERM. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY MOMENTOUS OCCASION. ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY'S HISTORY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH, THE
TWO-YEAR TERMS, THE NEW STRUCTURE OF THE GOVERNMENT. YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE ARRIVED HERE! I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM THAT TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY DAY TO MARK THIS OCCASION WITH US. TODAY IS SUPPOSED TO
BE A DAY OF CELEBRATION. A DAY DAY OF JOY. A DAY OF TRANSITION. AND A DAY RENEWAL. AND THERE ARE, INDEED, MANY THINGS WE SHOULD CELEBRATE TODAY. THIS PAST TERM WAS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN RECENT
HISTORY. TOGETHER THIS BODY WORK THE TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE. WE KEEP PEOPLE SAFE BY EXPANDING THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM, INVESTING IN ADDITIONAL VANS, STAFF, AND MING RESPONDERS AVAILABLE 24/7 IN
EVERY CORNER OF THIS CITY. WE'VE INVESTED IN OUR CASE CLOSURE RATE AND MADE INVESTMENTS IN CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS. TO HELP MPD CLOSE THOSE CASES WHILE TAKING BURDEN OFF OF OUR SWORN OFFICERS. SHIFTING DEPARTMENT
TOWARD MORE CIVILIZATION AND PROVIDING JUSTICE TO VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES. WE SECURED ONGOING FUNDING FOR WAGE THEFT ENFORCEMENT, RECOVERING OVE$2 MILLION IN SOCIETIEN WAGES. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRANSFORMING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SYSM BY EXPANDING SERVICES LIKE SAFETY
AMBASSADORS IN ALL OF OUR CULTURAL CORRIDORS AND FULLY IMPLEMENTING C CONSENT DECREES. TO MAKE MPD MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. BOLD ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. ESTABLISHING CARBON FEES FOR THE LARGEST POLLUTERS. WE'VE
SECURED THE CITY'S FIRST DEDICATED FUNDING TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE IN OUR $10 MILLION CLIMATE LEGACY INITIATIVE. WE'VE SECURED FUNDING FOR SKI RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. LITERALLY PAVING THE
WAY FORWARD FOR A SAFER, MULTIMODAL FUTURE. WE'VE PRRITIZED INVESTMENTS IN ZERO WASTE SO WE CAN SHUT DOWN THE HERMA HERC. WE'LL MAKE MINNEAPOLIS A BEACON OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE BY CREATING A NEW GREEN ECONOMY BY GOING BLOCK BY
BLOCK TO RETROFIT EVERY HOME TO MEET OUR GOALS. WE'VE RESPONDED TO THE HOUSING CRISIS. WORKING TO CREATE A MORE HUMANE RESPONSE TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT TREATS OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. AND THE F FUNDING NECESSARY TO TRANSITION THEM TO PERMANENT
HOUSING. WE'VE EXPANDED RENTER PROTECTIONS SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET DISPLACED IN THEIRST PLACE. WE'VE BANDED THE USE OF ALGORITHMIC PRICE FIXING FOR RENTAL HOUSING. INVESTING IN STABLE HOMES AND STABLE SCHOOLS
SO FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS CAN LI THRIVE. WE'VE CREATED HOME OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. WE'VE FOUGHT TO PROTECT OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE'RE EXPANDING PROTECTNS IN OUR CIVIL RIGHTS ORDER ANNAPOLIS.
ADD HEIGHT AND WEIGHT HOUSING STATUS AS PROTECTED CLASSES. WE HAVE CATED A SIDEWALK CART STREET VENDOR PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WHILE PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH. WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS IN OUR OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS
PROVIDING DEDICATED SUPPORT AND OUTSIDE LEGAL SERVICES ARE OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. WE'VE PREVENTED UNG PEOPLE FROM FALLING INTO ADDICTION BY PASSING STRONGERROTECTIONS FOR TOBACCO USE. AND SECURED MINIMUM WAGES, NOT JUST FOR UBER AND LYFT DRIVERSES IN
MINNEAPOLIS. BUT SOME OF THE STRONGEST DRIVER PROTECTIONS ACROSS THE NATION. THIS DISPLACE OF PROGRESS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE CELEBRATED. AND WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST COLLEAGUES IN THE GROOTSZ ORGANIZERS WHO HAVE HELPED SHAPE
OUR AMBITIOUS AGENDA. I'M PROUD TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF BODY FILLED WITH SUCH BOLD LEADERS. LEADERS WIING TO TAKE ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE. SOLVE HOUSINGRISIS, TRANSFORM PUBLIC SAFETY, EXPAND WORKER PROTECTIONS, AND PROTECT PLIC HEALTH. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
THEY ORGANIZED WITHIN A POLITICAL PARTY OR AS A MEMBER OF A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION. AND THE WORDS OF THE NEWLY ELECTED MAYOR OF NEW YORK. THOSE FLUENT IN THE GOOD GRAMMAR
OF CIVILITY ... I SAY LET US PUT OUR AGENDAS ON FULL DISPLAY. AGENDAS OF CARE AND COMPASSION. AGENDAS OF EQUITY AND JUST IS. AGENDAS THAT SHOW WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF AUTHORITARIANS. WE
CELEBRATE TODAY. WE SEP CELEBRATE OUR RETURN TO CITY HALL AND NEWLY REMODELED CHAMBER. AND WE ESPECIALLY CELEBRATE THE RETURN OF FOUR-YEAR TERMS. [ LAUGHTER ] AND WE HOPE TO CELEBRATE A RETURN TO A SENSE OF NORMALCY.
BUT WE ARE CLEAR EYED ABOUT THE DARK PATH THIS COUNTRY IS HEADING DOWN. WE ARE NOT AFRAID. WE ARE NOT AFRAID BECAUSE WE'RE STEADFAST AND WE ARE RESILIENT. WE'LLOT AFRAID BECAUSE OF THE SAME GRASSROOTS ORGANIZERS THAT ARE PATROLLED
OUR STREETS WHEN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FAILED OUR STREETS IN 2020 ARE PATROL OUR STREETS TODAY LOOKING OUT FOR NEIGHBORS AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS LITERALLY ATTACKING OUR COMMUNITY NOW. AS WE SPEAK. WE ARE NOT AFRAID BECAUSE OUR NETWORKS OF MUTUAL AID WHO HAVE
CARED FOR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS ARE THE SAME NWORKS THAT ARE LOOKING OUT FOR OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. BY HOSTING FOOD DRIVES, AND HELPING TRANSPORT KIDS AND FAMILIES TO WORK AND SCHOOL. NOTHING ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING RIGHT IS NORMAL. THIS MOMENT MUST MOVE US TO SHOW UP IN WAYS WE HAVE NEVER SHOWN UP BEFORE. AND MUST MOVE US TO GOVERN LIKE WE HAVE NEVER GOVERNED BEFORE. BECAUSE
UNPRECEDENTED ATTACKS AGAINST OUR NEIGHBOR DESERVE AN UNPRECEDENTED RESPONSE FRO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. TODAY LET US CELEBRATE. THEN LET'S GET BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU.
[ APPLAUSE ] COLLEAGUES, WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA. WHICH INCLUDES THE ELECTION OF OUR MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS. I'M PROPOSING TO RESTORE THESE TWO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS TO EXPAND THE MEMBERS WHO SERVE AS PART OF CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP.
YEARS AGO, PRIOR TO THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE CHARTER AMENDMENT, THE COUNCIL HAD MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS. AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT EXPANDED LEADERSHIP TEAM BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AS WE CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE. IN
CONSULTING WITH THE CITY CLERK, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING UNDER 2.2.D THERE'S A PROVISION FOR OTHER OFFICERS THAT THE COUNCIL REQUIRES TO ASSIST IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES AND PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES. ACCORDINGLY, I HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF PREPARING A ROUGH DIRECTION OF THE LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS, WHICH I DIRECTED THE CITY CLERK TO INCLUDE IN THE AMENDED VERSION OF THE COUNCIL RULES, INCLUDED IN ITEM FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY. THE MAJORITY LEADER AND MINORITY LEADER WILL PERFORM SUCH DUTIES AS MAYBE ASSIGNED OR DELEGATED FROM TIME
TO TIME BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS WOULD FOLLOW BEHIND THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION I'M PROPOSING. AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CHARTER. WHICH IS ALSO AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA TODAY. SO THESE POSITIONS WOULD SERVE AS PART OF
AN EXPANDED CITY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP TEAM. I'M PROPOSING THE COUNCIL MEMBER -- COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI BE ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF MAJORITY LEADER AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY BE ELECTED TO THE U OFFICE OF MINORITY LEADER. BEFORE, I'LL PAUSE TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY
QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL. COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU. COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE QUALIFICATIONS ARE. IE MINORITY LEADER A POLITICAL
PARTY? MAJORITY LEADER POLITICAL? OR THIS IS JUST YOUR OPINION? >> I'LL CALL ON THE CITY ATRNEY TO ANSWER THAT QUEST QUESTION. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THE OFFICES OF THE
CITY COUNCIL ARE NONPARTISAN OFFICES. SO THEY CAN'T BE ORGANIZED AROUND POLITICAL PARTIES. SO THIS WOULD NOT BE AFFILIATED WITH POLITICAL AFFILIATION. >> AS I STATED IN MY REMARKS, I WANT TO EXPAND OUR LEADERSHIP
TEAM AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THE LOAD ANDAVE AN ABILITY FOR EACH MEMBER TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND HELP US BUILD A SHARED AGENDA, ULTIMATELY FOR THE BODY. I THINK THAT REINCONSTITUTING THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADER WILL HELP US IDENTIFY THOSE MEMBERS WHERE WE
HAVE MAJORITY SUPPORT OF VARIOUS POLICY AREAS. AND THERE MAY BE SOME PRIORITY POLICY AREAS THAT MAY NOT FIT WITHIN THE MAJORITY SUPPORT THAT I WOULD STILL LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SHEPHERD THROUGH AT LEAST THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. I THINK THE MINORITY LEADER COULD SERVE IN THAT ROLE, AS WEL
>> WELL I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS. I THINK THIS IS JUST KEEPING OUR COUNCIL OUT OF BALANCE. I SAW HOW THE VOTES WENT TODAY. WE'RE FAR FROM BEING IN A POSITION FROM BEING MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER. LIKE WE DID FOR THE LAST TERM. SO I DO
NOT AGREE WITH THIS. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. SO I CALLED YOU YESTERDAY ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE I WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THESE POSITIONS MEANT. I WAS INTEREST MYSELF. SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT A MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADER WOULD DO. AND YOU TOLD ME NOTHING YESTERDAY. AND YOU'VE SAID NOTHING TOD, OF COURSE. SAYING THAT DUTIES ASSIGNED MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE TO ME. WHAT ARE THOSE DUTIES? I WOULD LIKE -- LIKE I ASKED YOU YESTERDAY. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AT LEAST A BASELINE OF WHAT YOUR VISION FOR THESE
POSITIONS COULD BE. BECAUSE YOU DECIDED WHO TO NOMINATE FOR THIS WITHOUT EVEN TELLING ME WHY. OR HOW I SHOULD BE SUPPORTING THESE PEOPLE. IF IT'S NOT ABOUT A DIVION OF PARTY LINES OR WHATEVER THIS -- I MEAN, I
REALLY GENUINELY CALLED YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THESE POSITIONS WERE. BECAUSE SOME OTHER FOLKS HERE, WITH MANY MUCH MORE SENIORITY, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE COULD BE INTERESTED.
AND SO I -- NOT ONLY DO I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS IS. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN HOW YOU DECIDED WHO AND WHERE THE PEOPLE YOU DECIDED ON ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW LIKE, HOW THEY'RE WORKING ACROSS THE BODY.
LIKE, WHERE DID THE, LIKE, -- YEAH. I DON'T GET IT. >> I'LL BRING THE REST OF THE ROOM INTO THAT CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT. AND START WITH SAYING THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS TRYING TO OUTLINE IS I TRULY BELIEVE THERE ARE AREAS OF AGREEMENT ON THIS BODY ACROSS
EVERY MEMBER HERE. I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE SULD BE BE PRIORITIZING. THAT REPRESENT MAJORITYOSITION OF THIS BODY. I WOULD LIKE THE MAJORITY LEADER TO WORK HAND AND HAND WITH EACH ONE OF OUR MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IDENTIFYING AND BUILDING OUT AN
AGENDA AROUND A SET OF PRIORITIES WE BELIEVE WOULD BE REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF THIS BODY. I ALSO BELIEVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POLICY AREAS THAT MAYBE DON'T QUITE HAVE THAT MAJORITY SUPPORT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULDN'T FORMALIZE A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CARRYING THAT AGENDA THROUGH.
>> ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO END MY COMMENTS BY SAYING WHAT I'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND LEADING UP TO TODAY IS THAT THEY ARE SICK OF THE DISCOURSE ON THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. THEY'RE SICK OF THE FIGHTING. THEY'RE SICK OF THERGUMENTS. AND SO WHY I REACHED OUT TO YOU,
IN HOPES YOU COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON A MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADER IS BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE WHO COULD -- IF THAT IS A PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THESE POSITIONS WILL DO, I THINK THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT. I THINK HOW YOU START
OUT IN AN IMBALANCE IN THE WRONG WAY IS BY YOU PICKING THOSE PEOPLE BASED ON WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD HAPPEN AND HOW IT SHOULD HAPPEN. AND I THINK THIS WAS SOMETHING I ASKED YOU TO DELAY IT. TO A LATER MEETING. SO THAT WE HAD TIME TO TALK WITH THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS ABOUT THIS. SO WE COULD SEE WHAT
PEOPLE WANT TO SEE. I'M WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. I'M SEEING THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD HERE HAPPENING TODAY. I THINK IT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT WITH THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. I'M DEFINITELY NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS. IT FEELS LIKE A TRADE FOR VOTES FOR ME. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU. I THINK PART OF THE CONFUSION IS PEOPLE CAN NOMINATE SOMEBODY. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY MADE NOMINATIONS. IS THAT CORRECT? SOMEONE SECONDED. OTHERWISE I'LL NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AS MAJORITY LEADER.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I'LL SECOND IT. >> GREAT. >> I WANT TO NOMINATE COULD BE CHUGHTAI AS MAJORITY LEADER OF THIS COUNCIL. I KNOW SHE CAN WORK WITH EVERYBODY TO GET STUFF DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. I KNOW THAT MY SISTER HERE IS
SOMEONE THAT I CAME INTO THIS COUNCIL IN TOGETHER. SHE WAS THE YOUNGESTERSON ELECTED. AND WE'RE HERE STILL YOUNG. I THINK SOMETHING I'VE BEEN PROUD OF HER, THE WAY SHE'S SHOWN UP FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE. THE WAY YOUNG PEOPLE SEE HER AS SOMEONE THEY CAN LOOK
UP TO. YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE HAD SOMEONE THEY CAN LOOK AT FACE-TO-FACE AND KNOW THEY CAN BE REPRESENTED IN CITY GOVERNMENT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS CITY THE CHANCE TO LEARN AND GROW. AND KNOW THAT ONE DAY THEY CAN ALSO BE IN THE SEATS TO CREATE CHANGE FOR OUR CITY. I'VE SEEN THE WAY
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CGHTAI HAS TAKEN US THROUGH DIFFICULT MOMENTS AND MADE THEM SEEM EASY TO THE PUBLIC. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THEY WERE DIFFICULT. WHETHER IT WAS WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES' PUBLIC SAFETY AID WASN'T STRIPPED FROM THEIR BACKS. MAKING SURE WE
PRESERVE PUBLIC SAFETY AID AND WORKED WITH THE DOWNTOWN COUNCIL MEMBER TO SAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER. SHE WAS ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH BOTH. MAKE SURE WE PRESERVE CITY ASSETS AND NOT LOOSING ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SAFETY.
PARTICULARLY DIRECTED NEIGHBORS COLOR. I WAS PROUD THAT I COULD CALL IISHA AND SAY "I NEED HELP." ONE THING SHE DID IS STAND 10 TOES DOWN MAKING SURE SHE CAN WORK WITH THE BODY TO
MAKE SURE IT GOT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. WHETHER IT WAS HER SUPPORT AS BUDGET CHAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, AS CITY COUNCIL, TOOK A STANCE OF SAYING WE NOT GOING TO ALLOW MORE SHELTERS TO BE CLOSED DOWN. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT THAT I SAW COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI LEAD US THROUGH. I GOT
TOALL HER. AND WHEN I WAS STRESSED OUT, I KNEW SHE SAID THIS IS MY JOB, TOO. BECAUSE IT'S MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHE STOOD DOWN 10 TOES DOWN MAKING SURE WE CAN HELP OUR PEOPLE. WHETHER IT WAS HER SUPPORT THROUGH THE LAST BUDGET CYCLE. I SAID OUR COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER ATTACK BY FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION. HOW CAN WE FIND MORE FUNDING FOR IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES. THIS FUNDING WE HAVE NOW IS NOT MEETING THE MOMENT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI SAID, LET ME LOOK FOR FUNDING. AND SHE FOUND MORE FUNDING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN INCREASE THAT WHETHEIT WAS HER WORK TO SUPPORT THE WORKING PEOPLE OF
THIS CITY. SHEPHERDING LABOR POLICY THROUGH THIS CITY THROUGH THE CITY C ENTERPRISE AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE SEEING WORKING PEOPLE LEFT BEHIND AND CORPORATIONS GETTING WHATEVER THEY WANT. I GOT TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI SAY NO. OUR
WORKING PEOPLE THE CITY DESERVE THE HELP OF THIS CITY. AND WORKING WITH THIS BODY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ATTEMPT TO PASS SOME POLICY. AND I CAN GO ON AND ON. BUT WE CAN GO BACK TO INCREASINGUNDING FOR CLIMATE
EMERGENCY THIS PAST DECEMBER SHE HELPED US LEAD THROUGH THAT. D I THINK SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THAT HAVE DIFFERENT VARIOUS OPINIONS. WITH THAT, I'M PROUD TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI. I KNOW SHE'LL WORK WITH EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET STUFF DONE FOR
MINNEAPOLIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> SORRY. GIVE ME A LITTLE PATIENCE HERE. >> ARE WE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT POSITIONS THEMSELVES? >> YES. >>Y FIRST QUESTION, COUNCIL
PRESIDENT. I THINK IF WE ARE DEFINING THESE POSITIONS OUTSIDE OF PARTISAN ROLES, HOW ARE WE DEFINING MAJORITY AND MINORITY, IF THEY ARE NONPARTISAN?
>> MY VISION FOR THIS IS THERE'S GOING TO BE A CERTAIN SET OF POLICY AREAS THAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT ARE GOING TO BE UNCONTROVERSIAL. THINGS WE LARGELY AGREE ON. THAT WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT WOULD BE A MAJORITY POSITION OF A POLICY AREA. THERE'S GOING TO BE CERTAIN
POLICY AREAS THAT MIGHT HAVE THE ABILITY TO PASS THE BODY. BUT MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE THAT BROAD CONSENSUS. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE BUILDING AGENDAS THAT BOTH REFLECT THAT CONSENSUS VIEW, AND THAT VIEW WHERE MAYBE WE NEED TO DO SOME
PERSUASION. RIGHT. AND SO JUST BECAUSE AN IDEA MAYBE DOESN'T, BY DEFAULT, HAVE SEVEN VOTES, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT AT WORTHY IDEA. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING JUST AS MUCH LEGISLATIVE EFFORT BEHIND THOSE IDEAS AS THOSE BROAD
CONSENSUS EAS. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ALSO HELPFUL. I THINK IT WOULD BE AS THESE -- I MIGHT BE MISSING SOMETHING HERE. I APOLOGIZE IF IT'S THE CASE. AS THESE ROLES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND THE AUTHORITY THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE POSITIONS. I'M NOT SEEING
THEM ASCRIBED AS DEFINED HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE CASE. AND I AM -- I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THE POSITIONS. NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE INDIVIDUALS BUT THE POSITIONS THEMSELVES. I THINK IT REQUIRES SOME LEVEL OF
LARGER DEFINITIONS AND POSITIONS THAT ACTUALLY KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE AUTHORITY OF THOSE POSITIONS. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. I'LL SAY MAYBE YOU AS A FORMER MEMBER OF OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MAY APPRECIATE THIS ANSWER MORE THAN OTHER MENS ON THE BODY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE KIND OF MOVED TO AS A
THEME IS DEFINING LESS IN OUR FORMAL DOCUMENTS. SO THAT IT PROVIDES MORE FLEXIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT INTERPRETATION TO BE REFINED OVER TIME WITHOUT US HAVING TO GO BACK AND REVISE, REVISE, AMEND, THROUGH FORMAL COUNCIL ACTION. SO WE KEPT THE
DESCRIPTION BROAD SO WE CAN DO THAT REFINEMENT TOGETHER AS A BODY. >> THANK YOU. I'M SAYING THE DEFINITIONS IN THERE, AS WELL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. >> CNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT
PAYNE. I'M CURIOUS AS TO -- THIS REALLY FEELS LIKE PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY WHERE IT PERTAINS TO OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT WITHIN THESE POSITIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A MAJORITY OR MINORITY TO RULE OVER ANY SAID MOTIONS THAT COME
BEFORE THE COUNCIL. WHERE YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T NEED SEVEN-PERSON VOTE TO BE DETERMINED. OR TO BE RULED AS IMPORTANT. HOW DOES THIS POSITION -- THESE TWO POSITIONS DIFFER FROM PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT? AND IF IT'S BEING
THAT LEFT OPEN AND BROAD, WHERE DOES ACCOUNTABILITY LIVE? >> ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS REINSTITUTING THESE POSITIONS IS CREATE N MORE ACCOUNTABILITY. THE ROLE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT IS NOT THAT DEFINED, ACTUALLY. WE ARE --
ESSENTIALLY THE ROLE OF THE PRESIDENT IS CHAIR THE MEETING. THAT'S THE ONLY FORMAL DUTY. AND SET THE STRUCTURE. ULTIMATELY THE POWER IS THE POWER OF THE BODY. WE MOVE AS A BODY. SOME WHAT WE WOULD WANT TO DEFINE IS GOING TO BE DEFINED BY THE MAJORITY OF THIS BODY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> IT DOES NOT. AND SO THEN IF WE MOVE WITH THE BODY AND YOU ARE THE HEAD OF THE BODY HERE AS WE ARE A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REFLECTIVE OF THESE POSITIONS. THEN THAT MEANS THAT YOU SHOULD INSTRUMENT
THAT LEADERSHIP AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION CLEAR AND CONCISE MOTIONS OR DECISIONS THAT COME BEFORE THIS BODY. WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A MAJORITY OR A MINORITY. BECAUSE THAT'S BEING LEFT TOO OPEN IN SPACE. WHERE IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF
BOUNDARIES WITH RESPECT TO WHATEVER MAY COME BEFORE THE BODY ITSELF. >> FEEDBACK NOTED. >> I MOVE NOT TO VOTE FOR THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THA YOU. THANKS -- I THINK
COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED SOME ACTUAL REALLY GOOD, THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. AND YOUR RESPONSE -- I WANT YOU TO ELABORATE ON IT A LITTLE BIT. BECAUSE WHILE I'M HERE PROCESSING. IT BASICALLY SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE MINORITY AND THE MAJORITY
LEADERS ARE THE LEADERS OF IDEAS. AND IF WE MATCH UP WITH YOUR IDEA, THEN YOU'RE OUR LEADER. SO, LIKE, WHAT THE MINORITY -- I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING SAID IT. LIKE, WHAT IS THE -- IF IT'S NOT POLITICAL, THE MAJORITY OF WHAT?
THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THE POLICE OR THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T? OR THE MAJORITY OF WHAT? I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. IS IT JUST MAJORITY OF IDEAS? I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT IF ANYONE UP HERE -- WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THAT FOR THE REST
OF THE WEEK. WHAT OUR SHARED IDEAS AND VALUES ARE. SO THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF WHAT? BESIDES WHAT I CAN GATHER IS YOU JUST SAID "IDEAS." >> I THINK THAT'S THE CORE OF THE WORK WE DO AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY IS BRING IDEAS INTO REALITY.
>> SO COULD THAT SWITCH, THOUGH? COULD THE MAJORITY LEADER BE THE MAJORITY TOMORROW IF WE FIND OUT AT THE ENDF THE WEEK THAT WE HAVE MORE SHARED IDEAS WITH THE MINORITY LEADER WHO IS NOT A LITTLE PARTY? I'VE NEVER HEARD THE WORDS USED IN THE TERM. IN THE WAY. FOR NOTHING. I THINK
THE PREVIOUS MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS, THERE WAS A GREEN PARTY MEMBER UP HERE. THERE USED TO BE REPUBLICANS ON THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S WHAT THOSE TERMS WERE USED FOR. BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY TIEDED BY PARTY. THERE WERE DEMOCRATS. THERE WERE GREENS. THERE WERE
REPUBLICANS. AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD -- I CAN'T EVEN SAY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO ACT LIKE WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE. BUT USE IT AS A REFERENCE. BUT THEN SAY THAT'S
NOT WHAT IT REALLY IS. I MEAN, I DON'T -- I REALLY. WASN'T THAT -- CLERKS. CAN SOMEBODY GIVE US HISTORY HERE WHY WE HAD MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS IN THE PAST. WASN'TT POLITICAL PARTY DIVISION? >> MR. CLERK?
>> MR. PRESIDENT, AS COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW INDICATED, YEARS AGO UNDER A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE AMENDMENT FROM 1984 THERE WAS AN INDEPEND BODY CREATED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. IT WAS CHAIRED BY THE MAYOR.
IT WAS IN ONE BODY A UNIFICATION OF THE EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR AND THE LEGISLATIVE AUORITY OF THE COUNCIL. THE PRIMARY DUTIES TO APPOINT THE 10 CHARTER DEPARTMENT HEADS. AND BECAUSE THE CHARTER PROVIDED THAT THE MEMBERSHIP HAD TO INCLUDE A MINORITY A MEMBER OF
COUNCIL, ASSUMING ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL WEREN'T FROM THE SAME PARTY. IT GENERATED THE NEED FOR A MINORITY LEADER. SO IT WAS NOT NECESSARILY AS A RESULTS OF PARTY, PER SE. BUT SAYING IF THERE WAS ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL THAT -- IF IT WASN'T ALL 13 AND THE MAYOR FROM
THE SAME PARTY, THEN THE GROUPS OUT OF THE MAJITY HAD THE RIGHT TO HAVE A SEAT ON THAT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPOINTING THE CHARTER DEPARTMENT HEADS AND APPROVING ENTERPRISE-WIDE POLICIES. SO IT IS TRUE THAT THERE WAS PREVIOUSLY A PROVISION
FOR MAJORITY/MINORITY BECAUSE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. WHICH WAS A PUBLIC VOTE TO AMEND THE CHARTER. I WILL INDICATE THAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS REMOVED BASED ON THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IN 2021. >> OKAY. SO THE GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURE THAT MINNEAPOLIS ELECTED TO HAVE, WE'RE NOW FOUR YEARS LATER, GOING TO SAY WE DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU DID, CITIZEN OF MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE GOING TO KE UP OUR OWN STUFF. I WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS VOTED FOR THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT
STRUCTURE. WE'RE CREATING A ROUNDABOUT FOR WHAT PRESIDENT PAYNE SAID HE WANTS TO SEE THIS. SO WHAT HE WANTS TO SEE IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS OUTSIDE OF WHAT PEOPLE ELECTED US TO DO. >> MR. CLERK. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I CERTAINLY --
I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE >> YOU DIDN'T NEED TO.. >> I WILL SAY, IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT, I THINK THE UNDERLYING INTENT, AND I'M CERTAIN I'M NOT SAYING THISS WELL AS WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE. I'M NOT SURE I'M ADDING
VALUE. AT THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSAL, USING TITLES THAT EXISTED BEFORE. THERE'S A HISTORIC BASIS FOR THE TITLES. AND THAT USING THOSE TITLES WAS INTENDED TO BROADEN COUNCIL'S RECOGNIZED LEADERSHIP TEAM, IF IT WERE. BEYOND THE TWO POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT, WHICH HAVE ALWAYS EXISTED AND WHICH ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE CITY CHARTER. I THINK THAT THE INTENT AND THE PRESIDENT CAN SPEAK TO THAT, MORE THAN CAN I, WAS TO BROADEN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE C COCIL'S ELECTED LEADERSHIP TEAM. THE RULES DO PROVIDE FOR
IT. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE A USE OF HISTORIC TERMS. >> COUNCIL WONSLEY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE I WANT TO OFFER SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION TO WHAT YOU SHARED AS DEFINITIONS AS IT RELATES TO
ACTUAL ONE OF THE POSITIONS I'M RUNNING FOR AS THE MINORITY LEADER. THE MINORITY REPRESENTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER IS NOT REFERRING TO IDEAS THAT HAVE MINORITYUPPORT. UMM, MY INTENTION, AND I BELIEVE IN DFTIONS WITH YOU AND THE NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES HAS BEEN
FOR THIS ROLE AS IT DID IN PRIORITY ITERATION, IS TO REFLECT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE POLITICAL DIVERSITY THATOES EXIST AMONGST THIS BODY. AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERSHO DO IDENTIFY AS DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS. WE HAVE FOUR OF THEM. AND CITY
ATTORNEY, I KNOW, JUST FLOATED THIS AROUND, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS NOT IN RELATIONSHIP TO POLITICAL PARTIES. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM IS NOT A POLITICAL PARTY. SO I WANT TO NAME THAT. IT DOES NOT HAVE CORRELATIONS TOWARDS A PARTISAN ORIENTATION.
IT'S AROUND REFLECTING THE POLITICAL DIVERSITY THAT EXISTED IN THIS BODY AS IT DID SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN MY PREDECESSOR WHO WAS THE ONLY GREEN PARTY REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS BODY ALSO REFLECTED. THERE WAS POLITICAL DIVERSITY AMONGST OUR BODY THEN. THEY CREATED FORMAL RECOGNITION
AND REPRESENTATION FOR THAT SPACE. WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THE SAME AND CODIFY THAT THROUGH OUR STRUCTURE, AS WELL, TODAY. AND THAT'S THE INTENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, LET ME TRY TO HELP OUT HERE. I HEARD YOU
SAY LET'S EXPAND THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S MAKET BALANCED. I THINK THERE IS SOMEONE THAT VOTED THE LEAST WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI OR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. I INK IT'S ME. IF,
TO LOOK AT PAST VOTES. BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, I BELIEVE, HAVE VOTED TOGETHER ALMOST ALWAYS. SO IF THE DESIRE IS POLITICAL DIVERSITY, WHICH WHICH I ALSO APPRECIATE, THIS IS NOT EXPANDING THE LEADERSHIP CIRCLE. I AGREE AND WANT TO
WORK ON WAYS THAT WE CAN ALL, THIS TERM, FEEL LIKE WE ARE REPRESENTED AT A LEADERSHIP TABLE. I WOULD SUGGEST, GIVEN WHERE THE CONVERSATION HAS GONE, THAT WE COME BACK TO THIS. LET'S POSTPONE AND COME BACK TO IT. I THINK, FIRS OFF, THEY
NEED BETTER TITLES. BUT IF WE WANT BALANCE, MAYBE BETTER TITLES MIGHT BE A SECOND AND THIRD VICE PRESIDENT. MAYBE BETTER TITLES MIGHT BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN MAJORITY AND MINORITY. BECAUSE WE SEEM TO BE GETTING LOST IN THE DETAILS
THERE. AND I STILL CAN'T TELL YOU MAJORITY OF WHAT. >> COUIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANKOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE.
I' JUST STILL C CONFUSED AT THESE ROLES. BECAUSE ISN'T THAT THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THE ASSIGNMENT OF COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS? THAT ANY ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE COMMITTEE, THERE WOULD NOT BE A MINORITY OR MAJORITY OFHINGS
THAT DON'T FIT IN THE BUCKET OF THOSE ORGANIZED LEADERSHIPS. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. I JUST NEED SOME MORE CLARITY. AND I, LIKE A NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES, THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY STICK A PIN IN THIS. AND REVISIT THIS
AT THE LER DATE. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT LINE UP WITH A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OR ACCOUNTABILITY LOOKS LIKE ON THE BEHAVIORS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT? , I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT'S A SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLE. MR. PRESIDENT, WE HAVE THREE DAYS OF PLANNING AND GOAL SETTING AHEAD OF US. IT WOULD MAKE COMMON SENSE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT WAS OVER AND REVISIT THAT DURING THAT TIME THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE CAN CLEAR THIS UP. YOU HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS THIS, IF THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO DO THINGS, THEN KEEP FORCING AND E FORCING THE VOTE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. LET'S TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. LET'S TALK THIS OVER FOR THE NEXT THREEAYS AND COME TO
CONSENSUS ON THIS. PLEASE. >> SEEING NO -- COUNCILEMBER PALMISANO. >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT WAS, FROM ME, A MOTION TO POSTPONE AND OTHERS HAVE SPOKEN IN SUPPORT. >> SECOND. >> THAT'S A SECOND >> THERE'S A MOTION TO POSTPONE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> YEAH. AS A NEW MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, PROCESS I REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. AND SO I WOULD BE THRILLED TO THINK ABOUT THESE WITH A FLUSHED OUT JOB
DESCRIPTION. AND MORE DISUGHT WHAT THEIR ROLE WOULD BE IN CONSIDERATION WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THE VICE PRESIDENT'S ROLE. I'M OPEN TO NEW IDEAS. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT THE PUBLIC CANNOT POINT FINGERS AT. WE WANT A PROCESS THAT IS ABOVE BOARD.
AND IS VERY CLEAR WITH THE PUBLIC THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. SO FOR THE -FOR THAT, THOSE POINTS, I WOULD BELL IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING TO OUR NEXT FULL MEETING.
>> SECOND. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, ARE YOU IN QUEUE? OKAY. ON THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, TO CLARIFY, ARE WE POSTPONING ITEM -- THE
ELECTION OF MAJORITY LEADER OR THE ELECTION OF MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS. >> LET'S CONSIDER BOTH OF THESE -- WELL, I DON'T KNOW. WHATO YOU THINK? LET'S CONSIDER BOTH OF THESE. >> OKAY. >> MR.LERK? >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> RAINVILLE. VETAW. >> AYE.
>> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> CHUGHTAI. >> 2340 NO. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> NO. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NO.
>> THERE ARE SIX AYES AND SEVEN NAYS. >> THAT ITEM FAILS. WE ARE BACK TO THE QUESTION OF THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI TO THE OFFICE OF MAJORITY LEADER. SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE. CALL THE ROLL,
MR. CLERK. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. [ AWAY FROM MIC ] >> WE HE, CURRENTLY, A NOMINATION FOR ON THE FLOOR. AND WE -- >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A NOMINATION ON THE FLOOR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT
UP NEXT. SO ON THE MOTION TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AS MAJORITY LEADER. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> YES. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING.
>> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> EIGHT AYES AND FIVE NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI HAS BEEN I ELECTED TO THE OICE OF MAJORITY LEADER.
CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT WE'LL TAKE UP THE ELECTION OF MINORITY LEADER. I'LL MOVE TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO THE OFFICE OF MINORITY LEADER. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON >> YOU BEAT ME TO THE SECOND. IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL SAY A
FEW REMARKS. IT'S CLEAR IN THIS TIME THAT THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IS FAILING AMERICA. AND IT'S FAILING MINNEAPOLIS, AS WELL. IT'S FAILING WORKING AND MIDDLE-CLS PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS AS
SURVIVOR OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND SOMEONE WHO WORKED IN HOMELESS OUTREACH, I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. I'VE SEEN IT NO UNACCOUNTABLE POLICING, IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NOT AS SAFE AS THEY CAN AND SHOULD BE, AND IN HAVING MANY, MANY NEIGHBORS SLEEPING OSIDE NIGHT
AFTER NIGHT WITH LITTLE PROGRESS TOWARDS A SYSTEMIC SOLUTION THAT'S GOING TO KEEP EVERYONE IN OUR CITY SAFE. EVERYONE IN OUR CITY HOUSED, AND TREAT EVERYONE IN OUR CITY WITH TICK DIGNITY ANDESPECT. WE NEED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST LEADERSHIP
TO FIGHT FOR THIS. WE NEED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST LEADERSHIP TO FIGHT FOR PEOPLE OVER PROFITS. WE NEED IT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND WE NEED IT ON E MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL. COUNCIL MEMR WONSLEY IS AN INCREDIBLE LEADER. AND HAS
PRODUCED A LARGE BODY OF WORK TO NAME A FEW. K THOUGH IT'S NOT EXHAUSTIVE. SHE HASORKED TO PROTECT AND EXPAND THE VCR PROGRAM WHICH EVERYONE WANTS TO CLAIM BECAUSE OF HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS. SHE HAS LED ON OFF DUTY
REFORM, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED IN THIS CITY. SHE'S LED ON CARBON FEES. SHE LED ON PROTECTIONS AND RAISES FOR UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS. WHICH HAS BEEN A NATIONAL SUCCESS. AND SHE HAS STRONG RELATIONSHIPS IN GEORGE FLOITD SQUARE, WHICH IS A
FAMILIAR IMPORTANCE TO ME AND TO THE PEOPLE OF WARD 8 AND TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. AND SO YOU BEAT ME TO THE SECOND, BUT I WANT TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY AS THE MINORITY LEADER. BECAUSE SHE BRINGS THE TYPE OF WORK AND EXPERIENCE WE NEED IN
THIS CITY IN ORDERED TO MOVE FORWARD ON CRITICAL ISSUES THAT ARE FACING BOTH US HERE IN THE CITY AND THE NATION AS A WHOLE. THANK YOU. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
>> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS MOTION TO ELECT ME AS MINORITY LEADER AS MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL AND EXHIBIT FORMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST ON THIS BODY. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM HAS BEEN A GROWING POLITICAL MOVEMENT
NATIONWIDE, AS DEMONSTRATED RECENTLY BY THE ELECTION IN NEW YORK. AND MAYOR KATIE WILSON IN SEATTLE AND HUNDREDS OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS ELECTED TO LOCAL OFFICES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MINNEAPOLIS HAS A
STRONGOCIAL TRADITION. RESIDENTSLECTED A SOCIALIST MAYOR IN 1916, SHORTLY BEFORE MINNESOTA ELECTED A SOCIALIST GOVERN. AND 100 YEARS LATER IN 2016, 65% OF MINNEAPOLIS VOTERS SUPPORTED BERNIE SANDERS, A
SOCIALIST, AS WELL, FOR PRESIDENT. THERE HAVE BEEN WELL-FUNDED CAMPAIS TO NONNIZE SOCIALIST. PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS UNDERSTAND THAT DEMOATIC SOCIALISM IS A BELIEF THAT SOCIETY AND THE ECONOMY SHOULD BE STRUCTURED TO ET THE NEEDS OF WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE AND NOT TO CREATE PROFIT FOR THE
WEALTHIEST INDIVIDUALS OR CORPORATE INTERESTS. AND NEIGHBORS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS SUPPORT AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER. WHILE FIGHTING TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO. THAT'S WHAT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS CITY. MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS TRULY BELIEVE THE PURPOSE OF CITY
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE TO SERVE THEM. AND WHEN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE AREN'T AFRAID TO ORGANIZE. AND IN 2020, FOLLOWING GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER, BY T MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS ORGANIZED ONE OF THE RGEST SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN U.S.
HISTORY TO DEMANDN END TO RACIST AND VIOLENCE POLICING. NOW THOUSANDS ARE PROTECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS FROM I.C.E. MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS LOVE EACH OTHER AND BELIEVE EVERYONE DESERVES TO HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET. AND THAT'S WHAT DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM IS ABOUT. AND IT'S WHY DEMOCRATIC
SOCIALISM IS A HUGE AND GROWING MOVEMENT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. VOTERS FIRST ELECTED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS TO CITY COUNCIL IN 2021. MIEPS BEING ONE OF THEM. AND THE PAST NOVEMBER, 65,000, OVER 65,000, IN FACT, MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS VOTED FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYOR.
AND GOING INTO TS TERM, NEARLY A THIRD OF OUR CITY COUNCIL IDENTIFIES DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST COLLECTIVELY REPRESENTING OVER 120,000 MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST THAT HAVE
HELD SEATS ON THIS BODY HAVE WON SIGNIFICANPOLICIES THAT HAVE IMPROVED THE LIVES OF WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE. WE HAVE PASSED POLICIES TO PROTECT THE MAJORITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FAMILIES WHO ARE RENTERS. WE CLOSED THE MINIMUM WAGE LOOPHOLE FOR RIDE SHARE DRIVERS, LEADING TO A STATE-WIDE INCREASE FOR OVER
10,000 WORKERS WHO ARE MOSTLY IMMIGRANT AND WORKERS OF COLOR. WE EXPANDED CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR RESIDENTS WHO MAY BE TARGETED BY DISCRIMINATION. AND WE WERE AMONG THE FIRST CITIES TO PASS THE CEASE-FIRE RESOLUTION THAT ACKNOWLEDGED THE AGAIN SIDE TAKING PLACE IN GEORGIA STAY.
GAZA. WE WORKED HAND AND HAND WITH THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTSEN OUT CITY COUNCIL. AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE ARE GOING TO NEED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST LEADERSHIP AND STRONG AND ORGANIZED MOVEMENT. WE ARE IN UNPRECEDENTED DARK TIMES. AND THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO HE
TO DOLL MORE WITH LESS. PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, AND RESPOND TO MULTIPLE CRISIS SIMULTANEOUSLY. MOST IMMEDIATELY THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS UNABLE TO SAFELY GO TO WORK WHILE I.C.E. IS TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES. ALLOWING
RESIDENTS TO BE EVICTED BECAUSE I.C.E. HAS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO MAKE RENT IS UNACCEPTABLE. AND I PLAN TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS BODY TO PREVENT EVICTIONS. AS TECH COMPANIES EXPAND THEIR REACH, OUR CITY WILL BE FACED WITH SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT
AUTOMATION, SURVEILLANCE, AND CORPORATE CONTROL. AND WE NEED TO APPROACH THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO LABOR, COMMUNITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY. BECAUSE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN OUR CITY MUST SERVE THE WORKING-CLASS AND NOT OUT OF STATE BILLIONAIRES. THIS COUNCIL WILL FACE MONUMENTAL
DECISIONS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THE UPCOMING FISCAL CLIFF. AND AUSTERITY AND SOCIAL CUTS WILL BE CATASTROPHIC FOR OUR WORKING-CLASS RESIDENTS UNLESS WE PUT THEM FIRST. AND WE CAN'T KEEP A ASKING WORKING CLASS HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERSES TO PAY EVER INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES
TO WEATH THESE FINANCIALLY CHALLENGING TIMES. WE ARE GOING TO NEED EVERYONE TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. WE HAVE TO GENERATE PROGRESSIVE REVENUE. THOUSANDS OF OUR RESIDENTS LACK ACCESS TO FRESH AND O AFFORDABLE
GROCERIES. O IN FOUR STUDENTS FACE INSECURITY. I KNOW OTHER AREAS AAREA DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST RECOGNIZE IT'S THE PRIVATE MARK AND PHILANTHROPY AREN'T DELIVERING FOOD ACCESS EQUITABLE, GOVERNMENT LEADERS HAVE THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO STEP IN. AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS HAVE CHAMPIONED A VISION TO PROTECT ALL OF US. OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES TOWARD MAKING THIS VISION A REALITY WITH EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKERS, VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICES, AND MENTAL HEALTH RESPONDERS. IN THE TERM
AHEAD, WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO THE EFFORTS TO EXTEND SAFETY TO ALL RESIDENTS AND REJECT THE STATUS QUO. ESPECIALLY THE MOST RECENT PROPOSAL TO GIVE $50 MILLION TO THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BUILD THEIR OWN VERSION OF A COP CITY. THESE WILL BE MY TOP PRIORITIES
AS A MINORITY LEADER FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS ON THIS BODY. AND I HOPE TO USE THIS POSITION TO REPRESENT ALL RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EVER SUPPORTED A SOCIALIST CANDIDATE OR A SOCIAL JUSTICE CAMPAIGN. I ALSO HOPE TO REPRESENT RESIDENTS WHO DON'T IDENTIFY AS SOCIALISTS BUT WANT LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO
UTILIZE ALL THE TOOLS WE HAVE TO MAKE LIVES EASIER FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE WITH THAT COLLEAGUES, I'M ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE TODAY AS MY MINORITY LEADER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS THAT DO EXIST ON THIS BODY. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE POLITICAL DIVERSITY AMONGST THIS COUNCIL AND VOTING
FOR A MINORITY LEADER IS A VOTE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DIVERSITY, NO MATTER HOW YOU SEE YOURSELF IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTOVEMENT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE AND MAKE MINNEAPOLIS A BEACON OF
HOPE AND INSPIRATION FOR THIS COUNTRY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, FOR THE HISTORY LESSON WE RECEIVED. I WON'T
ALLOW US TO PLAY IN THE FACE OF MINNEAPOLIS RESIDENTS. WHEN WE STATED INOUR VERY BLEAK DEFINITIONS OF MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADER THAT THESE WERE NONPARTISAN POSITIONS AND YOU JUST MADE IT COMPLETELY ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST PARTY. WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNFAIR TO
THE RESIDENTS OF MINNEAPOLIS OR THE MEMBERS SITTING ON THIS CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. LET ME JUST SAY, I DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY, SHE SAYS WHAT SHE'S COMING TO DO. AND
SHE SAID WHAT THE DEFINITION MEANT. I SHOULD HAVE CALLED YOU YESTERDAY AND ASKED YOU WHAT THE ROLES AND RES RESPONSIBILITIES WERE GOING TO BE. YOU LAID IT OUT CLEAR ONWH INSTEAD I GOT THE NOW NEWLY EZ ELECTED PRESIDENT WHO DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT IT MEANT. I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU TOLD HIM WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO BASED OFF WHAT YOU JUST TOLD EVERYBODY THAT'S WATCHING AND WHAT YOU JUST SAID UP HERE. YOU MADE IT CLEAR ON WHAT YOU SAW SAW THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE MINORITY LEADER. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. I RESPECT THAT. THANK YOU FOR
MAKING IT VERY CLEAR. I AM -- I AM JUST -- I DON'T EVEN -- THE WORK. IT'S J JUST ESCAPING ME ON HOW I FEEL WE'VE BEEN LIED TO. IT'S CLEAR THIS IS ABOUT PARTIES. WE JUST -- NOT ONLY DID WE HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TALK
ABOUT THE PARTY. WE HEARD HER -- THE PERSON WHO NOMINATED HER TALK ABOUT WHY HE WAS NOMINATING HER AND IT WAS ABOUT THE PARTY. AND SO ALL OF THIS, AGAIN, ALL WE NEEDED WAS TIME TO DEFINE WHAT THESE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES COULD BE. AND MAYBE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COUNCIL
MEMBER CHUGHTAI. BUT FROM WHAT I KNOW ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, SHE'S LISTED AS A SOCIALIST, TOO. IT'S NOT LISTED AS DEMOCRAT BUT A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST. IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE WITH THE SAME
AGENDA. THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SAID YOU WANTED, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. NEWLY-ELECTED COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. THE OPPOSITE IS BEFORE US, AGAIN, THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. EVERYTHING WAS "THIS IS NOT AUT POLITICAL PARTIES."
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS. AND THE NOMINATION AND THE ACTUAL CANDIDATE SAID NOTHING BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST PARTY. GAVE US AWONDN MINNEAPOLIS IN SOCIALISM FROM 19
WHATEVER TO UP TO HER. SO I MEAN, LIKE, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU. BECAUSE YOU DO THAT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SUGAR COAT IT AND MAKE US THINK, LIKE, IT'S WHAT'S TO COME AIN'T COMING. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I'M NOT SUPPORTING IT. I KNEW THAT THIS WAS ABOUT
PARTIES. AND I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO THE PEOPLE OF MINNEAPOLIS TO HAVE JUST SAT UP HERE AND BEEN RE-ELECTED AND SOMEONE GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT HOW YOU WORK WITH EVERYBODY AND -- WHATEVER. IT JUST -- IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. IT JUST
DOESN'T. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND TO MY COLLEAGUE, AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. I THINK WE'RE ALSO IN -- FIRST, INGLETT ME WALK IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, FIRST. CAN I NOMINATE COUNCIL
MEMBER VETAW FOR ROLE OF MINORITY CHAIR? >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. ARE WE ME BACK -- I DON'T KNOW. >> SINCE WE CAN DEFINE IT.
>> I DO NOT ACCEPT.[ LAUGHTER ] I HAVE NEVER TAKEN A JOB WITHOUT A DESCRIPTION. >> EXACTLY RIGHT. >> I APPRECIATE YOU! BUT IT'S NOT MY -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ]>> LET', RIGHT. AND THE NOMINATION IS PURELY BASED ON IF WE ARE
DEFINING WHAT IS MAJORITY AND WHAT IS MINORITY, LET'S JUST NAME IT. RIGHT. THIS CITY HAS DONE, FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND THE LAST TWO YEARS, EXPLICITLY FACTIONS OF COUNCIL. AND IF WE ARE PURELY TALKING
ABOUT FACTIONS ON THIS COUNCIL, I THINK EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN MINNEAPOLIS, THIS BODY, AND CHAMBER ACROSS OUR ENTERPRISE AND ACROSS THIS ADMINISTRATION NO LONGER WANT TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE WE WANT PROGRESS. IF WE'RE PURELY TALKING ABOUT THAT, THEN, SURE! LET'S USE THAT AS A
MINORITY. RIGHT. IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT FACTIONS, I THINK WE SAW VOTES ALONG SOME OF THOSE LINES. RIGHT. SO THEN WOULD IT PUT A CERTAIN FACTION IN THE MINORITY? AND THAT IS WHY -- WELL, MAYBE THAT'S A MINORITY VOTE TO PUT COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW
ON THERE. MAYBE YOU'LL RETHINK IT, COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE WE HAVE TO DEFINE THE VERSIONS OF WHAT THE DEFINITION OF MAJORITY AND MINORITY. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A NO TO THAT. >> THANK YOU I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. BUT, AGAIN, NOT MY -- THANK YOU.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT PAYNE. JUST, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CORRECT THE RECORD, I THINK. THE DSA, DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST OF AMERICA ARE NOT AT PARTY. LIKE, WE JUST NEED TO SAY THAT. EV
WITHIN THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA, THERE'S A DEBATE. LIKE, A BIG, DIVIDE. IS IT PARTY BUILDING INTO THE FUTURE OR NO LONGER A PARTY. SO, REALLY, LOOKING AT THE NONPARTISAN NATURE OF WHAT MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADER
ARE, AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY LAID OUT. DSA DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A PARTY. THERE ARE MEMBERS THAT IDENTIFY WITH THAT POLITICAL BELIEF AND SYSTEM, AND THAT'S APPARENT IN OUR CITY. AS YOU SAID. WE KNOW THERE ARE PEOPL THAT ARE PUSHING THAT AGENDA.
WORKING TOWARD IT ACRS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE A MAYOR IN NEW YORK, THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS A DSA MEMBER AND A DSA-ELECTED PRIOR TO BECOMING MAYOR. RIGHT. THAT'S THE FUTURE. WE'RE HERE. RIGHT. WELCOME TO 2026. AND IT'S A
GROWING, GROWING MOVEMENT. AND IT IS REALLY ROOTED IN ADDRESSING THE MATERIAL NEEDS OF WORKING PEOPLE. BECAUSE ENTRENCHED POWER AND ESTABLISHED PARTIES, DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, HAS OFTENTIMES LEFT PEOE BEHIND TO THE POINT OF THE
LARGEST PARTY IN OUR COUNTRY BEINGHE BLOCK OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE IN ANY ELECTION. BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SO LEFT SO BEHIND. A BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLE, UNABLE TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE, OR RECEIVE IT, OR GET
BASIC CITY SERVICES. WE'RE LUCKY IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS WE HAVE QUALITY SERVICES. OTHER CITIES ARE HURTING FOR IT. WITH THE MAJORITY LEADER CONVERSATION, I THINK I WANT TO JUST PUT THIS OUT THERE FOR MISS COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT AND THE PUBLIC TO THINK ABOUT. THE
ROLE OF MAJORITY LEADER, AS IN OUR CONVERSATION, AND AS DEFINED HERE, AS ASSIGNED UNDELEGATED BY THE PRESIDENT OR CITY COUNCIL, IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY ONEROUS ROLE. BECAUSE YOUR JOB IS TO PUT ASIDE WHAT YOUR PERSONAL
AGENDA, WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED FOR, WH WHAT YOU EXPAINED ON ASIDE. THAT CAN'T BE YOUR JOB. YOU CAN'T JUST ONLY SINGULARLY LOOK AT YOUR OWN AGENDA. IT HAS TO BE THE AGENDA OF THE EM ENTIRE BODY. WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING IN
THIS NEXT WEEK. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF AGENDA WE'RE RUNNING TOWARDS. CREATING MORE HOUSING. WE ALL HAVE A SAY IN DEFINING HOW WE WANT TO CREATE THAT TYPE OF HOUSING. AND THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI HAS TO TAKE UP. EVEN
IF SHE HAS A DISAGREEMENT WITH IT. SHE HAS TO TRY TO MOVE THOSE THINGS THROUGH. AND THAT'S SETHING WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT. RIGHT. THERE ARE ITEMS THAT WE HE NOT PASSED IN THIS BODY. THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS IT THROUG FOR A SECOND THERE, IN THE LAST TERM, PEOPLE WERE NO
GOING TO SUPPORT MY BOULEVARDS ORDINANCE. THEY'RE LIKE, THIS IS TOO -- OUR BOULEVARDS ORDINANCE. RIGHT. PEOPLE WERE LIKE THIS IS TOO IN THE WEEDS. PUN INTENDED. THIS IS UNNECESSARY. THAT WAS A MINORITY ITEM. AND PERHAPS COUNCIL MEMBER WSLEY WILL HAVE
TO TAKE THOSE THINGS UP, TOO. BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A MINORITY OPINION. RIGHT. AND THERE ARE LITTLE CITY-SPECIC THINGS THAT ARE PARKS AND REC IN NATURE THAT ARE MINORITY AND BIGGER-PICTURE
THINGS. THAT SAME THING GOES IF ARE THE MAJORITY. THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO TAKE UP THE ROLE OF PUTTING ASIDE THEIR OWN SINGULAR PERSONAL AGENDA AND ARTICULATING SOMETHING FOR OUR COLLECTIVE PEOPLE. AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI'S IS A BIG ONE. THERE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS IN THIS BODY THAT WE HAVE A 13-0
SUPPORT FOR AND MAYBE IT'S, LIKE, 8-5. MAYBE IT'S 12-1. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE UP IN DECIDING, BECAUSE CLEARLY TODAY WE SAW A 7-6 SPLIT. MAYBE A MAJORITY ISN'T
DEFINED AS 6 7-6. MAYBE IT'S BIGGER. ONE THING I WILL SAY SERVING ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND, ALSO, BEING A POLICY AID IS ONE OF OUR STRONG SUITS IS HAVING THESE REALLY, REALLY GREAT IDE AND
PUTTING THEM FORWARD. BUT ONE OF OUR WEAKNESSES IS ARTICULATING IT INTO A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AND AGENDA FOR US TO ACHIEVE ON THE OFFENSIVE. RIGHT. WE'RE OFTENTIMES REACTING TO THINGS. SO HAVING ROLE LIKE THIS CAN HELP US FOCUS IN. AND SO I
WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO NOT THINK THAT ALL IS LOST IN THIS ROLE. AND ACTUALLY USE IT AS A TOOL TO FURTHER THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, YOU JUST SAID THE MINORITY NEEDS MOREEPRESENTATION AND THEN YOU VOTED AGAINST MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND AND FIGURE HOW WE MIGHT WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER IN AN EXPANDED LEADERSHIP CIRCLE. I THINK
THESE LAST VOTES, PARTICULARLY THE UNWILLINGNESS TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION, HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED THERE IS NO LISTENING TO THE MINORITY OF TH COUNCIL. I THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE MIXING THE TERMS DSA AND MINORITY. NOT ON THIS
COUNCIL. AND NEXT IT WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR SUCCESSION PLAN. IRONICALLY, AS BOTH THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS. THIS ABSOLUTELY SIGNALS TO ME THAT MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL LEADERSHIP DOESN'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING FROM THE PAST TWO YEARS. ONLY TO FURTHER
ENTRENCH OUR DIVISION. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR PAYNE. I THINK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE CHOWDHURY RAISES THE THING I THINK I'M MOST CONFUSED ABOUT
HER. SHE MENTIONSHAT IF OUR MAJORITY LEADER, WHO WAS JUST ELECTED, HAS TO PUT ASIDE THEIR PERSONAL BELIEFS FOR A MAJORITY OPINION OR MAJORITY POLICY, AH, I THINK THE SAME CONFUSIONS ARISE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
MINORITY LEADERS. PARTICULARLY AROUND THE CONVERSATION THAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE ROBIN WONSLEY ALSO JUSTAISED. IF THERE IS A POSITION WE CAN ALL FORESEE THAT IS ACTIVELY AGAINST THE DSA POLICY - OR DSA PLATFORM AND
IT'S A MINORITY OF THIS BODY, WILL COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAVE TO PUT ASIDE THOSE DSA PLATFORMS BECAUSE THAT POLICY IS WITHIN THE MINORITY OF THIS BODY? I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE
CONFUSION, FOR ME, MOST LIES IN THIS. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >>HANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING. >> I'LL REITERATE IT REFLECTING THE POLITICALTY VERSETY. IT'S NOT MINORITY OF IDEAS. IT'S GOING TO CONSTANTLY
FOR FOUR YEARS AND HAVE BEEN CLEAR INHEIR REPRESENTATION AS A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST, I ALSO, AS THE ONLY INDEPENDENT AMONGST THE BODY AND WHO HAS, IN THEIR OFFICE PRODUCED THE LARGEST QU QUANTITY OF ORDINANCES THAT HAVE GARNERED SUPPORT BY A
NUMBER OF MY COLLEAGUES. NEW OR EXISTING -- WELL, EXISTING. I HAVE CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF OUR ENTIRE CITY TO WORK WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO GET TO A COMMON GOAL. EING VERY FIRM ABOUT WE NEED TO BE
RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF EVERY DAY PEOPLE. SO THAT IS THE DIVERSITY. IT'S NOT ABOUT COMMITTING TO THE MINORITY ROLE THAT MIGHT CONSTANTLY SHIFT AMONGST THIS BODY. >> THANK YOU. I THINK MY CONFUSION IS NOT WITH COUNCIL
MEMBER WONSLEY. I THINK IT'S WITH THE DEFINITIONS, AGAIN. I THINK WHAT OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT TWINED THOSE POSITIONS OF ACTUAL POLICY. THESE DEFINITIONS IN POLICY POSITIONS. AND I THINK WE ARE SEEING THAT ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW KIND OFLAY OUT. IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE A GOOD
DEFINITION BETWEEN ALL 13 OF U OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. I THINK THAT'S WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THESE ROLES ACTUALLY MEAN. AND I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE CONFUSION LIES. JUST LIKE I
THINK CONGRESSWOMAN VETAW, YOU COME WITWHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DEFINITIONS WITHIN WHAT THESE THINGS ACTUALLY MEAN. THESE POSITIONS THEMSELVES. NOT T INDIVIDUALS THAT SIT IN THE POSITIONS. BUT THE POSITIONS
THEMSELVES. I THINK ARE NEEDING A FULL PUNS UNDERSTANDING AND I THINK DEEPER SUBSTITUTION. DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. >> ON THE QUESTION -- OH. OKAY. ON THE QUESTION TO ELECT COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY TO
MINORITY LEADER, THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROL. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> WARREN. >> NO. >> SHAFFER. >> NO. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> N >> CHOWDHURY.
>> AYE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THERE ARE SEVEN AYES AND SIX NEES. >> THAT CARRIES AND COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY HAS BEEN ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF MINORITY LEADER. CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY.
[ APPLAUSE ] I WI NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO THANK MY
COLLEAGUES. SOMEONE WHO HAS WORKED FOR FOUR DIFFERENT COUNCIL BODIES, IT'S REALLY HONOR TO SERVE MY RESIDENTS AND SERVE RESIDENTS OF WARD SIX. AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND VOTE TODAY. I'M
COMMITTED TO STRENGTHEN OUR CITY AND CONTINUE TO REALLY BRING US ALL TOGETHER. WE'LL TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE -- TO BE A COOPERATION. IT CAN'T BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS WHAT I'VE BEEN. AND THAT'S WHAT I
CONTINUE TO BE. AND, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL FOR ME IS TO REALLY BUILD EVERYBODY'S RELATIONSHIP. AND EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN. YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY GOING THROUGH. WHAT IS THEIR DIFFICULTY, THE CHALLENGES IN THEIR WARD. AND I
UNDERSTAND, FOR US, IT'S TO COME HERE AND DEBE AND REALLY MAKE A BIGGER DECISION. BUT EVERY DECISION WE MAKE, IT HAS EFFECTS ON SOMEONE'S LIFE. A IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU. AND MY OFFICE IS OPEN. MY PHONE
IS OPEN. AND I WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF YOU COLLABORATE AND BE THE LEADER YOU HAVE COME TO. AND HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER PAYNE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB LAST
TERM. AND I KNOW WE'LL DEFINITELY ACCOMPLISH A LOT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. THAT COMPLETES THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL OFFICERS. WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO THE ORDER OF NEW BUSINESS, AS REFLECTED ON OUR AGENDA. I'VE ASKED THE CLERK TO PREPARE A PACKET OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS AND ACTIONS FOR ALL
THE AGENDA ITEMS. WHICH YOU SHOULD HAVE AT YOUR DESKS. EACH OF THESE ITEMS IS NUMBERED TO CORRESPOND TO THE AGENDA TO FACILITATE OUR CONSIDERAON OF THE MATTERS. THERE ARE SIX ITEMS WHICH ARE NUMBERED IN YOUR PACKET. YOUR PACKETS AS NB1 THROUGH NB6 FOLLOWED BY THE
INTRODUCTION OF TWO ORDER ANYBODIESES SHOWN ON THE AGENDA. FIRST ITEM IS A RESOLUTIO ESTABLISHING LINES OF SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE WAS MAYOR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY CITY CHARTER
AND CODE OF OR ORDINANCES. THE.IS THE FIRST IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND THE VICE PSIDENT IS THE FIRST HAD IN LINE OF SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF COUNL PRESIDENT. AND THE SECOND IN LINE TO SUCCEED THE
OFFICE OF THE MAY. BEYOND THAT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE THIRD MEMBER AND THE LINE OF SUCCESSION IS THE MAJORITY LEADER FOLLOWED BY MINORITY LEADER AND ORDER SET FOR IN THE RESOLUTION AS NEEDED. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? I'L
ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENS. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >>ALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE.
>> AYE. 12 AYES. >> 13 AYES. >> THAT ITEM CARRIES. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A RESOLUTION ESTABLISH STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE DRAFT IN YOUR PACKET REFLECTS THE PROPOSAL AND OFFERING INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES, COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP, AND MEMBERSHIP, QUORUMS, AND DECADES
FOR REGULAR MEETINGS. COLLEAGUES RETURNING FROM THE LAST TERM WILL SEE I'VE LARGELY RETAINED T PREVIOUS COMMITTEE STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES A TOTAL OF SIX STANDING COMMITTEES AND ONE SPECIAL COMMITTEE. A POINT OUT THAT THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHTOMMITTEE HAS BEEN REFORMED AS THE ENTERPRISE AND
LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE. GIVEN THIS COMMITTEE A STRONGER EMPHASIS ON THE ISSUES RELATED TO THE CITY'S LABOR RELATIONS AND WORK FORCE. AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO REFLECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND EQUITY RETO
REFLECT THE SHIFTING OF ADMINIRATION AND ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. FOUR OF THE STANDING POLICY COMMITTEES WILL MEET IN THE FIRST WEEK OF REGULAR TWO WEEK CYCLE. THAT INCLUDES T REFORMED ENTERPRISE AND LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON MONDAYS. THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE ON
TUESDAYS. THE RENAMED PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAYS. AND THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE ON THURSDAYS. ALL REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE FOUR STANDING COMMITTEES WILL BE PROGRAMMED AT 1:30:00 P.M. UNDER RESPECTIVE ASSIGNED DAYS IN THE FIRST WEEK CYCLE. THE ONE MAJOR
CHANGE I'M PROPOSING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STANNG COMMITTEES BE INCREASED FROM SIX TO SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND THE COND WEEK OF THE CYCLE, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET AT 1:30 ON MOHAMM M30 MONDAYS AND THE COMMITTEE OF THEHOLE ON 1:30 AN TUESDAYS. BOTH OF
THE STANDING COMMITTEES, AS WELL AS THE SPECIAL INTERGOVERNMENTALS RELATIONS COMMITTEE WILL SCIPTD OF ALL 13 COUNCIL MEMBERS. REGULAR MEETINGS WILL BE CONTINUED TO SCHEDULE TO BEGIN AT 9:30:00 A.M.ON THURSDAYS. IN TERMS OF COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP,
I'M PLEASED TO SUBMIT MY PROPOSALS THEOLLOWING COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD LEAD THESE. PALMISANO WILL BE THE CHAIR AND WILL B ASSISTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WHITING AS VICE CHAIR. FOR THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE OUR VICE PRESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN WILL RESUME HIS LEADERSHIP AS
CHAIR AND ASSISTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY AS VICE CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ WILL CONTINUE LEADING THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND EQUITY COMMITTEE ASSISTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AS THE VICE CHAIR. OUR MINORITY LEADER COUNCIL MEMBERONSLEY WILL TAKE ON LEADERSHIP OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE WITH
THE ASSISTANCEF COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AS VICE CHAIR. OUR MAJORITY LEADER, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI, WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP OF OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH THE ABLE SISTANCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN AS HER VICE CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY WILL LEAD OUR COMMITTEE OF THEHOLE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AS VICE CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER
WHITING WILL TAKE LEADERSHIP OF OUR STANDING SET E SETTLEMENT UNDER THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND I'LL BE ASSISTING AS VICE CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDLY CHOWDHURY WILL CONTINUE WITH THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
COUNCIL MEMBER RAINVILLES VICE CHAIR. I WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO ALL COULD CO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO STEPPED UP TO LEAD THE COMMITTEES. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE PROPOSED COMMITTEE STRUCTURE? COUNCIL MEMBER
WARREN. >> I NEVER ASKED TO BE THE VICE CHAIR OF BUDGET.. >> OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
SEEING NONE. I MOVE THE RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN? >> I THINK THAT IT IS REAY UNFAIR THAT THE SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WE HAVE FOUR NEW
MEMBERS WHO HAVE TAKEN A ROLE AND HAVE BEEN SEATED AND HAVE STOOD UP IN REPRESENTATION OF THEIR WARDS AND ALL OF THESE DECISIONS WERE MADE BEHIND THE BACKS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIP. YOU'RE PICKING MAJORITY, YOU'RE PICKING MINORITY. YOU'RE
PUTTING PEOPLE WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO BE WITHOUT ASKIN ANYONE ANYTHING. YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW ANYONE TO SEE WHAT THEIR STRENGTHS ARE. WHO NEEDS TO BE WHERE OR WHAT ANYONE WANTS TO DO. I THINK IT'S INCONSIDERATE AND UNFAIR TO THE CONSTITUENTS
OF OUR WARDS AND TO INDIVIDUALS IN THE CITY THAT WE REPRESENT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR. I JUST DON'T >> ANYONE ELSE IN QUEUE? SEEING
NONE I HAVE MOVED THE RESOLUTION. COUNCIL MEMBER PALMISANO. >> MR. PRESIDENT, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IS NOW THE APPROPRIATE TIME FOR COMMENTS? >> GO AHEAD. >> I'D LIKE TO GROUND MY COMMENTS IN THINGS WE HEARD
TODAY AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY. BISHOP HOWELL CALLED US TO VALUE UNITY OVER DIVISION. THEY IMPLORED US IN THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADING WITH ENGAGEMENT OVE DISTANCE,
INCLUSION OVER EXCLUSION, AND PARTNERSHIP OVER SILENCE. RABBI ZIMMERMAN ENCOURAGED US TO BUILD BRIDGES OVER DIFFERENCES AND WORK TOWARD A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GREATER GOOD OF EVERYBODY IN MINNEAPOLIS. UNFORTUNATELY, I
DO NOT SEE THE PROPOSAL FRONT OF US HONORING THE CHARGE WE WERE GIVEN THIS MORNING. COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, IN YOUR E-MAIL LAST EVENING, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME SEVERALF US SAW THE STRUCTURE YOU STATED WE SPENT THE LASTEW DAYS AND WEEKS
ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE NEXT TERM. AND YOU SAID I HAVE TRIED TO INCORPORATE ALL MEMBER FEEDBACK TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND THIS IS A REFLECTION OF THIS EFFORT. WHO IS "WE?" I CERTAINLY WASN'T INVITED TO
PARTICIPATE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE OF THEOUNCIL THIS TERM. IS THIS REALLY HOW YOU WANT TO LD AGAIN? COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE, YOU PUT THE FOUR DSL ASCRIBED MEMBERS ON EVERYTHING.
THIS IS OVER REPRESENTATION. THE BRAND NEW MEMBERS OF THIS BODY PUTUT A JOINT STATEMENT. THEY CHALLENGED US TO BE FAIR, BALANCED, AND COLLABORATIVE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CHALLENGE! LET'S DO JOIN THEM. LET'S TRY
TO BE BALANCED AND FAIR AND COLLABORATIVE. THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT KIND OF STRUCTURE, TO ME. THIS JUST FEELS LIKE A CONTINUATION OF ST TERM. SO TO MY NEW COLLEAGUES, DO YOU FEEL VALUED AND HEARD? THAT YOUR CHALLENGE FOR US TO COLLABORATE WAS TAKEN
SERIOUSLY? DO YOU FEEL TREATED FAIRLY? I THINK THIS IS A REALLY POOR START AND IT SHOWS A LACK OF LEADERSHIP. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS. AND WE MUST DO BETTER THAN THIS. PRESIDENT PAYNE DOESN'T GET TO MAKE THESE APPOINTMENTS HE PROPOSES THEM.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THIS STRUCTURE AND SUGGEST SOME AMENDMENTS. AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERIN THEM. >> SEEING NO ONE ELSE LEFT IN
QUEUE. OH, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE FOUR NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE DID NOT SPECIFY BALANCED AS SOMETHING IN OUR STATEMENT. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER. IN TREATING EACH OTHER AS FULLY HUMAN. I THINK
THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET AT WITH THE STATEMENT. >> THE QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE STANDING COMMITTEES, THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW.
>> YES. I'M JUST WONDERING NEED TO BE AMENDED BEFORE OR AFTER WE -- OR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT -- SO, LIKE, COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN HAS CLEAR CLEAR I WILLED BUDGET WASN'T HER INTEREST. I KNOCOUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER WAS INTERESTED IN
BUDGET. AND, LIKE, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS. WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI ABOUT IT. MAJORITY LEADER CHUGHTAI ABOUT THIS. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, AT WHAT PART OF THIS PROCESS DO WE GET TO MAYBE AMEND OR SUGGEST
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN -- THAT EXCHANGE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER INSTEAD, MAYBE. >> ARE YOU MAKIN A MOTION? >> YES. >> I'D SECOND THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER. >> MY SPIRIT IN JOINING THIS BOARD WASES TO SERVE. PUBLIC SERVICE. AND SO I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE MY FRESHMAN COLLEAGUES HAVE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, EXCEPT FOR MYSELF. THAT'S FINE.
I CAME TO SERVE. BUT I WOULD LOVE TO BE VICE CHAIR OF BUDGET, IF THIS BODY SO CHOSE. I WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH MY UPTOWN COLLEAGUE, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, IF THIS BODY SO CHOSE. I HAVE BEEN
CHAIR OF THE ADMIN FINANCE, OF THE FAPARK BOARD AT VARIOUS TIMES, HAVE ALWAYS PARTICIPATED IN GREAT DETAIL IN THE PARK BOARD BUDGET. BRINGING FORWARD AMENDMENTS, ALMOST EVERY YEAR. SOME SUCCESSFUL. SOME
NOT SUCCESSFUL. SO, YES. IF THIS BODY SO CHOSED, WOULD BE A PRIVILEGE TO TAKE THIS ROLE. AS A PUBLIC SERVANT TO THE GREATER GROUP. AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE. I KNOW WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A ROCKY START HERE TODAY. BUT
WE'RE BIGGER, WE'RE BETTER, AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS NARRATIVE SHIFT ON ONE MEETING. SO, YES, I WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS VICE CHAIR OF BUDGET. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU. IF THERE'S AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION, I
WILL STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO REJECT IT. I THINK THAT THE RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE PRESIDENT IS PERFECTLY FINE. AND SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING MOTION. I WON'T BE SUPPORTING AN AMENDMENTO CHANGE THE LEADERSHIP OF BUDGET. SO THAT IS MY POSITION.
>> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LEFT IN QUEUE? ON THE AMENDMENT TO ADD -- REMOVE COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN AS VICE CHAIR OF BUDGET, AND REPLACE THAT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER, I WILL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> NO. >> RAINVILLE. >> YES. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CAN CHOW
CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 11 AYES AND TWO N AYS. >> THAT CARRIES. AND THE UNDERLYING MOTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED IS BEFORE US. I THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> I HAV ANOTHER ONE. IT MIGHT BE A LONG SHOT. BUT COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN DID SHOW GREAT INTEREST IN C & I. SHE GAVE US A COMPELLING ARGUMENT THAT CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE WAS A BIG DEAL TO NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPERATIVE SHE LEARN THAT DEPARTMENT. THAT SHE LEARNED THOSE DEPARTMTS AND THAT SHE LEARNED HOW THINGS WERE OPERATED. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SHE HEARD FROM HER CONSTITUENTS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WAS THE SERVICES OUT OF THAT COMMITTEE IS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THE CITY DO BETTER
FOR THEM. THEY WANTED HER TO COME DOWN HERE AND BE A MASTER AT IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO AMEND THIS TO REMOVE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON FROM VICE CHAIR -- WHICH WOULD BE SECOND CHAIR. HE'S LISTED AS CHAIR OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND, ALSO, OF C & I AND ADD COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN TO C & I AS THE VICE CHAIR, PLEASE. >> I WOULD SECOND THAT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW HAS
MOVED TO REMOVE COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON AS VICE CHAIR OF CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S BEEN SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. >> I WANTED TO BRING UP -- ELSE ALSO ELECTED ON A MANDATE FOR THE WORK THAT GOES THROUGH THAT COMMITTEE. GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE,
3/4 OF IT, IS IN WARD 8. THAT IS A VITAL IMPORTANCE TO ME. IT'S A VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THIS CITY. I THINK THAT I SHOULD BE THE VICE CHAIR OF CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR MANY REASONS THAT BEING ONE OF THEM. MANY MORE BEING WARD 8 IS FULL OF
CLIMATE LEADERS. WHETHER IT'S 100% CAMPAIGN, FAITH IN MINNESOTA, TRANSPORTATIONED A ADVOCACY, MANY MORE. IT'S VITAL IMPORTANCE TO WARD 8. MANY OF THE LEADERS ON CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES LIVE IN WARD 8. AND HAVE ELECTED ME WITH MANDATE ON THESE
PARTICULAR ISSUES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT VICE CHAIRSHIP. >> COUNCIL MEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A NOTE THAT WHEN WE SPEAK OF DISPARITIES, WHEN WE SPEAK OF ALL THE THINGS,
THE RESOURCES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES DON'T RECEIVE, THAT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT COUNCI MEMBER WARREN REPRESENTS. AND SO WHEN WE THINK OF CLIMATE AND INEQUITIES. ALL THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE ON THIS CITY COUNCIL. THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AROUND CLIMATE INEQUITIES IN THE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO DO
BETTER AT, THEY ARE ALL MOST ALWAYS IN COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN'S AREA. WHERE SHE REPRESENTS. AND IF HER CONSTITUENTS ARE CALLING FOR HER TO COME HERE AND FIGURE THINGS OUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN THEY'VE EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, I THINK WE SHOULD SET HER UP TO
REALLY JUST DO A GREAT JOB FOR THE NORTH SIDE! I MEAN, THIS MEANS A LOT TO THE THIS COMMUNITY. THE NORTH SIDE WANTS TO SEE IT HAPPEN. I'M NOT SAYING THE SOUTH SIDE DOESN'T HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, THAT -- THEY DON'T HAVE E CHOPS TO GET IT DONE. WHAT I KNOW IS WHEN I SEE ADVATES
SHOWING UP ON BEHALF OF CLIMATE ISSUES AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THROUGH PUBLIING WORKS, WHERE I SEE LITTLE PARTICIPATION IS FROM THE NORTH SIDE. AND I WHOLE HEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN, IN THIS POSITION, COULD CHANGE THAT. NOT ONLY WHO WE SEE SHOW UP AS
CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, ADVOCATING FOR THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO BRING A LEVEL OF EDUCATION TO THESE COMMUNITIES THAT THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN UNDERSERVED ALWAYS. I CAN'T EVEN SAY DECADES. ALWAYS UNDERSVED WITH CLIMATE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES AND SO I
REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US SET HER UP TO SUCCEED. AND TAKE THIS BACK TO HER COMMUNITY AS A BIG WIN. AND TO SOME BIG THINGS WITH THIS FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. AND ALL UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN THIS CITY. >> ANYONE LT IN QUEUE? I'LL
JUST MAKE A POINT HERE THAT I MEANT WHAT SAID. I DID MY BEST EFFORT TO BALANCE A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS. ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS MAKING SURE THAT THE NORTH SIDE WAS REPRESENTED IN SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL DECISIONS MADE. THAT'S
WHY I WANTED COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN TO TAKE ON THAT LEADERSHIP ROLE OF BUDGET. I ALSO KNEW HOW IMPORTANT THE FUTURE OF GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE WAS TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. AND HIS PERSONAL STORY CONNECTED TO THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND HOW HE WANTED
TO SHOW UP INUR COMMUNITY. AND WHY HE WANTED TO BE THE VICE CHAIR OF PHS. AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THERE'S A FUTURE FOR GEORGE FLOYD SQUARE THAT REFLECTED THE VALUES OF WHAT HPENED IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND SO MY ATTEMPT AT BALANCING THOSE TWO COMPETING
PRIORITIES, BECAUSE I HAD HEARD AN INTEREST FROM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN WANTED TO HAVE THAT ROLE OF THE VICE CHAIR OF CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE AS I FELT THAT HAVING OUR LEADERSHIP RO ON BUDGET WOULD GIVE HER AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY MOVE THE RESOURCES OF THIS INSTITUTION
AND REALLY MOVE THOSE RESOURCES IN A WAY TO SERVE THE NORTH SIDE. BUT THE -- IT'S ABOUT THE WILL OF THE BODY. I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO COUNCIL MEMBER STEVENSON. COUNCIL MEMBER
WARREN. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. IN YOUR STATEMENT, YOU ARE FREQUENTLY REFERENCING WHAT IT I THAT YOU HAVE HEARD. BECAUSE YOU NEGLECTED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ME. AS I STATED TO YOU ON YESTERDAY WHEN
YOU REACHED OUT TO ME AND TOLD ME WHAT OTHERS HAD DECIDED ON MY BEHALF, YOU HAD NOT A CONVERSATION WITH ME ABOUT MY DESIRES WERE. WHAT WERE THINGS THAT WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME WITHIN MY COMMUNITY AND WITHIN MY WARD THAT ELECTED ME INTO
THIS POSITION TO SIT AMONGST THIS BODY AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE FAIR AND JUST THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING FOR NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. MY COMMUNITY IS JUST AS MARGINALIZED AND DISENFRANCHISED, IF NOT MORE THAN WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN WARD 8. AND THESE THINGS ARE
IMRTANT TO MY WARD. THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTIC FELLOW WITH THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, EJCC FOR OVER -- FOR TWO TERMS. AND STILL DO OTHER WORK WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE SERVICE
THAT IS HAPPENED IN MY WARD NEEDS SOME CHANGE. IT NEEDSO BE EFFECTIVE. WE NEED SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT DEFINITELY IN THE FIFTH WARD. SO I ARECIATE YOU, YOU KNOW,
PREEMPTIVELY THINKING OR HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU DREW YOUR CONCLUSION. BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS FAIR YOU DID NOT COME AND HAVE A SIT-DOWN CONVERSATION WITH ME AFTER YOU STATED YOU WOULD. BUT ME DECISIONS ON
BEHALF OF ME WITHOUT MY CONSENT. AND I EXPRESSED INTEREST IN CLIMATE ANDNFRASTRUCTURE AND BIZ. NOT IN BUDGET. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ. >> I'M JUST READY TO VOTE.
>> SEEING NO ONE LEFT IN QUEUE, OH, OH. COUNCIL MEMBER CHOWDHURY. >> IT'S OKAY. WE'RE GETTING USED TO THE DAIS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. THANK YOU. SO I THINK I WANT TO ST,
LIKE, GROUND US IN THE FACT AT -- OH. BEING A MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE MEANS TAKING A VOTE OF A LOT OF WORK. BEING A MEMBER OF A COMMITTEE MEANS YOU WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN SHAPING THE
AGENDA. AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS ON THE BODY THAT ARE CHAIRS AND VICE CHAIRS SHOULD LISTEN TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND GET THEIR ITEMS AND WORK ON THE AGENDA. AND SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE. BECAUSE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR
EVERYONE TO DO THE WORK OF REPRESENTING THEIR COMMUNITY. WHETHER THEY HAVE A GAVEL OR NOT. THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT THE PLACE WHERE STARTED. GOT INTERG INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATION COMMITTEES. WHICH WASN'T A COMMITTEE DOING A LOT.
I TRIED TO WORK ON MAKING IT INTO SOMETHING. THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS IN MY FIRST TERM. I SERVED AS VICE CHAIR OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH THE CHAIR THAT WAS VERY HANDS ON. AND, HONESTLY, IT WAS KIND OF NICE TO BE ABLE TO BE A MEMBER THAT KIND OF GOT TO JUST FOCUS
IN ON UNDERSTANDING WHAT EACH -- WHAT EACH CITY COUNCIL DOES. WHAT EACH CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE DOES. AND SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO NOTE TO EVERYONE. IS, LIKE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO COLLECTIVELY DO THE WORK ON THE COMMITTEES. I THINK EXPANDING TO A
SEVEN-PERSON BO . BODY ENSURES GET TO HELP SHAPE THE WORK WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP. >> SEEING NO ONE LEFT IN QUEUE. I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT TO ADD
COUNCIL MEMBER WARREN AS VICE CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> NO. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> NEE NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> NO. >> CHUGHTAI. >> NO. >> WHITING. >> ABSTAIN. >> CHOWDHURY.
>> NO. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >>ICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> NO. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> NO. >> THERE ARE FIVE AYES, SEVEN NAYS, AND ONE ABSTENTION. >> THAT FAILS. WE'LL TAKE UP E UNDERLYING RESOLUTION AS
AMENDED. WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SHAFFER AS VICE CHAIR OF BUDGET. AND THE CLERK WILL CALL THE RO ROLL. >> COUNCIL MEMBER WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE.
>> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE.>> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 12 AYES AND ONE NAY. >> THAT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. AND OUR NEW COMMITTEE STRUCTURE
IS HERE BY APPROVED. THE NEXT ITEM IS ADOPTION OF THE 2026 CALENDAR OF REGAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES. WHICH SATISFIES THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT FOR NOTICE OF SUCH MEETINGS. THIS ACTION ALSO INCLUDES A DIRECTION TO THE CLERK TO PUBLISH AND POST THE
CALENDAR AND UPDATE, AS NECESSARY, TO REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE COUNCIL. A COPY OF THE DRAFT CALENDAR IS INCLUDEDN YOUR PACKETS. FOR MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE FIRST EI CYCLE COMMENCES THE WEEK OF JANUARY 26th. ALSO, I'LL POINT OUT THAT AS ADOPTED BY THE
LAST COUNCIL, OUR JANUARY SCHEDULE ALREADY INCLUDES TWO TENTATIVE ONE-WEEK CYCLES TO ADDRESS ANY TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS PENDING THE START OF REGULAR MEETINGS. THOSE ONE-WEEK CYCLINGS FOR THE JANUARY OF 12 ANDANUARY 19. BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CLERK, IT SEEMS IT'S LIKELY WE
MAY NEED TO USE AT LEAST ONEF THESE INTERIM CYCLES TO DEPENDENCE TIME SENSITIVE BUSISS. THE NEED FOR THE MEETINGS OR THE DECISION TO CANCEL THEM WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS VIA E-MAIL AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH
THE LIMS. I'LL NOTE IT IS CUSTOMER MARE FOR COUNCIL TO ADOPT A CALENDAR FOR THE ENTIRE TERM AT THIS TIME THE CLERK'S OFCE IS CONFIRMING LEGAL HOLIDAYS, DATES OF SIGNIFICANCE, AND OTHER MATTERS IN YEARS 2027, 2028, AND 2029. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WILL BRING FWARD A DRAFT CALENDAR FOR THOSE
OUTYEARS AT A FUTURE MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE 2026 CALENDAR? SEEING NONE. I MOVE TO THE ADOPTION OF THE 2026 CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK -- THERE'S NO
PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THESE MEETINGS. THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THESE MEETINGS. I'M SORRY. THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL ON THE QUESTION OF THE ADOPTION OF THE 2026 CALENDAR. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE.
>> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEPHENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> THE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAT MOTION IS ADOPTED AND OUR CALENDAR IS APPROVED. THE
CITY CLERK IS DIRECTED TO POST AND PUBLISH THAT CALENDAR AS REQUIRED BY LAWND TO MAINTAIN THE CALENDAR AS NEEDED. NEXT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THECE CURRENT VERSION OF THE RULES WAS ADOPTED IN 2024URSUANT TO CITY CHARTER 4.481. AND THOSE RULES
REMAIN IN EFFECT. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE COPY IN YOUR PACKET IS MARKED AS THE 2026 VERSION. AND ALREADY INCORPORATES BOTH THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADER POSITIONS IN THE COMMITTEE STRUCTURE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I'LL MOVE THE
RESOLUTI TO ADOPT THE 2 2026. >> WONEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >>HAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> NO. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE.
>> PALMISANO CXSGCAPTIONPERIOD >> >>: . >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE. >> 12 AYES AND ONE NAY. THAT RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED AND THE 2026 RULES HAVE BEEN FORMAL MY ADOPTED. THE NEXT ITEM IS DESIGNATING COUNCIL MEMBERS
SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. AN INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING BODY ESTABLISHED BY CITY CHARTER THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY'S AUDIT FUNCTION. INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT AND SUPERVISION OF THE CITY AUDITOR. IT'S PROVIDED IN SECTION 8.140 BHVMENT AND C1 THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
APPOINTING TWO COUNCIL MEMBER US TO SERVE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. ONE OF WHOM DESIGNATED AS THE CHAIR. PURSUANT TO THE VERSION OF THE CITY CODE. I NAME MYSELF AS CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI AS THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER TO
CONTINUE SERVING ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR THE NEXT TERMS. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL. >> MR. PRESIDENT, THERE IS NO VOTE ON THE ITEM. IT'S A DECISION BY OUT COUNCIL PRESIDENT. IT'S NOTED IN FILE WITH THE CLERK. >> NOTED. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A RESOLUTION
THAT APPOINTS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, AGENCIES, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND GROUPS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. COLLEAGUES, WITHOUT OBJECTION, I'M GOING TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CLERK, WE NEED ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW, FINALIZE, AND UPDATE THE LIST OF
THE EXTERNAL APPOINTMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE A COMEHENSIVE LIST. WE'LL BE REACH OUT TO ALL MEMBERS TO VERIFY THE APPOINTMENTS AND ANTICIPATE BRINGING IT BACK AT THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE WHOLE. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
FINALLY, TWO ORDINANCE INTRODUCTIONS TO REFER TO PROPER COMMITTEES. THESE AREOUTINE ACTIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE EVERY ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TO EXPEDITE THE NOTICE AND REFERRAL OF THESE MATTERS DURING THE COMING TERM. THE INTRODUCTION ESSENTIALLY OPENS THESE CHAPTERS FOR ROUTINE REOCCURRING ACTIONS. IN YOUR PACKET ARE TWO MOTIONS
THAT ACCOMPLISH THESE REFERRALS INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION AND REFEAL OF AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II, CHAPTER 120 RELATED TO WAGES AND SALARIES. WHICH WE'LL REFER TO THE ENTERPRISE AND LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE. THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL OF AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 20 CHAPTER
530 RELATED TO REZONING REFERRING TO THE BUSINESS, HOUSING, AND ZONING COMMITTEE. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REFERRALS? SEEG NONE. I'LL MOVE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL OF THESE MATTERS. MAY I HAVE A SECOND. >> SECOND. >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE
ROLL. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> AYE. >> VETAW. >> AYE. >> WARREN. >> AYE. >> SHAFFER. >> AYE. >> STEVENSON. >> AYE. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHUGHTAI. >> AYE. >> WHITING. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY. >> AYE. >> PALMISANO. >> AYE. >> VICE PRESIDENT OSMAN. >> AYE. >> PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE 13 AYES. >> THAMOTION CARRIES. AND THOSE SUBJECT MATTER INTRODUCTIONS HAVE MADE AND RERRED TO THE COMMITTEES A AS INDICATED. COLLEAGUES, THAT COMPLETES ALL ITEMS ON T AGENDA TODAY. WITH THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS COMPLETED ITS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR THE
2026-2029 TERM. I WANT TO, AGAIN, REPEAT MY THANKS AND REITERATE I'M EXCITED TO GET STARTED ON THE WORK WE'LL ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER. WITH THAT, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL BUSINESS AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, I WILL
DECLARE THIS MEETING ADJOURNED