>>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AISHA CHUGHTAI. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER OUR REGULAR BUDGETOMMITTEE MEETING FOR MONDAY, FEBARY 10th, 2025. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC
THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE BROADCASTS INCLUDE REAL TIME CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, ALL SPEAKERS NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF THE RATE OF THEIR SPEECHO THAT
OUR CAPTIONERS CAN FULLY CAPTURE AND TRANSCRIBE ALL COMMENTS FOR THE BROADCAST. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SO WE CAN VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> PSENT. >> WONSLEY.
>> PRESENT. >> RAINVILLE. >> PSENT. >> VETAW. >> PRESENT. >> ELLISON. IS AENT. OSMAN. >> PRESENT. >> CASHMAN. >> PRESENT. >> JENKINS. >> PRESENT. >> CHAVEZ. >> PRESENT. >> CHOWDHURY. >> PRESENT. >> PALMISANO. >> PRESENT. >> VICE CHAIR KOSKI.
>> PRESENT. >> AND CHAIR CHUTAI. >> PRESENT. >> THERE ARE 12 COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT. >>ET THE RECORD REFLECT WE HAVE A QUORUM. I'LL ALSO REMIND MY COLLEAGUES THAT WE WILL BE USING SPEAKER MANAGEMENT TODAY, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN. COLLEAGUES, WE'LL BEGIN WITH
THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH HAS THREE ITEMS, WHICH I WILL NOW NOTE FOR THE RECORD. OUR FIRST ITEM IS AN APPOINTMENTO THE CAP TAIL LONG-RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE NOMINATING WILL LYBERG TO SEAT 5 AS ONE OF THE TWO WARD APPOINTMENTS.LY . I
WILL NOTE, STAFF HAS REACHED OUT WITH A CORRECTION. THERE'S AN APPOINTMENT FOR SEAT 5. I'LL NOMINATE TO MOVE WILL TO SEAT SIX INSTEAD OF SEAT FIVE. ITEM TWO IS THE AUDIO-VISUAL
BROADCAST AND CAPTIONING SYSTEM FOR COUNCIL CHAMBER AND CITY HALL THIRD FLOOR SPACES. AND THIS IS MOVING THE ALLOCATION FOR THAT FUNDING TO FINANCE AND PROPERTY SERVICES TO CONTINUE THAT WORK. AND THEN ITEM NUMBE
THREE IS MOVING FUNDS TO THE MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER 9-1-1 TO SUPPORT THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER. THIS ITEM H COMPANION ITEM IN THE ADMINISTRATION ENTERPRISE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. IN THIS CYCLE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE. >> THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. I'M EXCITED TO SEE ITEM NUMBER THREE. THIS IS WORK THATTARTED BACK IN, I WANT TO
SAY, 2019 WHEN I WAS STILL IN THE OFFICE OF PERFORMANCE AND INNOVATION. WE WERE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPAND OUR ALTERNATIVES TO POLICE RESPONSE. AND EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE. IT'S ONE OF THE OUTCOMES O THAT BODY OF WORK. BUT ONE OF THE
RECOMMENDATIONS WAS AROUND EMBEDDING A SOCIALORKER IN 9-1-1 AND EXCITED TO SEE IT COME TOTAL APPLICANTS FRUITION TODAY. TO FRUITION TODAY. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. >> THANK YOU. I'M LOOKING A THE RCA REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
ON NUMBER THREE. THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL WORKER FUNDING TRANSFER. AND LOOKING AT THE FISCAL NOTE, I ONLY SEE IT'S, LIKE, $135,000 FROM THE COUNTY TO THE CITY FOR 2025. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEARS IS THAT ZERO? I'MWONDERIY
WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE A PILOT FOR THE YEAR 2025 OR WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS ABOUT THIS SERVICE CONTINUING AFTER 2025. OR WHY IS IT JUST A ONE-TIME FUNDING TRANSFER? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER. I WILL LOOK
AT -- I KNOW WE ARE JOINED BY BUDGET DIRECR JANE DI CENZA. I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN OFFER CLARITY ON THE ITEM. OR
COMMISSIONER BARNETTE. >> I'M SORRY. I WAS READING. I DIDN'T CATCH IT. >> NO WORRIES. COUNCILMEMBER, REPEAT THE QUESTION, PLEASE. >> TNK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THE ASK IS ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF FUNDING FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY TO US FOR THE EMBEDDED SOCIAL
WORKER IN 9-1-1. AND I SEE THE FISCAL NOTE ONLINE IT JUST SAYS IT'S $135,000 FOR 2025. BUT ZERO IN THE YEARS SUBSEQUENT. IS THAT BECAUSE IT'S A ONE-YEAR PIT, OR HOW IS THE AGREEMENT
LOOKING FOR WHETHER THIS SERVICE WOULD CONTINUE IN 2026? >> CHAIR -- >> COMMISONER, IF YOU'LL INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. TODD BARNETTE COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN, WHEN I RESPOND, I'M
ONLY GUESSING. BECAUSE I'LL HAVE TO GET THE DETAILS FROM DIRECTOR HODNEY, OUR WHO IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR 9-1-1. IT PROBABLY HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT THE
PILOT IS SET UP. OUR BUDGETS ARE USUALLY ONE-YEAR BUDGETS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS. BUT I CAN TRY TO CHECK WITH MY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISATION AND TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER BEFORE THIS MEETING ENDS. >> THANK YOU. >> I'M SRY, WE MIGHT HAVE AN ANSWER RIGHT HERE.
>> WELCOME, DIRECTOR, IF YOU'LL BEGIN BY INTRODUCING YOURSELF. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. LOOKING AT THE RCA, IT INDICATES IT'S A PILOT FOR UP TO TWO YEARS, AND SO THAT LOOKS TO BE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF THE SALARY FOR A ONE-YEAR. I IMAGINE 'LL BE UP FOR RENEWAL,
DEPENDING ON SATISFACTION WITH THE PILOT ITSELF. >> OKAY. GOOD TO BE AWARE OF THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR, AS WELL. AS WE LOOK AT HOW PILOTS GO. SO THANK YOU. >> WONDERFUL. AND, COUNCILMEMBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT QUESTION NOTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FOLLOW UP FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS CENTER? >> I THINK THAT IS SUFFICIENT, AS FAR AS AN ANSWER FROM THE BUDGET DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU. >> EXCELNT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I'M NOT SEEING ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS, SO I WILL MOVE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA,
INCLUDING THE CORRECTION TO NOMINATE WILL LYBERG TO SEAT 6 ON THE CAPITALONG RANGE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR C SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. ANY AB TENSIONS? THE AYES HAVE I AND THE MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT UP OUR DISCUSSION ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUNDING FOR HENNEPIN COUY. THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TO US BY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, WHOLY FIRST RECOGNIZE TO INTRODU THE
ITEM. >> THANKOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. I AM WAITING [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] DECORUM, PLEASE. >> SIR. SIR. >> OKAY, THIS IS --
[ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] CAN WE DO A RESTART. C WE DO A RECESS. [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> WE CAN'T DEAL WITH THE DISRUPTION. IF WE CAN'T -- WE'LL NEED TO RECESS THIS MEETING. COLLEAGUES, WE'RE RECESSING THIS MEETING FOR THE
NEXT FIVE MINUTES. WE'LL COME BACK AFTER FIVE MINUTES. THANK YOU.
[ YELLING IN THE CHAMBER ]
>> COMMUNICATIONS WE'REON GOING TO RECONVENE THIS
MEETING. COMMUNE INDICATIONS,
COMMUNICATIONS, WE'RE READY TO RECONVENE FROM RECESS. UMM, COLLEAGS, WELCOME BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING. AS A GENERAL ADVISORY, I WILL ANNOUNCE THAT THE COUNCIL'S RULES DO NOT PERMIT COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, EXCEPT DURING A PROPERLY-NOTICED
ARING OR COMMENT PERIOD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS OF THE CITY. IT NOT A FORUM FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR COMMENTS. UNDER THMINNESOTA OPEN MEETING LAW, MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND ITS COMMITTEES ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF
OBSERVATION ONLY. CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL RULES, INDIVIDUALS WHO PURPOSEFULLY DISRUPT OR DISTURB THESE MEETINGS AND INTERFERE WITH THE BODIES' ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS OF THE CITY WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. TSE WHO REFUSE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS MAY BE REMOVED FROM
THE CHAMBERS. WE ARE NOW READY TO PROCEED WITH OUR BUSINESS, AND SO, AS A REMINDER, WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS VIOLENCE PR PREVENTION FUNDING FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY COTY. THIS IS BEING BROUGHT
FORWARD BY THE BODYBY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. I APOLOGIZE. I RECOGNIZE YOU TO INTRODUCE YOUR ITEM. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO PROBLEM. I WILL ASK IF MY STAFF CAN PULL UP A POWERPOINT TO
GUIDE OUR CONVERSATION FOR TODAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT THERE'S A MOTION BEFO US TODAY TO CONSIDER
APPROPRIATING $1.1 MILLION TO ESSENTIALLY MOVE BOTH YGVI AND GVI PROGRAMS TEMPORARILY TO HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2025. THAT SAID, FOOTBALL WE CAN MOVE TO SLIDE
ONE. THAT SAID, THOUGH. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME LEVEL SET ON THIS CONVERSATION, AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME CONTEXT AROUND,
FIRST, THE BACKGROUND OF NSD PROGRAMS. I KNOW THAT SOME OF US ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FAMILIAR THAN OTHERS ABOUT THEM. AND, ALSO, FOR THE PUBLIC. SO, FIRST, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT DO EXIST WITHIN NSD. THOSE ARE LISTED HERE, BUT, OF COURSE, AS
I MENTIONED, THEY INCLUDE BOTH GROUP AND YOUTH INTERVENTION VIOLENCE PROGRAMS. WHICH WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY. AS WELL AS MINNEAPOLISUS, WHICH IS OUR STREET OUTREACH OR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER PROGRAM. ALSO, OUR
COMMUNITY TRAUMA RESPONSE FUNDING INITIATIVE. ALSO VIOLENCE PRENTION SERVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS OR WAS KNOWN AS THE VIOLENCE PREVENTION FUND. WE ALSO HAVE A HOSPITAL-BASED INTERVENTION PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS NEXT STEP. SAFETY
AMBASSADORS AND THAT HAS A AN STAR, BECAUSE THAT'S A PILOT CURRENTLY BEING IMPLEMENTED OR IMPLEMENTED IN THE COMING MONTHS. AND THEN BEHAVIORAL CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. THAT HAS A STAR BECAUSE SOME COLLEAGUES ARE AWARE WE VOTED TO MOVE THIS
PROGRAM OUT OF NSD INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS PAST DECEMBER. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TOP NOTE THAT IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST SUMMER, WE RECEIV RECEIVED A PRESENTATION UPDATE THAT CARRIES OUT BCR. THEY
FLAGGED A NUMBER OF CONCERNS ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND ITS INTERNAL PROCESSES, TOO. BUT, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST FOR OUR CONVERSATION, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO JUST FOCUS ON THE CURRENT PROPOSAL, WHICH IS TO MOVE GVI
AND YGVI OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT TEMPORARILY TO BE IN PARTNERSHIP OR T BE HOUSED IN HENNEPIN COUNTY SPECIFICALLY. FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2025. I BELIEVE THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF NSD IS NOT SUITED TO SUPPORT THIS
CRITICAL PGRAM. AND ESSENTIALLY THE PARTNERSHIP WILL ALLOW USES TO HAVE THE CAPACITY HERE AT THE CITY, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR NSD TO EFFECTIVELY FOCUS ON THETHER PROGRAMS THAT I JUST OVERVIEWED. THAT'S GOING REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION TO
ESSENTIALLY RESTRUCTURE AND STABILIZE IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS, AS WELL. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ON GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTI. YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION. I HEAR A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE PUBLIC
AND AMONGST OUR COLLEAGUES ABOUT WHAT THE PROGRAMS IS. AND HAVE HEARD THEM BE INTERANGEABLY USED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT. S GVI OR YGVI A IS A INITIATIVE FOCUSED ON HOMICIDES,
SPECIFICALLY GUN VIOLENCES, AND OTHER SER SERIES CRIMES. RESEARCHAS SHOWN IN MOST CITIES, LESS THAN .5% OF A CITY'S POPULATION IS INVOLVED WITH UP TO 70% OF THE HOMICIDES AND VIOLENCE. AND SUCCESSFUL
YGVI AND GVI PROGRAMS HAVE SHOWT THE COUNTRY. IN FACT, IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE LAST AUGUST, WE HEARD FROM NATIONAL EXPERTS WHO HAS SHARED THOSE SUCCESS STORIES. SPECIFICALLY THEY OUTLINE THERE WAS A 34% REDUCTION IN HOMICIDE
RATES IN INDIANAPOS. A 63% REDUCTION IN YOUTH HOMICIDE RATES IN BOSTON, AND A 41% REDUCTION IN VIOLENCE FOR PARTIPANTS IN CINCINNATI. ALSO, PRE2020, GVI DATA SHOWED THAT HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS, WHEN
THE MODEL WAS IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY, WE ALSO SAW POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN TRANSHERING THOSE NUMBERS ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE SLIDE. SO MOVING TO SLIDE NUMBER 4. SO CONCERNING PATTERNS AND PRACTICES. AGAIN,
DESPITE ITS SUCCESS AS, YOU KNOW, I PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, GVI AND YGVI HAS STRUGGLED UNDER OUR CITY LEADERSHIP, QUITE FRANKLY. AND THESE PROBLEMS HAVE INCLUDED A LACK OF DATA COLLECTION, LACK OF CAPACITY IN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AND WITHIN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, ISSUES HAVE ALSO INVOLVED COMPONENTS OF CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION AND, ALSO, ITS INVOLVED IN INTEL INCONSISTENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL PARTNERSND
STAKEHOLDERS. EXAMPLES OF THE SYSTEMIC DEFLECTION AND INACTION WITHIN NSD HAVE INCLUDED, ALSO, THIS REJECTION OF RESOURCES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICACY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR
PACKET, SPECIFICALLY ONE EXAMPLE ON WHICH COUNCIL ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENT IN 2023, DURING OUR BUDGET CYCLE. ADDITIONAL STAFF TO SUPPORT CRITICAL AREAS OF NEED. AND WE WERE TOLD BY BOTH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY, SPECIFICALLY
COMMISSIONER BARNETTE AND THE FORMER DIRECTOR THAT THOSE RESOURCES WERE NOT NDED. AND ONLY TO BE FOUND THAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE AND ESSENTIALLY THE WERE FALSE STATEMENTS THAT WERE TOLD TO COUNCIL. THE LACK OF UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES THAT COUNCIL HAVE PROVIDED INCLUDED
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. HAVE ALSO HURT THE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFALLY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM JOHN JAY'S NETWORK OF SAFER COMMUNITIES AND, AGAIN, THESE ISSUES HAVE PERSISTED THROUGH DIFFERENT LEADERS. DESPITE COUILMEMBERS RAISING CONCERNS AND OFFERING COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO
SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL SUCCESS. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE CKET THAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH YOU ALL INCLUDES JUST SUBSTANTIAL DETAILS RELATED TO THE ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAVE
TAKEN OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF TO REALLY ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. AND TO WORK WITH THE FRYE ADMINISTRATION TOET CORRECTIVE ACTIONS MADE. AND I WANTO JUST HIGHLIGHT, AGAIN, LIKE, US BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD NOT BE THE A SURPRISE T
ANYONE HERE. AGAIN, IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR OF A NUMBER OF COUNCILMEMBERS TRYING TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND HAVING NO TANGIBLE RESULTS BE SHOWN. SO THAT SAID, IN DECEMBER OF 2023, AND I WANT TO
OUTLINE SOME OF THOSE. THE ADMINISTRATION ASKED THE COUNCIL TO WITHDRAWAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EXPANDING CAPACITY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY FORMER OVP, OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T RECALL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IT WOULD TRANSFO INTO. STAFF MADE FORMER REQUESTS DURING COMMITTEE UPDATES ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND HIGHLIGHTED THAT CRUCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WERE NEEDED FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE EFFICACY AND EFFECTIVENESS. SO,
AGAIN, THAT IS WHY COUNCIL BROUGHT FORWARD THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. SPECIFICALLY IN THE FORM OF ADDITIONAL STAFFING CAPACITY. AGAIN, IT WAS STED BY COMMISSIONER BARNETTE AT THE TIME THOSE RESOURCES WERE NOT NEEDED GOING INTO 2024. FOLLOWING THAT, ALMOST IMMEDIATELY INTO THE NEW YEAR,
2024, COUNCILMEMBERS WERE CONTACTED REGARDING INVOICES. AND THOSE INQUIRIESMMEDIATELY UNRAVELED MUCH LARGER CONCERNS. WHERE FORMER DIRECTOR NELSON-BROWN SHARED HER DEPARTMENT HAS SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE DEFICIENCIES THAT
HINDER ITS ABILITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THOSE DOCUMENTSES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LIMS FILE. AND, ALSO, THAT PROMPTED MORE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. THAT ESSENTIALLY RESULTED IN COMMISSIONER BARNETTE EXERCISING WHAT ENDED UP BEING HIS LAL
RIGHT, HE PLEADED THE FIFTH, AND ESSENTIALLY LEAD TO KNOW BRINGING A FORMAL LEGISLATIVE DIRECTIVE THAT THIS BODY ASKED THAT ASKED FOR MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHO SAFETY DEPARTMENT. AND IN LIEU OFRESENTING TO
THE COMMITTEE, COMMISSIONER BARNETTE ATTEMPTED TO SEND A MEMO WHICH LACKED MEANINGFUL INFORMATION, AND IT LEAD TO COUNCIL LEADERSHIP FOLLOWING UP WITH THE MAYOR. THEN WE DID GET A PRESENTATION FROM COMMISSIONER BAETTE IN APRIL. THEN IN APRIL, THERE WERE STILL OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
WAS GOING ON WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AND ISSUES WITH SERVICE DELIVERIES,E WROTE -- OR I WROTE A DETAILED MEMO THAT I SENT TO MY COLLEAGUES, AS WELL, OUTLINING, STILL, SEVERAL ONGOING OUTSTANDING CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING NEWINFORME DEPARTMENT'S NON-USE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM NATIONAL PARTNERS. THAT SAID, IN MAY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT PAYNE AND COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEMET WITH THE MAYOR AND OTHER LEADERSHIP TO TRY TO TALK THUGH THOSE ISSUES. AND, AGAIN, GET CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO
MOVE FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. GOING FURTHER. SUMMER OF 2024, THE ADMINISTRATION DID NOT PROVIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS UPDATE EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT TO DO SO. THEN IN MAY OF 2024, WE RECEIVED A
SUMMER SAFETY PLAN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION THAT ESSENTIALLY WE LEARNED THAT NO DATA WAS GIVEN IN TERMS OF REGARDING STRATEGIES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS WERE GOING TO BE KEPT SAFE I 2024. IN
RESPONSE TO THAT, COUNCIL DID BRING FORWARD, ANDOU WERE HERE, YOU APPROVED OF THAT. COUNCIL BROUGHT FORWARD SUMMER SAFETYUNDING IN RESPONSE TO THAT. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE GAPS THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING ACROSS THE CITY. BECAUSE THE LACK OF SAFETY SERVICES THAT WERE BEING DEPLOYED ACROSS OUR
RESPECTIVE NEIGHBORHOODS. WHERE WE SAW UPTICKS INIOLENCES. AND THEN THAT LEAD TO, AGAIN, ONGOING ISSUES THAT BUILT UP TO THIS MOST RECENT BUDGET CYCLE, WHERE IN 2025, A LOT OF COUNCILMEMBERS BROUGHT FORWARD BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS THE GAPS THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAFETY SERVICES OF SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. SO WITH THAT SAID, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE KNOW WHEN THESE
PROGRAMS ARE ADMINISTERED CORRECTLY, THEY CAN HAVE SUCCESSFUL IMPACT. GROUP MEMBERSES WHO MAKE LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE OF OUR CITY CAN BE INVOLVED UP TOP 70 PERCENT OF THE GUN VIOLENCE IN HOMICIDES. SO ENSURING EVIDENCE-BASED
STRATEGIES ARE EMPLOYED BY PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD, IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AND THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. LAST MARCH WE
HEARD IT REITERATED FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY. SPECIFICALLY WE HEARD IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE, THAT ESSENTIALLY WE WERE STRAYING FROM THAT MOD. WE WERE STRAYING FROM THE IMEMENTATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN
AN EFFECTIVE MODEL IN REDUCING VIOLENCE. AND THIS HAS LEAD TOE OUTCOMES. AND THAT WAS REITERATED AND REAFFIRMEDN
THE NYU POLICING PROJECT WORK. OUTLINING THE SIXTY WO SIGNIFICANT WORK IS SUBSTANTIAL IN ENSURING THE LONG-TERM VITALITY OF THE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO HHLIGHT THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CONTINUED TO REMAIN UNANSWERED, AS WE'RE
MOVING INTO 2025, THOSE THINGS ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED WITHIN OCS AND NSD, AND HAVING THIS TIME WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH G AND YGVI, BECAUSE THE COUNTY WOULD BE TAKING CARE OF
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE SPACE TO TEND TO THOSE THINGS. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO LOOK AT THE LAST AO PRESENTATION. WE GOT THE LAST UPDATE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THIS DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO NOTE THAT IT WAS VERY
INTERESTING TO EVEN HEAR FROMSTY TO ARTICULATE WHAT A "UPTICK IN VIOLENCE IS." THAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR NSD DEPARTMENT. IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY
SAFETY. THERE'S NOT EVEN THE ABILITY TO USE DATA RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO DEPLOY RESOURCES TO WHERE VIOLENCE IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. AND THIS IS INCREDIBLY CONCERNING BECAUSE THE LACK OF INTERNAL
UNDERSTANDING BEGS THE QUESTION OF HOW RESPONSIVE THEY CAN BE TO POTENTIAL TRENDS IN NEIGHBORHOODS. AND CURRENTLY NO ONE IN NSD WAS ABLE TO CONFIRM THE WAY IN WHICH THEY PARTICIPATE WITH REFERRALS, ESPECIAL EXISTING PARTNERS.
OR CURRENTLY UNCLEAR IF THERE IS ANY FORMER RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTNERS WHO DO PROVIDE REFERRALS TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THERE IS SO MANY ISSUES GOING ON. I'M NOT
THE ONLY ONE ALARMED TO SEE MINNEAPOLIS BEING AN OUTLIER IN HOMICIDES NATIONALLY. THIS IS A CONSEQUENCE OF NOT EFFECTIVELY UTILIZING NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AS IT RELATES TO GROUP VIOLATION INTERVENTION. SO I'M SIMPLY BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL
FORWARD, BECAUSE I TRULY FEEL IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE TO KEEP THIS CRITICAL PROGRAMMING KNOWING WE DON'T HAVE A STAFF PERSON WITHIN NSD WHO HAS THE EXPERTISE IN THIS WORK. AND, AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE, THIS PROGRAM CUSES ON RESIDENTS IN
OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE A VICTIM OF GUN VIOLENCE OR WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO COMMIT GUN VIOLENCE. A CRUCIAL PROGRAM THAT IS HELPING MAKE SURE OUR COMMUNITIES STAY
SAFE AND REMAIN SAFE. I DO NOT WANT US TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE A REPEAT OF LAST YEAR. WHERE MT OF US WERE ASKING IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. AND HEARG FROM OUR RESIDENTS WHY WE'RE NOT SEEING SERVICES BEING DEPLOYED WHEN WE KNOW THERE ARE,
AGAIN, UPTICKS IN INCREASES OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AN THEN WE ASK THOSE QUESTIONS TO LEADERSHIP HERE AND RECEIVING PARTIAL/INCOMPLETE ANSWERS. AND COUNCILMEMBERS HAVING TO USE THEIR BUDGET MARK THOSE A FAIL
SAFE BECAU WE DON'T KNOW HOW OUR NEIGHBOR SAFETY DEPARTMENT DEPLOYS ITS RESOURCES OR HOW THEY'RE MAKING DECISIONS TO ESSENTIALLY KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE. WE SHOULD NOT PUT
OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION AGAIN WHERE WE KNOW IT BE PREVENTED THROUGH ACTIONS LIKE THIS. AND THROUGH ACTIONS WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTED THROUGH PARTNERS LIKE THOSE ACROSS THE STREET AT HENNEPIN COUNTY. SO I WILL ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS. THIS IS A TEMPORAR SOLUTION THAT SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFITS BOTH THE
CITY AND THE PUBLIC. THE COUNTY IS STEPPING UP WHEN WE ARE HAVING CHALLENGES. AND THIS SHOULD DEMONSTRATE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. AND I HOPE WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THAT. AND RECOGNIZE THE
OPPORTUNITY IT GIVES US TO, AGAIN, GET OUR HOUSE IN ORDER. WHILE ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THESE CRUCIAL SERVICES ARE PRESERVED AND ADMINISTERED WITH THE PARTNER THAT HAS PROVEN ITSELF TOLSO CARE ABOUT THIS WORK AND BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER
AND MANAGE IT EFFECTIVELY, TOO. SO WITH THAT, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND THAT'S ALL. >> UMM, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, COUNCILMEMBER. I SEE THE LAST PAGE OF THE PACKET THAT WAS PROVIDED TODAY AND
AMENDED VERSION OF THE RESOLUTION. I UNDERSTANDHAT'S THE ITEM THAT YOU'LL BE MOVING FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND TO COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY'S MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION? >> SECOND. >> THAT ITEM HAS BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR
QUESTIONS? I WILL FIRST RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. I WANT TO START OUT, THOUGH, BY SAYING THAT I BELIEVE THAT CHIEF JUDGE, A FORMER CHIEF JUDGE IN THE
INTERIM POSITION AS DIRECTOR OF THIS DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH WORNG IN GVI AND YGVI PROGRAMS. AND JUST WITH COMMUNITY AROUND THE ISSUE OF GUN GANG, WHATEVER KIND OF
VIOLENCE. SO I WANT TO START TH THAT. BECAUSE I REALLY DO RESPECT THE COMMISSIONER AND REECT THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE FOR DECADES. AND I APPRECIATE HIM BRINGING THAT TO THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. ALSO, JUST FOR
CLARITY, BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OF-BACK-AND-FORTH-CONVERSATIONS ABOUT GVI AND YGVI VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS. GVI AND YGVI ARE
NOT DEPLOYED INTO THE COMMUNITY LIKE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS ARE. IT HAS A TARGETED BASE OF PEOPLE THAT COMES FROM AN INTERNAL NETWORK. THEY ARE NOT PEOPLE ON THE STREETS, RECRUITING CLIENTS, AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN THAT WAY. THIS IS VERY TARGETED. TH KNOW WHO THEY'RE GOING TO
BE WORKING WITH. THERE ARE GOALS THEY'RE SETTING AND ACCOMPLISHING WITH THESE FAMILIES. SO THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT, ALSO. AND THEN -- SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP FOR ME, LIKE, JUST KIND OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY SAID ABOUT THE DATA, WHO IS
DOING WHAT, WHO ARE OUR PARTNERS, HARE WE GETTING THINGS DONE. THIS HAS COME UP FOR ME SINCE THE DAY -- THE FIRST DAY I HAD THIS COME UP IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AS THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE IN THE LAST TERM. AND SO I'VE ALWAYS QUESTIONED WHAT, LIKE, WHAT ARE
THE SPECIFICS? TELL ME WHO THEY'RE WORKING WITH. TELL ME HOW THEY'RE WORKING WITH PEOPLE. AND I GET GOOD ANSWERS FROM FOLKS WHO ARE FACILITATING THESE PROGRAMS. IF YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO FACILITATE THESE PROGRAMS, THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE INS AND OUTS OF EVERYTHING. THE
ISSUE COMES WITH WHEN YOU'RE THE CHAIR OF A COMMITTEE, OR SITTING ON THEOMMITTEE, AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC DATA TO BE PRESENTED, I FOUND THAT TO BE CHALLENGING. JUST TO GET SOLID NUMBERS FROM PEOPLE ON EXACTLY HOW MANY LIVES ARE BEING
IMPACTED. WHO, HOW, WHEN, WHERE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'VE HAD CHALLENGES WITH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK TO FORMER DIRECTOR NELSON-BROWN ABOUT WAS "HOW DO WE FIX THAT? HOW DO WE MAKE THIS CLEAR FOR US?" AND SHE TOLD ME THAT THE
RFP PROCESS WAS GOING TO DO THAT. I HAD MONTHLY MEETINGS SET UP WITH HER AND THE PERSON BEFORE HER. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THI SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS MOST RECENT RFP PROCESS?
BECAUSE I -- NOT ONLY WAS I TOLD THAT THIS LAST RFP PROCESS WAS SET UP FOR US TO SUCCEED MOVING FORWARD IN THIS PROGRAM, BUT THAT, ALSO, THAT SHE HAD CONTRACTED WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT
FORMER DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, SASHA COTTON LEADS. AND THEY WERE WORKINGO DEVELOP THIS RFP AND THAT THE ELECTION PROCESS WAS L LEGITIMATE. AND PROTECTIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE IN
THE LAWSUIT. I'M CONCERNED WHAT HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS LEARNED THAT I HAVEN'T LEARNED THAT HAPPENED IN THE PROCESS WITH THE LAST RFP. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, BEFORE ASNG COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION. I'LL NOTE THAT THE BODY, AS A WHOLE, IS NOT PRIVY
TO DETAILS ABOUT THE RFP THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING. S I'LL FIRST RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY. IF SHE'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS. AND I CERTAINLY WELCOME COMMISSIONER BARNETTE JOINING US AND SHARING SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT I CERTAINLY AM NOT AWARE OF.
>> A TIMELINE, COMMISSIONER. >> OKAY. EXCELLENT. COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, ANYTHING TO ADD? >> NO. THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. I WAS ALSO GOING TO SHARE THE SAME THING AS YOU KNOW RFP MATTERS ARE
OPERATIONAL. SO WE AREN'T GIVES RELATED TO THE RFP IN TERMS OF THE NITTY-GRITTY. IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE PIECES AROUND DATA. I WILL NOTE COUNCILMEMBER SHMAN AND I DID REQUEST A
LEGISLATIVE DRENGTIVE THAT THIS BODY DID PASS THAT GOT PRESENTED ON. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS DIRECTOR -- OR FORMER DIRECTOR NELSON-BROWN'S LAST PRESENTATION THAT CAME FORWARD IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE. THAT WAS TRULY -- WELL, I CAN'T SAY INFORMATIVE, BUT IT WAS INFORMATIVE IN THE SENSE WE DID
NOT DO A LOT OF ROBUST DATA COLLECTIONROUND OUR PROGRAMS. THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL. BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSIONER TO SPEAK TO ANY DETAILS RELATED TO THE RFP. >> WE'LL WELCOME COMMISSIONER BARNETTE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMITY SAFETY TO JOIN US.
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADDRESS COUNCILMEMBE VETAW'S QUESTION. >> YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, I'M TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED HERE ON WHAT WAS LISTED. I'M
THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. I'M TRYING TO LOOK AT THE TIMELINE THAT WAS HANDED TO ME. I WILL SAY THIS REAL QUICKLY: THE YGVI RFP
PROCESS CURRENTLY THOSE VENDORS WHO SCORED THE HIGHEST ARE IN NEGOTIATION RIGHT NOW. I THINK I CAN SAY THAT. FOR THE STATUS OF GVI, THOSE -- THE RFP PROCESS FOR THAT, I BIEVE, IS
COMPLETED BUT NOTIFICATIONS HASN'T GONE OUT YET. SO I'M GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THE TIMELINE. I WANT TO SAY, HERE IS THE STATUS OF WHERE YGVI AND GVI CONTRACTS ARE. ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
MO MOVE MONEY, WHICH WOULD DISPLACE THAT MONEY THAT IS THERE FOR THEM. NSD DEVELOPED, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, A ROBUST PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN LIGHT OF THE LAWSUIT, WHICH IS THELAWSUI,
NEW SYSTEMS WERE PRIORITIZED AS FAR AS, EXCUSE ME, THE OVERSIGHT AND THE OBJECTIVE EVALUATION CRITERIA. SO THE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT BEGA IN AUGUST OF 2024. WITH CONSULTATION WITH
EXPERTS AND CONTINUED THROUGH CAREFUL STRUCTURED TIMELINE OF REVIEW., POSING, AND
EVALUATION. SO AUGUST TO 2024 TO OCTOBER OF 2024 APPROVE THE RFP PROCESS. NOVEMBER TO JANUARY WAS A THOROUGH PROPOSAL
REVIEW SELECTION PROCESS. JANUARY 21st, 2025, NONSELECT NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO VENDORS IN FEBRUARY. SO THIS MONTH OF
2025. THAT'S WHEN THE PROPOSAL WENT THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT PROCESS. SO JUST FROM AUGUST UP UNTIL NOW, HOPEFULLY THAT GIVES YOU SOME GUIDANCE. S TIMELINES THERE. >> IT DOES. THANK YOU. I WAS HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
DIRECTOR ON, LIKE, THE SHIFT IN HOW THE PROCESS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T REMEMBER THE TIMELINE IN WHICH HE SAID, LIKE, SELECTION OR NOTIFICATIONS WOULD HAPPEN. I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR US TO TALK ABOUT, LIKE, THIS WAS A PROCESS THAT
HAS HAPPENED OTHER A OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. IT WASN'T JUST LIKE SOMEBODY SELECTED A GROUP OF PEOPLE. THAT IT ACTUALLY WAS A PROCESS THAT GOT PUT INTO PRACTICE. >> IF I CAN ADD ONE IMPORTANT NOTE, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. COUNCIEMBER VETAW, TWO WEEKS
AGO, WE DID DO A TRAINING WITH TH NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE COMMUNITIES. IT WAS A DAY AND A HALF TRAINING, IN WHICH MANY OF OUR PTNERS WERE PRESENT. AND THAT TRAINING TO RESET US.
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE NEW. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE TRAINING BEFORE. AND JUST TO LEVEL SET US GOING FORWARD. IT WAS REQUIRE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. >> THANK YOU. ALSO, JUST ANOTHER QUESTION. SO THIS
SUMMER WE GAVE THE GROUPS NYGVI AND GVI AND SOME OTHER GROUPS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE DEPARTMENT THAT, LIKE, WE EXTENDED THE CONTRACTS OUT AT THE TIME, RIGHT. UNTIL MARCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE GOT THE CONTRACTS
EXTENDED TO GO THROUGH THE RFP PERIOD. I MEAN, I'M FAMILIAR WITH SOME FOLKS' CONCERNS, BUT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS HAPPENED THAT IS, LIKE, MOVE ALL THE MONEY OUT AND SEND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE. BECAUSE THISISD
THEN THE SECOND PIECE TO THAT IS, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE FIRST SLIDE IN THIS? BUT THE FIRST QUESTION IS REALLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENED IN BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE GAVE THEM ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE IT WAS GOING WELL. THEY NEEDED TO DO MORE. THEY
HAD DIFFERENT PLANS TO DO MORE. AND WE WERE ALL SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I'M REALLY TRYING -- I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED. >> I HAVE TWO PEOPLE HERE FROM DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WHO CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY.
I'LL LET THEM TALK. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> HI. I'M ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE. SO THEFP PROCESS IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE. WE ALWAYS SAY HAVE A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS, RIGHT, FROM THE DRAFTING PHASE UNTIL THE CONTRACTS ARE
FULLY EXECUTED. THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO WORKOLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHER, YOU KNOW, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE RFP PROCESS. PRC REVIEW, THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS COMMISSIONER BARTTE MENTIONED. WE STARTED PLANNING THESE RFPS IN AUGUST OF 2024. IT REQUIREDDED TWO MONTHS OF
PLANNING. MEETINGS WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY, MEETINGS WITH C, THE PROGRAM MANAGER. EVEN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH INCOMING VENDS. WE HAD TO EXTEND THESE CONTRACTS UNTIL MARCH 31st, 2025, TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE RFP PROCESS TO RUN ITS COURSE.
SO THAT'S THE EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WE CAME BACK ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION TO THE CURRENT CONTRACTS. WITHIN THE CITY, THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN THE RFP IS ISSUED, AND MULTI. VENDORS ARE SELECTED, CONTRACTS HAVE TO
GO TO A MECHANICSUM OF THREE YEARS. IF AN RFP IS ISSUED AND ONE VENDOR IS SELECTED, RFPS ARE ALLOWED TO FIVE YEARS. THIS PROCESS, WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THAT TIME FOR THESE CONTRACTS. AND SO WE HAD TO GO FOR AN RFP. SO WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL TIME JUST TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, ENSURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THEM IN NSD WHO WERE PART OF THE DRAFTING PHASE. NSD WAS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS. AND THEY'RE ALSO A PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAPPENING. >> SO THE EXTENSION WAS MORE TECHNICAL TO HELP OUT WITH
MAKING SURE THAT THE PROCESS WAS LEGITIMATE VERSUS -- >> YES. >> JUST SAYING "LET'S GIVE THESE GROUPS MORE MONEY TO BUY TIME." IT WAS ABOUT,IKE, MAKING SURE IT WAS A FLESHED OUT LEGITIMATE PROCESS. DID YOU
HEAR -- I'M SORRY IF IT FEELS LIKE I PUT FOLKS ON TRIAL HERE. IT'S JUST QUESTIONS. DID Y ALL HEAR THINGS, LIKE, "DON'T DO THIS RFP RIGHT NOW??" WAS THERE ANYONE SAYING "DON'T PUT THE RFP OUT NOW? IT'S A BAD TIME FOR
IT?" WHATAS BEING TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY FOR THE RFP? BECAUSE I KNOW I KNEW THAT THE RFP WAS GOING OUT. AND I WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THE FORMER DIRECR WAS SUPER PROUD ABOUT IT. SO, LIKE, WERE YOUR HEARING THINGS ABOUT, LIKE, IT'S A BAD IDEA TO
PUT RFP OUT? OR, LIKE, THIS PROCESS ISN'T -- LIKE, WHAT WAS HAPPENING INTERNALLY? >> YE, SO THERE HAS BEEN ONGOING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. AND SO WE KNEW THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT NOT TO -- RFPS.
TO HAVE AN SUCCESSFUL RFP THE. IT STARTSES WITH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE STAKEHOLDERSES THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN ENSURING THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT INFORMATION. AND SO NOT TO THE MY KNOWLEDGE THERE WA CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC RFP. BUT THE OVERAL PROCESS. RIGHT. VENDORS DO SOMETIMES STRUGGLE
WITH NAVIGATING THAT PROCESS. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO NOT ONLY ASK FOR INFORMATION FOR THE SAKE BUT ENSURE WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS. ALL THE PARTIES THAT ARE NEEDED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE RIGHT INFORMATION, HAVING THE RIGHT CRITERIA, AND FOLLOWING THAT GVI
MODEL TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO APPLY AND THE SELECTION PROCESS IS FAIR. BUT, ALSO, GETS THE VENDORWHO ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THE WORK. >> AND LAST QUESTION FOR NOW. SO THE PROCESS, THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE RFP
WHO WERE ALL THE PARTNERS THAT WERE A PART OF THE PROCESS FROM THE STARTING OF WRITING THE NEW RFP TO GETTI IT OUT? >> YEAH. SO I JOINED NEIGHBORHO SAFETY END OF JULY, 2024. AND SO RIGHT AWAY WE KNEW THAT WE TO START THE RFP
PROCESS. BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT TAKES A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS. I KNOW IT SOUNDS EXTENSIVE BUT IT DOES. RIGHT. MY FIRST CONVERSATION STARTED WITTHE PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE TIME, WHO IS NO LONGER WITH THE CITY. TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE SOMEF THE COMPLAINTS FROM VENDORS. HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE
RFP? THEN WE TRANSITION TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. I DON'T WANT TO THROW OUT NAMES, BUT HENNEPIN COUNTY PROBAON WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN REVISING THE RFP. GOING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PAGE AND ENSURING THAT
INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND ALIGNS WITH THE WORK THAT WE WANT TO GET DONE. I ALSO HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS AND PHONE CALLS WITH ERIC JOHNSON, ISABEL -- >> CAN YOU NAME THE AGENCY AND NOT USE, LIKE, --
>> OH, I'M SORRY. I APOLOGIZEE COMMUNITIES WITH, MULTIPLE STAFF, A PART OF THAT TEAM HAD CONVERSATIONS.ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE RFP THEY PROVIDEDDED IS IMPORTANT OF COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING, WHICH IS MISSING FROM PREVIOUS ITERATIONS. AND SO THEY WERE
INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT, AS WELL. THE RFP HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PRC COMMITTEE THEY ENSURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS NOT RESTRICTIVE IN THE RFP. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY FACTORS IN THE RFP THAT WOULD LIMIT PARTICITION. BUT, ALSO,
THAT WERE ADHERING TO THE PROCUREMENT POLICY WITHIN THE , THE CITY POLICY. AND THEN THAT'S THE GROUP THAT WAS A PART OF THE PROCESS. >> OKAY. >> OH, AND, SORRY. OH, I ALSO HAD AN EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE INCUMBENT VENDORS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. WE WERE NOT CLOSE TO CONTRACT CLOSEOUT WHERE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS TYPICALLY HAPPEN. IT'S IMPORTANT TOP ALSO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE INCUMBENT VENDORS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THIS PROCESS? WHAT ARE SOME DIFFICULTIES? HOW CAN
WE BE PRO ACTIVE TO NOT HAVE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS HERE. I
THINK MY FIRST QUESTION, ACTUALLY, WAS JUST ANSWERED. I WAS HOPING TO KNOW WHAT STAGE IS THE CITY CURRENTLY IN REGARDING OUR CONTRACTS. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'RE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH YGVR OR
YGVI AND IN OR COMPLETE WITH NO NOTIFICATIONS OUT IS GVI. IF THAT'S NOT CORRECT, PLEASE SOMEONE CORRECT ME. BUT MY NEXT QUESTION IS, CAN YOU CLARIFY HOW MUCH OF THE FUNDING INCLUDED IN THE LISLATIVE DIRECTIVE FOR THE GVI, YGVI IS CURRENTLY
ALLOCATED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET. VERSUS HOW MUCH IS CONTINGT ON SECURING GRANTS OR OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING. >> WELCOME BACK. CHAIR CHUGHTAI AND COUNCIL. THE FIRST
ANSWER IS ALL OF THE MONEY IS THROUGH GENERAL FUND. FOR THAT AND THEN CAN YOU REPEAT, PLEASE, THE SECOND PT. >> SO IT'S CURRENTLY ALLOCATED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND VERSUS HOW MUCH IS
CONTINGENT ON SECURING GRANTS AND OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING. >> CURRENTLY NONE IS THROUGH EXTERNAL FUNDING OR SECURING GRANTS. >> I DON'T HAVE THE NOTES IN
FRONT OF ME. I KNOW IT'S A COMBINATION OF OTHER FUNDS AND OTHER GRANTS. st A MIXTURE BECAUSE WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PULL MONEY FROM PLACES TO REALLY MAKE UP THE FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM. F THESE TWO PROGRAMS. >> OKAY. JUST FOR THESE TWO
PROGRAMS. UP TO THE 1 POINT -- JUST OVER $1 MILLION. >> I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN SHARE THE EXACT AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED. >> WE CAN RESPOND TO THE MEMO. >> OKAY. WE CAN ADD THAT, IF
YOU'RE .... >> VICE CHAIR, REAL QUICK, IF YOU'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION SO OU CLERKS CAN NOTE THAT FOR FOLLOW UP. MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S -- CAN YOU GIVE A BREAK WN OF THE TOTAL TAMENT ALLOCATED FOR GUN VIOLENCE OR FOR GVI AND YGVI. WHAT ARE THE
SOURCES OF THE ALLOCATION. GENERAL FUND, EXTERNAL SOURCES, ET. CETERA. >> CRECT. AND THEN SO FOLLOWING UP, HOW MUCH FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOCATED OR COMMITTED UNDER THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION THIS BUDGET YEAR? HAS ANYTHING? FOR TS BUDGET YEAR? >> WE CAN FOLLOW UP, AS WELL.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN ARE THERE ANY EXISTING GVI AND YGVI CONTRACTS? >> YES, THERE IS. >> AND SO HOW WOULD THOSE EXISTING CONTRACTS, THE CITY'S
MINISTRATION BE HANDLED? WOULD THEY BE TRANSFERRED? REBID? OR RENEGIATED. IF WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS? >> AND SO ON THE NEW PROCESS, IT'S BASICALLY RESETTING THE PROCESS WITH THE RFP. GAIN. THESE CONTRACTS HAVE RUN THE
MAXIMUM CONTRACT CYCLE ALLOWED WITHIN THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT POLICY. SO THE VENDORS WILL CONTINUE THE SERVICES FOR BOTH PROGRAMS. AND SO INCUMBENT VENDORS, THEIR CONTRACTS WILL END MARCH 31st,025. >> OKAY. AND THEN BUT IF WE
WERE TO SHIFT THIS FUNDING TO THE COUNTY, HOW WOULD TT -- THE CURRENT CONTRACTS, HOW WOULD THEN THEY BE ADMINISTERED? WHAT WOULD THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? AND HOW WOULD WE DO THAT
TRANSFER? >> IF THE MONEYS TRANSFERRED, WE WOULD FINISH OUT THE CURRENT CONTRACTS. AND THEN SERVICES WOULD CEASE. THERE WOULD NO LONGER BE GVI SERVICES. SO UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIO, THE NEW CONTRACTS
WOULD START APRIL 1st. THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IF THE FUNDS WERE TRANSFERRED. >> OKAY. THEY WOULD NOT HAPPEN THAT WE KNOW OF. AT THE MOMENT. >> CORRECT. >> BECAUSE WE' -- IF THE MONEY IS TRANSFERRED. OKAY. AND SO IF TT ACTUALLY BODES INTO MY
NEXT QUESTION ABOUT IF THE PROGRAMS REMAIN UNDER THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, WHEN WOULD THEY BE FULLY OPERATIONAL? >> THEY'VE NEV CREASE CREASE -- CEASED TO BE OPERATIONAL. ALL PROGRAMS ARE OPERATIONAL. GVI AND YGVI WITHIN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
IS CURRENTLY GOING AND HAS NOT EVER CEASED. THERE'S NO PLAN CEASING THEM. THE CONTRACTS WERE STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN TIME SO THAT ON -- THERE WOULD BE NO INTERRUPTIONS SERVICE. SO THE OLD CONTRACTS ARE ENDING OR THE CURRENT CONTRACTS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY BEING USED AND MARCH 31st, AND THE NEW ONES WOULD BEGIN -- THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER NEGOTIATIONS, APRIL 1st. THERE WOULD BE NO INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE. IF THE FUNDS STAY WITHIN NSD. >> OKAY. NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE, BUT POTENTIALLY DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT HAVE BEEN
SELECTED THAT WERE FROM OUR PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THEN NOW STARTING IN APRIL, THERE MAY BE A SHIFT IN CHANGE OF WHO THE VENDORS ARE. >> THAT IS CORRECT. THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE. >> OKAY. >> SO IF THESE PROGRAMS WOULD BE MOVED TO THE COUNTY, WOULD THERE BE A GAP IN SERVICES
DURING THE TRANSITION? AND IF SO, HOW LONG? >> THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AN INTERRUPTION IN SERVICES. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. CURRENTLY HENNEPIN COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A GVI PROGRAM. ONE WOULD HAVE TO BE STARTED. SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AN INTERRUPTION IN
SERVICE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. >> OKAY. YOU'RE UNSURE OF WHEN THEY WOULD BE OPERATIONAL. OKAY. YOU TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH VENDORS. CAN YOU GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON
THAT ABOUT ARE THESE FORMAL OR INFORMAL OUTREACH TO VENDORS? YM WONDERING, HAVE YOU TALKED TO MULTIPLE VENDORS? AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH. DURING THE RFP PLANNING STAGE, I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE VENDOR.
IT WAS VERY INFORMAL. AND IT WAS MOSTLY SURROUNDING THE EXPENSES. AS YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ON THE PUBLIC PURPOSE DOCTRINE. AT THE TIME, THE CONVERSATION -- THE CONVERSATIONS WERE AROUND THAT TOPIC. TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CAN WE MITIGATE SOME OF
THE CHALLENGES MOVING FWARD WITH THAT EXPECTATION. UNDER THE NEW CONTRACT. SO IT WAS LESS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIAS IN THE RFP, OR INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGES. OF COURSE, THERE WAS A BIT OF OF A SEGUE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY NEEDS TO FUND
ADDITIONAL THINGSHAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY FALL UNDER THE PUBLIC PURPOSE DOCTRINE. BUT THE BULK OF THE PLANNING IN TERMS OF THE CRITERIA AND OTHER ASPECTS BE RELD MOSTLY ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER TO DO SO. AS WELL AS OUR STAKEHOLDERS. OUR PARTNERS FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY.
>> OKAY. AND SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT THEY DESCRIBED? YOU TALKED ABOUT THE EXPENSES. ANYTHING ELSE THAT THEY DESCRIBED WITH WORKING WITH THE CITY? >> WELL IT'S A MIXTURE OF FEEDBACK. BUT I KNOW THAT THE PRIMARY CONCERN WAS AROUND THE PUBLIC PURPOSE DOCTRINE.
>> OKAY. OKAY. DO WE KNOW IF THE VENDORS HAVE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE? SOME OF OUR CURRENT VENDORS? >> YES. I KNOW SOME OF OUR CURRENT VENDORS HAVE CONTRACTS WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY. I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH DALE
JOHNSON WHEN I STARTED WITH NSD TO HAVE A UNDERSTANDING MOSTLY AROUND OVERLAPPING CONTRACTS. BUT NOT NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING. >> OKAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW THEIR EXPERIENCES. DO THEY HAVE THAT
SAME TYPE OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE COUNTY OF WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED? WITH THE PUBLIC PURPOSE THEN WITH THAT BARRIER? >> I'VE NOT ABLE TO SPEAK ON THAT. I'M NOT SURE. >> OKAY. I WANT TO ASK, I'M NOT
SURE IF YOU CAN ANSWER THIS. THE ACTUAL MOU WE'RE VOTING ON, OR LOOKING TO DO. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TIMELE WOULD BE FOR DRAFTING, NEGOTIATING, AND FINALIZING THE MOU BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY? >> NO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMELINE FOR THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I DON'T THINK THE PROCESS
HAS BEGUN AT ALL. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PLAYERS IN THAT CONVERSATION WOULD BE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT TIMELINE PROCESS WOULD LOOKIKE. >> OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS ABOUT THE MOU. YOU MHT NOT BE THE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS. I'M WONDERING FOR THE MOU, CAN IT ESTABLISH A FMAL OVERSIGHT
ROLE FOR THE CITY REQUIRING REGULAR REPORTING ON PROGRAM OUTCOMES, FUNDING, AND SERVICE DELIVERY WHILE ENSURINGTRANSPARY AND HOW THE COUNTY ADMINISTERS THE PROGRAMS? >> I'M NOT SURE OF THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION.
>> VICE CHAIR KOSKI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IF COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY OR PERHAPS -->> YES. >> DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY -- >> BOTH WOULD BE GREAT. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE PART TWO OF THE MOTION GETS AT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT VICE CHAIR
KOSKI IS RAISING. AND DEVELOP THIS UNMONEY, WHICH ACTUALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH CITY ATTORNEY ABLETON. AND SPECIFICALLY THISS WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, LIKE THE
COUNTY. AND WE WERE VERY INNTIONAL ABOUT SAYING WE HAVE TOM DEVELOP THIS -- WELL, THE RELEASE OF T DOLLARS CONTINGENT UPON AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. AND HAVING SOME CLEAR PROVISIONS THAT BASICALLY COUNCIL IS ASKING TO BE
INCORPORATED IN THE AGREEMENT. AND FOR THAT AGREEMENT, OF COURSE,AVING TO COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. SO THOSE PROVISIONSES ARE LISTED IN HERE. SOME OF OF THE PROVISIONS INCLUDE, OF COURSE, TRANSITION PLAN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED
AROUND AVOIDING DISRUPTION IN SERVICE. ALSO, TIMELINE TO HIGHLIGHT WHEN A COMPLETION OF TRANER OF SERVICES WOULD BE COMPLETED. ALSO A PLAN FOR ASSESSMENT OFUTCOMES IN DATA. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HAS NOT
BEEN HAPPENING WITHIN NSD. SO WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OVER THE COURSE OF 2025 FROM THE COUNTY SIDE. AND THEN, ALSO, INFORMATION ON HOW THIS AGREEMENT WILL ENABLE AND SUPPORT CONTINUED COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY, AS WELL AS HEN
O HENNEPIN COUNTY. THOSE ARE THE PROPERTY PROVISIONS THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN THE POINT. WE WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO BE ABLE TO FACTOR INTO ANY AGREEMENT THAT ESSENTIALLY THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE IN THE ROOM WITH HENNEPIN
COUNTY STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF, TO HASH OUT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. I SEE IT NOW ON THE SECOND PART OF THAT. ONE OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTION. MAYBE IT'S FOR COUNCILMEMBER
WONSLEY OR ONE OF YOU. YOU DESCRIBE THAT THE COUNT DOES NOT HAVE THE A GVI PROGRAM. I KNOW THEY HAVE A YGVI PROGRAM. AND SO THAT SEEMS TO ME, I'M HEARING YOU,IKE, AS A BARRIER OF POTENTIALLY THIS TRANSFER.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE DFERENCES AND HOW PERHAPS THE GVI PROGRAM COULD BE INCORPORAD WITHIN THE YGVI PROGRAM AT THE COUNTY. OR IF THEY WOULDAVE TO ACTUALLY STAND UP AN ENTIRELY NEW PROGRAM FOR THAT WORK. >> YEAH. AND THIS IS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IN HAVING A COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, DEPARTMENT WITH NEW STAFF. BUT IT'S WITHIN HNEPIN COUNTY, THEY HAVE SAFER COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE NEW -- WELL, THE LETTER THEY SHARED WITH COUNCIL LAST FRIDAY.
THEY HIGHLIGHTED THIS IS WHERE LIKELY THEY ADMINISTER CURRENTLY THEIR GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS. AND YGVI IS A SPIN-OFF, LITERALLY, IS A GVI. GVI IS THE ORIGINAL YGVI IS THE SPIN-OFF OF VIOLENCE
INTEENTION. THEY ALREADY HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BASICALLY RUNNING PROGRAMS THAT ARE GROUNDED IN THIS MODEL. THEY ALSO HAVE A CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM, OR INFRASTRUCTURE. BECAUSE THEY'RE A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, JUST LIKE
US. THEY'LL DO THE COMPETITIVE BIDS I ORDER TO BE LEGALLY COMPLIANT AND ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MODEL OF GVI AS WELL. SO AS REFLECTED IN THE LETTER THEY SENT US, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE PROGRAMS UP AND GOING, I
BELIEVE, PRETTY QUICKLY. AND WITHOUT STRUP DISRUPTION. IN FACT, MOST OF THEIR PROGRAMS ALREADY SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS NOW. WE'VE HAD THEM COME TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE IN THE PAST WHERE THEY'VE GIVEN THESE UPDATES ALREADY. AND TALKED ABOUT THE
IMPACT. SO I THINK, HONESTLY, THERE'S A DISCONNECT, PROBABLY. I'LL ASK QUESTIONSF OUR STAFF WHEN WE GET TO THAT PART. OR FOR ME TO SPEAK, BUT I ACTUALLY TICIPATE IT WON'T BE MUCH OF AN ISSUE FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY TO GET UP A ROBUST PROGRAM, SHOULD
THIS FUNDING BEPPROVED. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN THE FUNDING IS APPROVED CONTINGENT ON THE MOU -- >> -- CORRECT >> -- BEING ADDRESSED AND APPROVED. >> I WANT TO CAUTION BECAU CITY ATTORNEY DNA ABLESON, I
DON'T WANT HIMO YELL AT ME. THE MOUS ARE CLEAR AGREEMENTS. SO AGRMENT. SO AGREEMENT. >> OKAY. AND THIS AGREEMENT, WILL THIS AGREEMENT COME BACK FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL? THIS IS STEP ONE. AND THEN WE WL HAVE THIS AGREEMENT WILL COME BACK THROUGH AFTER THE AGREEMENT IS
NEGOTIATED WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. IS THAT CORRECT? >> ABSOLUTELY. AND IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PART TWO OF THE MOTION, IT SAYS "ANY AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO ADMINISTER THE GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND YOUTH GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAMS IN THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS FOR
THE DURATION OF 2025, MUST BE BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL." >> GREAT. THANKS FOR THE CLITY. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL -- WE HAVE QUITE A FEW COUNCILMEMBERS INUEUE FOR EVERYONE TO BE
PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS. I WILL NEXT RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTA . I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. LAST WEEK YOU
CAME IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE AND GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE DEPARTMENT AND IT WAS PRETTY SHOCKING TO SEE THE YGVI AND GVI POSITION EMPTY. AND SO I'M WONDERING WHO HAS BEEN LEADING THAT. I KNOW THERE MANY ROLES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. BUT WHO
REALLY DOES OVERSEE THE GVI A THE YGVI CONTRACTS. >> GOOD QUESTION. W WE HA A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING ON THAT. WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE THAT IS STEPPING
IN TO FACILITATE THE WEEKLY PHONE CALLS WE HAVE WITH NSSC AND THE GROUP WORKING ON THE WORK. WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER OF NNS -- OR OUR DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY. HOLDING WEEKLY CALLS WITH PROBATION AND
THE VENDORS WHO CURRENTLY FUND WHO ARE WORKING ON THE PROGRAMS. SO THAT WORK HAS NOT CEASED. WE ALSO HAVE THE -- REFERRALS IF
FOR THE PROGRAM AND USING THAT AS A MODEL FOR OUR GRVMENT VI REFERRAL PROCESS. WE HAVE A MEMBER OF OSC WHO IS ALSO WORKING ON SUPPORTING THE REFERRAL PROCESS. >> WHAT IS OSC. >> OFFICE OF COMMUNITY -- OR OCS. I APOLOGIZE. WHO IS ALSO
WORKING ON A BUSINESS ANALYST IN THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. WHO IS ALSO WORKING ON THE REFERRAL PROCESS. AND MYSELF WHO ISVERSEEING THE PRIORITIZATION OF THE WORK AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONER HELPING TO SUPPORT THE WORK, AS WELL AS THE STAFF AT NSC WHO IS WORKING
ON SUPPORTING US IN THE HIRING OF A NEW POSITION. WHICH IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH RÉSUMÉS AT THIS TIME. >>KAY. THANK YOU. THE ONE PERSON IN NSD YOU MENTIONED FIRST, MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEIR NAME. CAN YOU SAY
THEIR TITLE WITHIN THE CHART OF THE DEPARTMENT? >> YES. THEY ARE PROGRAM ASSISTANT. AND THEY ARE -- >> 0 THANK Y. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN I GUESS I'M -- MY MAIN CONCERNBOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS REALLY THAT SINCE THIS CAMUP AND I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH VARIOUS
STAFF, THERE'S BEEN CONFUSION THAT THIS WOULD DISRUPT OUR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER WORK. I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE -- THIS HAS BEEN, I THINK, VERY CLEAR THIS IS FOR GVI AND YGVI. BUT I'VE SINCE HEARDED FROM TWO STAFF MEMBERS IN THE OFFICE OF
COMMUNITY SAFETY THAT THIS WOULD -- I'M WORRIED THE SERVICE WILL BE TAKENWAY AS A RESULT OF THIS. IT'S FINALLY COMING. EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE INTENTION OF THE AUTHORS. I WANT TO THE GET CLARITY ON THAT. BECAUSE THAT IS, LIKE, FOR ME,N
ULTIMATE CANINGS FACTOR. WHY WOULD MOVING GVI AND YGVI MONEY IMPACT THE OTHER PROGRAMS? >> COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN,THAT' THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING PROPOSED TO MOVE IS MORE THAN WE WERE PLANNING ON
SPENDING ON THE PROGRAMS INTERNALLY. SO WE HAVE A BUDGET OF A SMALLER NUMBER OF $1.1 $1.2 MILLION FOR THAT WORK. SO MOVING THAT MONEY TO HENNEPIN COUNTY WOULD CUT INTO OTHER PROGRAMS.
>> OKAY. CAN YOU IDENTIFY HOW MUCH MONEY WAS PLANNED ON BEING SPENT THIS YEAR THAT WOULDN'T CUT INTO OTHER PROGRAMS? >> WE -- I CAN RESPOND TO THAT IN A MEMO. BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY NEGOTIATING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. I CAN'T GIVE A SPECIFIC. I CAN ABSOLUTELY
FOLLOW UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. . >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU WOULD BE UNDERSPENDING THE GVI AND YGVI BUDGET?
>> CAN YOU DEFINE "UNDERSPEND ." >> I THINK WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, THERE'S AN AMOUNT OF MONEY, $1,125,000 TT IS BUDGETED FOR THE TWO PROGRAMS. I HEARD YOU SAY WE WEREN'T PLANNING ON SPENDING ALL OF IT ON PROGRAMMING FOR GVI AND YGVI.
WHEN DID YOU BECOME AWARE YOU WOULD BE SPENDING LESS THAN $1,125,000 IN 2025 ON GVI AND YGVI? >> THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT NUMBER WAS NEVER -- I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT $1.2 MILLION CAME
OM. THAT WAS NEVER BUDGETED FOR GVI/YGVI. THAT MONEY WAS SOMETHING -- I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT NUMBER APPEARED FROM. OUR AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO BUDGET FOR THAT HAS BEEN INFLUX BASED ON THE BUDGET
CUTS THAT WE HAD FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT SERVICES WE NEED TO PROVIDE, WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE AND HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN EARMARKED AND HOW MUCH IS UNDERSPENT. AND THEN WE ARE MOVING THINGS AROUND, ACCORDING TO HOW MUCH
MONEY WE HE. . SO THERE'S NO UNDERSPENDING. . THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS NEVER BUDGETED FOR GVI/YGVI. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, WHERE DO YOU GET THE $1,125,000 NUMBER? >> SO, COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK
YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. YOU ALL GOT AN E-MAIY ERMAN IN FRIDAY OF 2024. I ASKED, AFTER MUCH CHALLENGE INRM
THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY DEPARTMENT, THAT IN 2024, THE CITY SPENT $1.259 MILLION O GVI AND YGVI. AND THAT'S WRE I RECEIVED THAT FIGURE FROM. AND THEN, ALSO, THEY FACTORED IN
WHAT WAS SPENT USING ARPA. WE WANTED A BIASLINE WITHOUT ARPA. WE KNOW ARPA WAS BEING FACED PHASED OUT. SO WE USED 2024 FIGURES BECAUSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT INREVIOUS YEARS,
ARPA DOLLARS KIND OF INFLATED. WE WANTED TO GET A BASELINE UNDERSTANDIN OF WHAT WOULD BE GOING INTO 2025. I ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR 2025 NUMBERS. AND, ALSO, STAFF AND NSD PVED CHANGING TO PROVIDE THOSE INFORMATION -- THAT INFORMATION.
AS THE SAID THEY WERE "WRAPPING UP THEIR FIGURES FOR THIS YEAR." SO I USED FIGURES THAT WERE BASICALLY PROVIDED BY BOTH STAFF AND, ALSO, BY ESSENTIALLY -- BECAUSE IT TOOK FOREVER TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM STAFF -- COBBLING THE CONTRACTS THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED THROUGH AO THE
PAST YEAR IN THE BUDGETBLE THAT BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED FOR NSD TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU. >> THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO OUR QUEUE, NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO
FOLLOWED BY RAINVILLE. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CHUGHTAI. I ALSO WANT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS. BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THIS OUTN THE PUBLIC AND, ALSO, IN THE MEDIAD POINTS. AND EVEN AMONG
STAFF BETWEEN COMMISSIONER BARNETTE AND WHA IS BEING FLAGGED HERE. IN TERMS OF BOILING DOWN THE MISMANAGEMENT ISSUES STRICTLY TO CONTRACTS PEP . I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DISPEL TT A BIT. AND DOING THAT USING WHAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. AND
THAT BEING THE MEMO THAT I SENT OUT LAST YEAR. WHERE WE OUTLINED THE TOPICAL ISSUES O MISMANAGEMENT. AND THOSE TOPICAL KIND OF HEADLINES WAS WE IDENTIFIED ISSUES PERTAINING TO FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT, TO A LACK OFOMPLIANCE WITH GUIDING
POLICY FRAMEWORKS, POOR INNER-CITY AND GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION, AND CREDIBILITY ISSUES WITH BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS. NOW JUST TO DIG DEEPER INTO THIS, STARTING WITH
THE LAN LACK OF COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDING PICY FRAMEWORKS. IN THAT MEMO, YOU WILL SEE, ACTUALLY, AGAIN, USING DATA. THERE WAS A SCORE CARD FROM THE COMMUNITY JUICE ACTION NETWORK, WHICH -- OR, SORRY,
COMMUNITY ACTION -- WHICH RANKS VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMS FROMHE COUNTRY. THEY RANKED MINNEAPOLIS PROGRAM 39 OUT OF 100. YOU DON'T JUST GET THAT OUT OF NOWHERE. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT WAS PRETTY POOR SCORE. UMM, AND, BASICALLY HIGHLIGHTED, ALSO, JUST COMPLAINTS AROUND
JUST, LIKE, PARTNERSHIPS WITH NATIONAL PROVIDERS. SO WE COULD RECEIVE SOMETHING HIGHER. AND TO BASICALLY SHOW WE WERE FOLLOWING THE MODEL. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY -- STAFF, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. BECSE I KEEP HEARING ABOUT "WE'RE DOING THINGS." WE GOT GOOD THINGS IN
PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND I WANT TO NOTE, THE REASON WHY YOU GOT THE GOOD THINGS IN PLACE, BECAUSE OF COUNCIL ACTION. SO LET'S COME BACK TO THE PODIUM. CAN YOU LET ME KNOW, WHEN DID YOU PUT THE CONTRACT BACK IN PLACE WITH JOHN JAY?
>> WELCOME BACK. I APOLOGIZE. >> THANK YOU. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THE CONTRACT DATES FOR JOHN JAY. THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN EXISTING AGREEMENT. . [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS >> I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT CONTRACT DATES. SINCE I WAS
WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT, I WORKED WITH JOHN JAY. I'D HAVE TO -- >> AND FOLLOW UP ON THAT. CAN YOU REMIND ME WN WERE YOU HIRED, AGAIN? >> JULY 29th. >> OKAY. >> OF LT YEAR? >> YES. >> AWESOME. SO JOHN JAY WAS
ALSO A NATIONAL PARTNER, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATI. IT'S EASY TO BOIL THAT DOWN TO JUST OUR VENDORS. JOHN J, A NATIONAL PARTNER, WAS ONE OF THE VENDORS THAT ALSO WAS FOUND TO NOT BE PAID. AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT IN THIS PROCESS TO A FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT. WHE WE WERE
LIKE, OH, WHO IS SUPPORTING YOU IN MEETING NATIONAL BEST PRACTIS? AND THE REASON WHY NSD ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP IS BECAUSE WE LITERALLY HAD TO DO THE RESTORATION OF THAT PARTNERSHIP AND SAY, OH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES. BECAUSE LORD KNOWS
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT NSD IS DOING. AND THAT'S WHEN THAT CONTRACT SOMEHOW FINALLY, YEAH, BROUGHT FORWARD. IT SOUNDED LIKE WE ARE ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT. THAT SAID, CAN YOU LET ME KNOW, LAST YEAR, WHEN DID THE CURE VIOLENCE CONTRACT GET
REINITIATED? >> SO I DON'T HAVE THE DATES FOR THAT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT WE DID GO BEFORE PROCUREMENT TO REQUEST SINGLE-SOURCE AGREEMENT WITH CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL. THAT
REQUEST WAS DENIED. HOWEVER, WE RECEIVED A EXTENSION GOING ON FOR AN FORMAL RFP. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL. I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT CONTRACT WE HAVE STARTED BACK IN SEPTEMBER. OF
LAST YEAR. AND CURE VIOLENCE WAS INST INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO DRAFT THE RFP FOR MINNEAPELUS. WE ANTICIPATE
HAVING A SELECTION BY THE WEEK OF THE 17th. >> TO LOOK BACK ON THAT. AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION, I THINK IT WAS CLARIFIED THAT WE CURRELY
ARE SEEKING AN RFP FOR A CURE VIOLENCE PROVIDER, ALSO. >> S WE DON'T HAVE INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE, WE ARE. WE HAVE A CONTRACT CURRENTLY THAT EXPIRES. SO BEFORE THE EXPER RIGS, WE WANT TO ENTER A NEW CONTRACT SO WE HAVE THAT CONTINUATION.
>> A IT'S A POSSIBILITY, ALSO, IT W WON'T BE WITH CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL THEN. >> THAT'S POSSIBLE. >> OKA GREAT. YOU MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY ENTERED INTO THE CONTRACT WITH CURE VIOLENCEGLOBE GLOBAL IS ONE OF THE PREMIER,
WELL, BASICALLY THE ORGANIZATION THAT GUIDES HOW YOU IMPLEMENT GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION WORK. YOU MENTIONED WE ENTERED INTO THAT CONTRACT SEPTEMBER OF 2024, CORRECT? ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO NOTE THAT AGAIN, THE
REASON WE DID THAT BECAUSE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ AND I BROUGHT THE PARTNERS TO HERE IN AUGUST OF 2024 WHEN WE LEARNED, ONCE AGAIN, DON'T KNOW WHAT MODEL WE' FOLLOWING. PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WAS LIKE, WHAT MODEL? OU SCORED 39 ON OUT OF 100 ON THIS WORK. WHAT
ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU ACTUALLY FOLLOW THIS MODEL? ARE YOU FOLLOWIN ACTUAL ANY BEST PRACTICES? WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT ON THE STREETS. WHAT PARTNERS ARE YOU ENTERING CONTRACTSES WITH? ARE THEY ACTUALLY ADHERING TO BEST PRACTICES? THEY POSSIBLY CAN'T BE BECAUSE WE DON'T -- YOU'RE
NOT WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GOT THIS MODEL. AND IF IT WASN'T FOR US BRINGING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS TO GIVE A PRESENTATION BEFORE THIS BODY IN AUGUST, JUST A WEEK TO HAVE A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS IT, THERE WOULDN'T BE A CURE VIOLENCE REINTRODUCTION
INTO THIS CITY FOR SEPTEMBER. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT PIECE, TOO. AND TO ALSO NOTE THAT THERES A POSSIBILITY WE MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE THAT RESTORATION OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM GOING INTO WHEN IS THAT -- IS THAT RFP UP FOR CE
VIOLENCE PARTNER? >> >>: SO THE VENDOR THAT IS SELECTED ON THE RFP WILL NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICES THAT WILL ENSURE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY OR THE CITY IS A CURE VIOLENCE SITE. AND SO, AGAIN, I CAN'T
SPEAK ON THE RFP PROCESS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF IT. BUT YOU ARE CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT VENDOR. HOWEVER, NSD WILL WORK CLOSELY TO ENSURE THAT THE VENDOR SELECTED IS ABLE TO
IMPLEMENT THE CURE VIOLENCE MODEL FULLY WITH THE VENDORSES VENDORS SELECTED UND THE MINNEAPOLIS RFP. CURE VIOLENCE GLOBAL IS WITHHE CURE VIOLENCE, NSD, GVI. >> CORRECT WHICH PIECE OF --
AGAIN, OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER, -- BECAUSE I DON'T WANT US TO GET IO THE SCOPE OF, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RFPS FOR VENDORS DOING THE ACTUAL MINNEAPOLIS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VENDORS W ARE HELPING US TO STAY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE MODEL. TO IMPLEMENT IT
CORRECTLY. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE VERY ORGANIZATION THAT GUIDES ORGANIZATIONS ACROSSHE COUNTRY IN HOW TO IMPLEMENT IT CORRECTLY, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT WE MIGHT NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THAT
ORGANIZATION.>> CHAIR WONSLEY, S CORRECT. THAT IS HOW RFPS WORK. WE LIKE T MAKE SURE WHOEVER WE PICK IS MOST QUALIFIED. AND SO WHOER IS THE MOST QUALIFIED TO ADMINISTER WHAT IS OUTLINED IN THE RFP, WILL GET SELECTED.
>> YEAH. >> AND IF THAT PERSON OR THAT ORGANIZATION IS THE BEST, THAS WHO WE'LL SELECT. >> AND CAN YOU ADVISE ME OF A SINGLE SOURCE? WE'VE DONE SINGLE SOURCES ACROSSHIS ENTERPRISE FOR SUBJECT MATTER
EXPERTS. AGAIN, A ANY OTHER CAPACITY. HOW WE WERE NOT TO DO THAT FOR CURE VIOLENCE FOR THE VERY ORGANIZATION THAT GUIDES THE BEST PRACTICES AROUND THIS MODEL. FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. >> YEAH. SO WE DO IDENTIFY THAT
CURE ALLIANCE GLOBAL IS T MOST EQUIPP TO PROVIDE THE CERTIFICATION WE NEED. HOWEVER WE HAVE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO GET APREUVMENT FOR THE SINGLE SOLE SOURCE. THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED WAS NOT ADEQUATE FOR US TO APPROVE US.
SO WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS. WE'RE BUMMED BY THAT. >> AND THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED. THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDED INACCURATE INFORMATION WITH THE SINGLE-SOURCE PROCESS TO MOVE FORWARD. >> I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS SAYING HERE.
>> YEAH. >> OKAY. THAT'S FINE. >> TO CLARIFY, W DID APPLY FOR THE SOLE SOURCE AND DENIED BY PROCUREMENT. WENTHROUGH THE RFP PROCESS. >> AND THERE'S A CHANCE, AGAIN, WE MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT VENDOR
FOR CURE VIOLENCE THAT MIGHT LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR HOW WE IMPLEMENT THESE CRITICALPROGS NERVE WRACKING. IN TERMS OF ALSO POOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION, YOU MENTIONED YOU RESTORED PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE
COUNTY. CAN YOU LET ME KNOW WHO SPECIFICALLY WITHIN YOUR DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, ARE GOINGO THOSE WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH OUR COUNTY PROVIDERS. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT "RESTORED
CONTEXT" RESTORED FROM WHEN? >> I THOUGHT TO COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN'S QUESTION, YOU MENTIONED -- BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE HAVE WEEKLY MEETINGS UNDER GVI, AND YGVI. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE WEEKLY-BIWEEKLY MEETINGSINGS WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, CHANGES CONTEXT, AND THE CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. AND WE WERE TOLD WE WER THERE. SOL WHO, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY WAS THERE. >> CORRECT. PEOPLE FROM THE CITY ARE THERE IN THE MEETINGS.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY HAPPENING. THE PERSON WHO IS FACILITATING AND HOSTING THAT MEETING CURRENTLY, THE NSD PERSON, IS -- ARE YOU LOOKING FOR THEIR POSITION TITLING ? >> YES. >> THE POSITION TITLE IS PROGRAM ASSISTANT.
>> AND PREVIOUSLY WHO WAS? >> ITAS THE PROGRAM PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST. AND THEY LEFT AND NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A REPLACEMENT. >> UH-HUH. >> A SO IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE THE PROGRAM ASSISTANT HOLDING THOSE MEETINGS. WHILE
WE HIRE THE NEXT PERN. >> AND CAN YOU NAME HOW LONG WAS THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM MANAGER FOR YGVI AND GVI IN THAT POSITION FOR? >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
>> I BELIEVE FMER DIRECTOR NELSON-BROWN ANSWERED. LESS THAN A YEAR. I THINK IT WAS SIX MONTHS FOR THAT. HOLDING THAT WORK. SO WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT TRANSITION IN HOLDING THAT WORK IN THIS DEPARTMENT. TOO, AND THE LACK OF CONTINUITY IN SUPPORTING THAT WORK WITH THE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COUNT ALSO, WITH -- IN TERMS OF OUR NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS, CAN YOU ALSO HIGHLIGHT, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATIONAL OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION?
>> >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH -- CAN YOU -- OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH NOVPN, OR NATIONAL ITITUTE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM. WE WERE
APPROVED FOR A SINGLE-SOURCE CONTRACT WITH THAT VENDOR. HOWEVER, WE ARE WAITING ON THEM TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO ENTER INTOD SO WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING ON OUR END TO MOVE THE PROCESS FORWARD.BUT THERE'S STILL SOME
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTSES THAT ARE NEEDED FROM THE NICJR TEAM IN ORDERED TO PROCEED WITH A CONTRACT WITH THEM. >> WHICH ONE? YOU MENTIONED TWO SEPARATE ONES. >> SO NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEEFORM. NICJR, THAT'S THE NAME THEY GO BY. AND
THEN THEY WORK -- THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR NOVPN. THE NATIONAL OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION NETWORK, WHICH IS THE NETWK THAT ALL THE OVP OFFICES ARE A PART OF. SO NICJR IS THE PROPER WAY TO REFER TO THEM.
>> HUH HUH. >> YEP. REMEMBER THEY HAVE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY ORGANIZE EVENTS UNDER NATIONAL OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION, AND THEY CAME TO COUNCIL SEPARATELY AS A NATIONAL OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. THEY ALSO
HIGHLIGHTED IN AUGUST THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM INDIVIDUALLY. UNDER T NATIONAL OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. ALSO, THEY CAME TO THE COUNTY SAFER COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE IN MAY. SEPARATELY AS THE NATNAL OFFICE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION. SO WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF IF WE ALSO ARE
STANDING UP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THEM. THAT WAS ANOTHER PIECE THATAS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MEMO AROUND ARE WE DOING ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM? ATTENDING CONFERENCES? ATTENDING ANY TYPE OF WORKSHOPS THAT ELEVATES OUR STAFF'S EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE UNDER THIS IN PARERSHIP WITH
THEM. AND OUR LAST MEETING, IT WASN'T CLEAR IF WE HAD A STATUS UPDATE ON THAT I SEE THERE'S A NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES IN QUEUE, WE'LL MAKEURE OTHER FOLKS GET TO ASK THOSE QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO. FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE.
FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THIS HAS BEEN CONFUSING. BECAUSE OUR TEAM HERE IN FRONT OF US IS SAYING WE'LL BE CHGING PROVIDERS POTENTIALLY. THEY ASSURE US THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGING THE PROCESS. AND
YET THIS RESOLUTION SEEMS TO BE A COMPLAINT THAT WE'RE NOT HIGH ENOUGH ON A NATIONALIST OF OUR CURRENT VENDORS AND OUR PREVIOUS MODEL. SO I DON'T WANT THEM TO KEEP DOING THE SAME THING. AND THEY'RE SHOWINGS THEY HAVEN'T BEEN. COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI WAS ASKING WHY THEY A COBBLING
TOGETHER RESOURCES TO CONTINUE THIS SERVICE. WELL, FIRST, I'D SAY MAYBE BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL CUT HALF THEIR BUDGET FOR 2025. AND THEY DON'T BUDGET AT A PROJECT LEVEL. SO DESPITE CUTS FROM THIS BODY, THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THIS TOGETHER TO MAKE
THIS WHOLE. THEY'RE NOT UNDERSPENDING. THAT'S NOT A THING. THEY'RE TAKING AWAY FROM OTHER THINGS. AND THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT THE BUDGET, IT'S A LARGE PART OF THEIR NONPERSONNEL BUDGET. FOR THIS DEPARTMENT. SIX OF US HERE ARE ON THE AEO
COMMITTEE, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN'S RECOLLECTION OF IT HERE. AND LET ME ADD MORE. LAST WEEK, WE HEARD AONG, AND I MIGHT HAVE MADE A COMMENT ABOUT IT BEING A BIT DRY, BUT A NG PRESENTATION FROM DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES ABOUT THE
ADDITIONAL RIGOR. ABOUT THIS PROCESS. WASES IT A BIT SNOOZY? SURE. BUT AS I POINTED OUT THEN, IT SPOKE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CONTRACTING IMPROVEMENTS, VENDOR SUPPORT SERVICES AND
IMPROVEMENTS, THERE ARE ROUGHLY 250 COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ONGOING SUPPORT FROM MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DEMOCRATS THAT WORK DEPARTMENTS THAT WORK WITH THEM. ONE GOOD QUESTION ASKED, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE FROM COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN -- WAS ABOUT OUR SHOTSPOTTER REVIEW.
AND H HOW ON-THE-GROUND PARTNERS KNOW ABOUT SHOTSPOTTER AND TH TECHNOLOGY IT PROVIDES AND CAN COORDINATWORK FROM PEOPLE WORKING ON THE STREET HELP USE THAT INFORMATION IN
GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY KINDS OF WAYS. YES, THE NYU POLICING PROJECT UPDATE, WE GOT LAST YEAR, FOUND THAT OUR SYSTEMS WERE LACKING. BUT THAT REVIEW WAS DONE BEFORE OR CONCURRENTLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH
OF THIS NEW SYSTEM. WE NOW HAVE A TRANSPARENT AND RIGOROUS SELECTION SYSTEM IN PLACE. I'M SORRY THAT THE AUTHOR OF THIS RESOLUTION IS FRUSTRATED. I THINK WE ALL ARE! I THINK WE ALL ARE FRUSTRATED AND WANT THIS
TO OPERATE BETTER. AND WE NEED TO GIVE OUR NEW SYSTEM A CHANCE TO WORK. MS. -- I'M GOING T-- I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH YOUR LAST NAME.S. --
>> IT'S A MOUTHFUL. >> I BELIEVE THE VENDOR COLLECTIONS A -- SELECTIONS ARE PUBLIC. IT COULD BE LOOKED UP OR ASKED WHO GOT IT IN THE PAST AND T GOT LETTERS OF SELECTION AND BEING PREPARED TO BE OUR VENDORS IN THE FUTURE. >> SO CURRENTLY THE INFORMATION
IS NOT PUBLI >> THOSE WERE NOT SELECTED RECEIVED THEIR LETTERS? >> THEY DID RECEIVE NOTICES OF NONSELECTION. HOWEVER, THE SELECTED VENDORS, THAT IS NOT PUBLIC INFORMATION.
>> I SEE. SO THAT'S WHY THIS TIMING MAKES WA ME WARY. IT SOUNDS LIKE AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'RE LOOKING TO LITERALLY APPROVEHE NEXT SET
OF VENDORS BEGINNING APRIL 1st. >> CORRECT. >> THERE'S NO INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET. THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOME ARE NOT THE SAME VENDORS FROM THE PAST. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> BUT WHAT I'V LEARNED THROUGH THE CONVERSATION, AND HAD SUSPICIONS ABOUT BEFORE, IS THAT
THIS IS A WAY THIS MOVING THE MONEY OVER TO THE COUNTY IS A WAYO KEEP THESE CONTRACTS WITH THE SAME SET OF PEOPLE. [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> THAT'S ASCRIBING MOTIVE. NO. >> I'M NOT. I'M NOT. I'M
SAYING IT LOOKS AS THOUGH WE MOVE THE CONTRACTS TO HENNEPIN COUNTY -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> I DON'T HID IT IT'S A STRETCH WHEN THE COUNTY -- WHEN IT WAS SAID IN THE CONVERSATION THAT THE COUNTY WORKS WITH OUR CURRENT VENDORS. [ AWAY FROM MIC ]
I'LL MOVE ON. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS ADDITIONAL RIGOR AND WHAT WE PNSTAKINGLY TOOK A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF TIME TO GO THROUGH SAYS NOT TO DO. I
WAS GOING TO ASK WHERE ARE THE RESULTS FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY? DO WE KNOW THEY'RE DOING A BETTER JOB AT THIS THAN WE ARE? BUT INSTEAD, THIS RESOLUTION WE'RE DIUSSING IS TO CROSS THE STREET THE COUNTY, REINVENT THE WHEEL, AND COMEACK HERE AND BE
IMPROVED BY -- APPROVED BY TH BODY. THAT'S NONSENSICAL TO ME. IT DOES NOT HONOR THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TO APPROVE THIS. AND ANY MONEY SPENT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY, LEGALLY, GO THROUGH T THE ADDITIONAL RIGOR
THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AND EXPLAINED BY DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES LAST WEEK. SO WHAT IS THE POINT, THEN, OWNER TO KEEP THE MONEY WITH THE PEOPL CURRENTLY RECEIVING IT? I'M CURIOUS WHAT IS THE POINT?
>. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? >> [ SIGHING ] SURE. WHY NOT. AGAIN, THIS -THE COUNTY HAS NOT BEEN THE
ONES FOUND LEGALLY MANDATED TO HAVE TO DO ANYTHING AROUND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. LIKE, THEY WERE NOT THE ONES TO. THE COUNTY ALSO HAS A COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS. SO THIS ARGUMENT THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS OUR DESIRE
TO EXHIBIT OUTSIDE INFLUENCE OVER THE COUNTY'S PROCESS TO GET CONTRACTS TO PERIPHERAL VENDORS, REALLY, LIKE REALLY ENTERTAIN IT FOR A MINUTE. F WE WANTED TO DO THAT, AND REALLY FOLLOW WHAT
SEEMS TOLREADY BE A PATTERN. IT SOUNDS LIKE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ENTERTAINEDS EXHIBITED FROM THE HOUR RESCUE EXAMPLE OF THE PT WEEK. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO KEEP THE PROGRAMS HERE AND
MAYBE INTRODUCE THEM OR OUR PREFERRED VENDORS TO THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY COMMISSIONER D SHAKE A FEW HANDS AND MAKE A DONATION TO THE MAYOR. LIKE, APPARENT THAT'S HOW THINGS PPEN HERE. BASED OFF OF OUR -- >> THAT'S EXACTLY ASCRIBING MOTIVATION. >> OH, I'M SURE.
>>OUNCILMEMBER, LET'S STAY TO THE TOPIC. >> THAT'S ASCRIBING MOTIVATION. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. YES. ABSOLUTELY. I'LL CALL DECORUM ON MYSELF. NEVER THE LESS, IF THAT'S TRULY HOW I, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO DO INFLUENCE. YOU CAN KEEP IT LOCALLY HERE.
APPARENTLY IN THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OUR CURRENT OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SAFETY. BUT THE H HENNEPIN COUNTY HAS CLEARLY SHOWN THEY HAVE ROBUST COMPLIANCE MEASURES, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, ALSO, HAVE SHOWN TO ADHERE TO NATIONAL BEST
PRACTICES AND MOO MODELS AROUND GVI AND YGVI AND THE ABILITY TO ADMINISTER THESE PROGRAMS HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND DELIVER RESULTS. THAT'S THE BASELINE. THAT IS WHAT IS THE DESIRED OUTCOME HERE. TO KEEP RESIDENTS SAFE. IT'S NOT ABOUT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS. IT'S NOT
ABOUT THE DESIRE TO PROTECT WHATEVER PEOPLE'S PERCEIVED VENDORS ARE. THAT'S NOT THE CULTURE THAT I THINK A NUMBER OF US, COUNCILMEMBERS ACTUALLY ENTERTAINED THAT HAS BEEN CULTIVATED HERE. SO THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS MOTION.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO? >> NO, MADAM CHAIR. MY POINT IT'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REWORK AND ALL OF THE PCESS OF THE RIGOR OF THE LAWSUIT AND PERHAPS OTHER SO REINVENTING THE WHEEL ACROSS THE STREET TO COME BACK AND BE APPROVED BY THE
BODY. IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME. >> I WILL NOW RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. AND IF YOU TWO WOULD LIKE TO SIT DOWN, IT WOULD BE GREAT. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONER, PLEASE. AS
I'M SURE, AS YOU CAN TELL, I'M NURSING A VERY BAD SORE THROAT. I'LL TRY TO SPEAK CLEARLY, COMMISSIONER. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO HAVE AN OBSERVATION. AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE ATTACKS ON YOUR INTEGRITY IN YOUR STAFF QUESTIONING. THERE'S
NO PLACE FOR THAT. I'M SORRY THIS IS HAPPENING. BUT COULDYOE PUBLIC PURSE DOCTRINE. IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE VENDORS ARE NOT GETTING PAID. THERE WERE ISSUES? AND MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT SO WE UNDERSTAND
WHAT THE PUBLIC PURPOSE DOCTRINE IS. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. I'M A FORMER ATTORNEY. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO MISQUOTE THE PUBLIC DOCTRINE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPING. THE DISCUSSION IS REALLY ABOUT PUBLIC PURPOSE, AND HOW WE USE OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. AND SO THE
EXAMPLES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ME BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND WHAT IS THE PROPER USEF THE PUBLIC DOLLARS, AND WHAT IS NOT. SO, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE LK
AT GVI AND YGVI, WE HAVE THE EMERGENCIES WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A SHOOTING THAT TAKES PLACE. WE NEED TO IMMEDIATELY RELOCATE SOMEONE AND PROVIDE THEM MAYBE
SOME FOOD INITIALLY. THAT, MY UNDERSTANDG, WE CAN USE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSE. IF SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, WE STI HAVE THAT PERSON AS A CLIENT THROUGH ONE OF OUR VENDO, WE CAN'T
TAKE THEM -- ALL THOUGH WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE THEM DO THIS, BUT WE CAN'T TAKE THEM OUT FOR A BIRTHDAY DINNER. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT FOR PUBLIC PURSE. BUT I'LL RETURN IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR MORE THOROUGH DEFINITION OF IT.
>> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE. YEAH. PUBLIC PURPOSE HAS SUCH -- UNDER MINNESOTA LAW. YOU NEED LEGAL AUTHORIZATION YOUAN POINT TO FOR THE EXPENDITURE AND THE EXPENDITURE HAS TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE. THAT MEANS, AND IN REAL SIMPLE TERMS, THERE'S A LOT
OFAVEATS. YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE EACH EXPENDITURE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS. ESCIALLY WHEN YOU'RE PROVIDING FUNDING TO INDIVIDUALS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE FUNDING TO AN INDIVIDUAL, OR MONEY GOING TO AN INDIVIDUAL, IT
CAN BE, IN LARGE CONTEXT, CONSTITUTE A GIFT, A PRIVATE GIFT. IT DOESN'T BENEFIT T PUBLIC AS A WHOLE. AND SO IN A PROGRAM, THAT'S CREATED WHERE YOU'RE USING INDIVIDUALIZED INTERVENTIONS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AT THE OUTSET TO
ESTABLISH STANDARDIZED CATEGORIES OF AUTHORIZED SPENDING AND NONAUTHORIZED SPENDING. YOU CENTER TO LOOK AT EACH EXPENDITURE ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS TO MAKE THE DETERMINE IN DETERMINATION. AND, YES, AS THE COMMISSIONER NOTED, THERE ARE
SOME SITUATIONS IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION DEFINE BROADLY WHERE EXPENDITURES MAY BE OK IN THAT CONTEXT. ON AN INDIVIDUALIZED BASIS, BUT NOT GENERALLY OR OTHERWISE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ONE HER EXPLANATION I THINK IS
PRUDENT HERE. IS THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. THE MYSTERIOUS PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT. I'VE RUN INTO THAT WHEN I'VE TRIED TO TO THAT. AND I WAS REFUSED BECAUSE THE VDOR DID NOT COMPLY. AND SO IS IT SAFE TO SAY IF THE
PROCUREMENT -- THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE VENDOR, THEN WITHHOLDING FUNDING OR NOT ALLOWING CONTRACT IS WHAT THE CITY ENTERPRISE IS SET UP TO DO? >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, I WOULD
AGREE WITH THAT. WE ARE STEWARDS OF THE PLIC DOLLAR. BEHAVE TO E -- WE HAVE TO ENSURE PUBLIC MONEY IS SPENT LEGALLY AND APPROPRIATELY. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN BY MY NEXT QUESTION IS. COMMISSIONER, IF YOU COULD,
EXPLAIN HOW LONG HAS THE COUNTY HAD THEIR VIOLENCE DARTMENT? COMMUNITY SAFETY? EQUAL TO OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY? ARE THEY NOT NEWER THAN OURS? >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI,
COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE THE CITY HAS HAD GVI FOR A LONG TIME. THE CNTY, I THINK, STARTED THEIR YGVI I THINK 2022.
I'M NOT SURE. EXACTLY WHEN THEY STARTED. I KNOW THE CITY HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME. BECAUSE OF MY PRIOR EMPLOYMENT OF BEING INVOLVED WITH GVI. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, ALSO,
THIS IS A COUNTY QUESTION. DOES THE -- DOES EDEN PRAIRIE OR BROOKLYN PARK PAY THE COUNTY FOR GVI SERVICES IN THEIR DISTRICTS? >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF. I'M NOT
AWARE OF THE COUNTY HAVING RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE CITIES. >> OKAY. WELL, I DO NOT WANT TO HOLD UP THIS DISCUSSION, BUT I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS. I THINK BACK TO WHEN I FIRSTSTARTD
COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON, I VOTED AGAINST THIS. YOU HAD CONVINCED ME OTHERWISE THAT THE FUNDING -- I VOTED AGAINST ALL FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT. ND YOU CONVINCED ME THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD 130 YEARSO GET THEIR REPORTING AND THEIR ACT IN
ORDER. AND TO HAVE FAITH AND BEAR WITH OUR CITY EMPLOYEES AND GET THIS DONE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE COURSE THAT WE SHOULD STAY. THAT THIS IS NEWER THAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE MAKING WAY. AND WE SHOULD NOT FARM OFF THIS WORK TO
THE COUNTY. THAT'S JUST NOT GOOD GOVERNANCE. THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. NOT THEIRS. AND, FINALLY, I DO WANT TO CALL OUT MAD DADS AND 21 DAYS OF PEACE. IT SEEMS I HAVE TROUBLE GETTING FUNDING ESPECIALLY UNDER THE OLDER REGIME. THEY'RE DOING THE WORK. THEY WORK LATE
AT NIGHT. THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. AND I THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE ON THE NICOLLET MALL AND THE WAREHOUSE DISTRICT LIVE. >> NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. THEN I THINK WE'LL BE READY TO CONSIDER THE MOTION ON THIS QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I REALLY WISH WE WOULD KEEP THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT GVI AND YGVI. THERE'S A LOT OF CROSSING OF THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS VERSUS YGVI AND GVI. I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY CONFUSING TO COMMUNITY. BECAUSE MOST OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD TO FIELD THIS
WEEKEND WAS ABOUT PEOPLE THINKING INTERRUPT SERVICES WERE BEING AFFECTED. AND THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH INTERRUPTERS. I'VE MADE THAT POINT WAY TOO MANY TIMES. BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO JUST CONTINUE TO CLARIFY. BUT, LIKE, WHAT I PERSONAY WANT TO FOCUS
ON IS THE REASON WHY THIS AMENDMENT IS STINKING UP THE ROOM FOR ME IS BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE REASONS. ONE, IS THE TIMING OF THIS. I, TOO, RECEIVE MESSAGES AND CALLS FROM VENDORS SAYING "HEY, I JUST GOT M E-MAIL. AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE SELECTED. AND I WAS IN SHOCK."
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, LIKE, WHAM THIS IS, LIK A FOUNDER OF THIS WORK. THIS IS A PERSON WHO I CAN'TMAGINE DOING THIS WORK WITHOUT THIS PERSON. LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO! I SHOULD MOVE THE MONEY SOMEWHERE
AND CIRCUMVENT A PROCESS THAT WE ALL KNOW HAS HAPPENED. WE KNOW THE TIMING HERE. THERE WAS PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY DURING BUDGET TWO WEEKS, THREE WEEKS BEFORE WHEN MOVED CANOPY OUT OF THIS SAME DEPARTMENT INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IF IT WAS GOING SO BAD, I DON'T KNOW WHY
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN. TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT WAS CANOPY. HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM. OUTSIDE OF RECEIVING MESSAGES ABOUT CERTAIN VENDORS DID NOT GET THE FUNDING AND THIS IS A NEW WAY TO DO IT. THE
OTHER THING THAT IS SUPER SMELLY, LIKE, THIS IS, LIKE, THIS IS, LIKE, IT'S JUST NOT WORKING AT ALL. BECAUSE WE AT ANY TIM DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS. I CAN'T TELL YOU H MANY DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHY COPY
NEEDED TO MOVED OUT THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW IT FIT BETTER IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I LITERALLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS FROM SOMEBODY WALKING UP TO ME IN THE ELEVATOR AND SAYING, "COUNCILMEMBER, HOW HAVE YOU HEARD -- WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
BRINGING AN ANDMENT FORWARD THAT IS GOING TO MOVE MONEY OUT OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND MOVE IT OT OVER TO COUNTY." IF THE COUNTY IS DOING SOELL, LET IT. THEY HAVE WAY MORE THAN WE DO. WAY MORE MONEY THAN WE DO. IF THEY'RE DOING SO WELL, THEY CAN
FIND $1.25ILLION, OR WHATEVER THE NEW NUMBER IS, IN THEIR BUDGET AND THEY CAN DO IT ALSO. ALSO. WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHOL TY HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFIED OF SELECTION OR THE SELECTION HASN'T BEEN MADE PUBLIC. WHY CAN'T THEY GO TOTHE
WHOLE PROGRAM OVER THERE WITH THE PROCESS. THE LEGITIMATE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE IN THE CITY THAT OUR STAFF DID. WHY AREN'T WE CONSIDERING THAT? WHY ARE WE STARTING A WHOLE NEW PROCESS OVER, IF IT AIN'T SH ADY. PEOPL HAVE BEEN
SELECTED INTERNALLY. PPLE HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED AND HAVE BEEN TOLD PUBLIC. WHY ARE WE STARTING A WHOLE NEW PROCESS ALL OVER WHEN ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SELECT. I FEEL SECE IN WHAT OUR STAFF HAS TOLD ME IN
THE PAST SIX MONTHS ABOUT WHAT WAS GOI ON WITH THE SELECTION PROCESS. AND WHO THEY WERE SELECTING AND HOW THEY WERE SELECTING THEM. SOL WHY ARE WE GOING AROUND THAT SUDDENLY AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SAY, "OKAY, LET'S MOVE THE MONEY OVER THERE AND WE'LL LET THE COUNTY PICK.
AND THEN WE'LL GO ALONG WITH WHO THE COUNTY IS PICKING." ARE WE DOING -- YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, CHAIR. IS SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING? DIFFERENT THAN THAT? THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. THE WAY YOU LOOKING AT ME, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS
HAPPENING. IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAPPENING? >> SO JUST THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S TO MOVE THESE PROGRAMS TO THE COUNTY, WHICH TO BE ADMINISTERED THROUGH, LIKE, A PUBLIC AND COMPETITIVE PROCESS. >> BUT WE DID THAT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. >> BUT, S JUST EARLIER WE HAD
STAFF TELL US THAT, UMM, THAT THE -- THAT RFP PROCESS FOR -- FOR YGVI, LIKE, THE VENDORS HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND, UMM, THEY ARE UNDERGOING NEGOTIATION TO ENTER TO CONTRACTS WITH YGVI VENDORS
BUT NOT FOR GVI. LIKE, BUT I HEARD WAS, UMM, THAT NOFICATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN -- >> -- NO, I'M SAYING WE HAVE COMPLETED A PROCESS. WE HAVE TAKEN PEOPLE THROUGH A PROCESS. SPECIFICALLY. LET'S JUST SPEAK TO YGVI. I THINK THAT'S WHO I
HEARD FROM. YGVI PEOPLE -- [ OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >>CAN I MAKE ONE CORRECTION. I WAS JUST INFORMED. I SAID THAT FOR GVI, CHAIR CHUGHTAI, THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED THE RFP PROCESS AND NOTICES HAD GONE OUT. I WAS CORRECTED THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY IN NEGOTIATION.
>> SO BOTH -- >> BOTH ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS. >> YES. >> OKAY. I TUGHT THAT WAS SAID EARLIER. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, HOW ARE WE CERTAIN OUR VENDORS WANT TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY? I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TALK AUT THE TROUBLES THEY'VE HAD WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AS VENDORS, ALSO. WHY
ARE WE JUST -- WHY HAVE WE MADE A DECISION THEY'RE BETTER THAN US? I'M KIND OF NOT LIKE THAT. I THINK I'M THE BEST. SO HOW HAVE WE MADE A DECISION THAT THE COUNTY IS SOMEHOW BETTER THAN US? AND THERE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB AT THIS. AND THEY HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE THAN US.
YET WE'VE PUT ALL THIS MONEY TO INVESTMENTS AROUND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WITH ALL THESE AGENCIES TO COME IN AND HELP MAKE IT BETTER. WE DID ALL THE WORK LAST YEAR. PROUD OF ALL OF THAT! BUT NOW WE'RE SAYING LET'S MOVE THIS PARTICULAR -- WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN WHEN THE RFP GOES OUT FOR THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS AND THEN SOMEBODY FRIEND DON'T GET SELECTED OR SOMEBODY WHOEVER DON'T GE SELECTED. WE GOING TO MOVE THAT, TOO? IT'S HAPPENING NOW. IT'S HAPPENING NOW. WE
CAN PLAY THE GAME, IF WE WANT TO. I CAN SAYHAT I WANT. I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING AND I KNOW THE TIMELINE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN SOMEBODY'S FRIEND DOESN'T GET SELECTED FOR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS GROUP BECAUSE THERE'S A SOLID PROCESS IN PLA.
>> CAN WE NOT ASCRIBE MOTIVES. >> ASCRIBE IT TO WHO? THE UNIVERSE? I DIDN'T SAY ANYBODY'S NAME. >>OUNCILMEER, I JUST -- I DON'T THINK IT'S -- I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD INSINUATE AT ALL. >> OH! SO WE SWITCH IT UP. IT'S ASCRIBE MOTIVES EVERY OTHER
TIME. NOW IT'S INSINUATE! WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DO STUFF, IT -- >> COUNCILMEMBER. >> -- YOU SIT AND LISTEN TO WHATEVER. I TOLD YOU. I'M GETTING SICK OF IT! WHEN IT'S ME, EVERYBODY HAVE TO HAVE DECORUM AND IN LINE. ONLY FOR ME! THIS ONE NEXT TO ME YLED
OUT OF TURN. DECORUM. THAT'S BAD DECORUM. WHENEVER SHE FEELS LIKE IT. Y'ALL DON'T SAY NOTHING! NOTHING! SHE TALKING RIGHT NOW. [ WH WHISPERING OFF MIC ] >> LEARN HOW TO BE LEADERS UP IN HERE! THIS IS NOT SHOWING LEADERSHIP EITHER. EVERYBODY
CAN SEE WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO DO IT. DO IT. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT WITH MY VOTE. OR DO IT. OR FIGURE IT OUT FOR THE PEOPLE WE WANT TO BE DOING THIS WORK. THIS AIN'T THE WAY TO DO IT. PERIOD. >> FINALLY, I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN.
>> COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN WAS IN QUEUE FOR ME. I DID WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. I'M PRETTY SURE I KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE. BUT CAN THE AUTHORS REMIND ME OF THE TIMELINE OF THIS? HOW LONG DO WE EXPECT THIS MOVE T LAST?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISO FOR THE DURATION OF 2025. >> SO WE'RE ALREADY MIDWAY THROUGH FEBRUARY. THIS IS LESS THAN A YEAR. I WOULDN'T SUPPORT A PERMANENT MOVE TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'M OVER HE ON THE CITY SIDE OF THINGS.
>> RIGHT. >> BUT, YEAH. THIS IS LESS THAN A YEAR. WHICH, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER RAINVILLE, YOU TALKED ABOUT OUR NEED TO HELP THIS DEPARTMENT DEVELOP. I STILL BELIEVE IN THAT. BUT I THINK I SUPPORT THE MOVE BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LIMITED SCOPE. A LIMITED TIMELINE. AND I DO HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS
FOR THE AUTHORS. BECAUSE IT CAME UP DURING DISCUSSION,UT IS THE INTENTION HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT INTERRUPT CONTINUITY OF SERVICE? BECAUSE I KNOW IT CAME UP AS A CONCERN FROM OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS. >> YEAH, SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON. FOR THE
MOTION, THAT'S WHY WE INCLUDED THAT THE AGREEMENT SHOULD OUTLINTHE TRANSITION PLAN AROUND, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THAT DISRUPTION PIECE. OFCOURSY DISRUPTION. FROM OUR UNDERSTAING, THE COUNTY IS ALREADY ADMINISTERING GVI, YGVI
PROGRAMS. BASED IN MINNEAPOLIS. AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE WORK. SO IDEALLY THAT INFORMATION CAN BE REFLECTED IN ANY AGREEMENT THAT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. >> THANK YOU. AND IF THERE'S AN-- IF THERE'S CLARITY, WE'RE AT COMMITTEE NOW. WE HAVE ANOTHER DECISION TO MAKE AT FULL
COUNCIL. IF THERE'S QUESTIONS THAT FOLKS HAVE FOR THE AUTHORS. IF THERE'S DISCUSSIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND STAFF, I HOPE THEY CAN HAPPEN BEFORE FULL COUNCIL. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS TODAY. BUT I ALSO HOPE WE CAN GROW SUPPORT AND REACH SOME KIND OF CONSENSUS BEFORE FULL COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
COUNT IS GOING TO BE TODAY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT AND I WANT TO MAKE A FEW OTHER, I THINK, IMPORTANT POINTS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF PROCUREMENT AND, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PURPOSE, AND, TO ME, JUST
THE WHOLE DISCUSSION, TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE A MASSIVE LACK OF COMMUNICATIO I FEEL LIKE I'M A LITTLE BIT OF A BEATING A DEAD HORSE ON THAT FOR THE LAST YEAR, OR SO. I KEEP SEEING IT EVERYWHERE IN THE INSTITUTION. WE HAVE VENDORS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESSES,
MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT IT'S RARELY MALICIOUS AND THAT IT IS TYPICALLY A MATTER OF EDUCATION. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT COMPLAINTS. WE'VE G STAFF -- WE HAVE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION IN THIS DEPARTMENT. THOSE THINGS ARE NOT FAILURES OF OUR STAFF WHO
ARE THERE. OUR STAFF THERE ARE DOING GREAT TO MAINTAIN. BUT IT IS A LOT FOR FOLKS TO BE TAKING ON. ESPECIALLY IN QUICK SUCCESSION. I THINK HAVING A RESET. I THINK HAVING SOME TIME TOLL HAVE A HEALTHY DEEP BREATH. IF WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND USE THAT WAY, COULD NOT -- IS
NOT THE WORST OUTCOME IN THE WORLD. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS. AND, YEAH. LIKE I SAID, I THINK THOSE FEELINGS OF INSTABILITY GO AWAY BACK BEFORE WITHIN THE DARTMENT GO BEFORE SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP CHANGEUPS
AND NOW WE'VE HAD ANOTHER ONE. SO, AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INVEST IN. TO JUST SORT OF ALLOW PRODUCTIVITY AND REBUILDING TO HAPPEN. LAST THING I'LL SAY, IS, YOU KNOW, I'LL KEEP SAYING
THIS UNTIL I'M GONE AND YOU GUYS ARE SPEAKING -- SPEAKING OF LESS THAN A YEAR. I'VE GOT LESS THAN A YEAR. 90% OF THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE HAPPENING BETWEEN THE AUTHORS AND STAFF IN, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONERS' OFFICE. 90% OF THIS DISCUSSION SHOULD BE HAPPENING IN A CONFERENCE ROOM
AT THE NEW BUILDING. OR IN A COUNCILMEMBER'S OFFICE. THAT'S WHERE 90% OF THE DISCUSSION SHOULD BE HPENING. AND IF THAT'S NOT HAPPENING, IT'S EASY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS TO POINT THE FINGER OR STAFF TO POINT THE FINGER AT COUNCILMEMBERS. THAT'S SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. EVERYBODY HAS GOT TO BE WORKING
IN EQUAL PARTS TO BUILD THAT BRIDGE. 90% OF THE DISCUSSION CAN'T BE HAPPENING UP HERE ON E DAIS. I KNOW THAT MIGHT FEEL LIKE THAT LENDS ITSELF TO TRANSPARENCY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, IT DOESN'T! IT LENDS ITSELF TO A LOT OF CONFUSION. IT LENDS ITSELF TO A LOT OF CONSPIRACY
THEORIES. YOU KNOW, IT LENDS SELF TO A LOT OF SPECULATION. AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF THAT REASONABLE SPECULATION. AND WE'VE SEEN, I THINK, SOME REASONABLE SPECULATION AMONG COLLEAGUES UP HERE ON THE DAIS, AGAIN, BUT IT LEADS TO CONFUSION. IT LEADS TO MISCOMMUNICATION. AND SO I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF US TO SORT
OF BE COMMITTED TO SORT OF BUILDING THAT BRIDGE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE IDEOLOGICAL RIFFS, YOU KNOW, AMONG ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THIS BUILDING. THAT IS OKAY! I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE. I'VE ALSO SEEN
COUNCILMEMBERS, STAFF, THE MAYOR BE ABLE TO WOR THROUGH THOSE IDEOLOGICAL RIFFS. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S AN ELECTION AR. REGARDLESS OF ANY OF THAT. THIS IS A TEMPORARY CHANGE. LET'S NOT MAKE IT A BIGGEREAL THAN THAT. IF IT
DIDN'T COME ABOUT IN THE MOST SEAMLESS WAY, L'S FIX OUR COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS. I'M NOT JUST POINTING THE FINGER. I'M WILLING TO BE A PT OF WHATEVER THAT SOLUTION NEEDS TO BE. I'M WILLING TO FACILITATE WHATEVER MEINGS NEED TO BE FACILITATED. I'M READY TO HELP WHATEVER BRIDGES NEED TO BE BUILT. BUT I
THINK YOU KNOW, THE CONSTANT WAY WE HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS UP HERE ON THE DAIS, IT MAKES THE STAKES FEEL SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THEY ARE. AND SO ANYWAY. I FEEL LIKE, UMM, I FEEL LIKE THE KID WITH THE -- IN, UMM, "LORD OF
THE FLIES" WITHHE COGSHELL. THAT'S MY PIECE. I HOPE WE CAN GET SOMEEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING BY THE TIME IT COMESES TO FULL COUNCIL. I HOPE WE CAN SUPPORT IT, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, I SEE IT AS A TEMPORARY MOVE. I SEE IT AS A WAY FOR US TO ALLOW
OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO ARE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION TO HAVE LESS TO MANAGE ON THEIR PLATE. I HEAR THE -- THE -- THE -- THE -- DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK THIS MOVE IS REASONABLE. AND I DON THINK WE SHOULD MAKE IT BIGGER THAN WHAT IT FEELS
LIKE, TO ME. . >> >>: THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER PALMISANO FOLLOWED BY COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL BE BRIEF. I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK IT'S FOR QUESTIONER BARNETTE. I'M OPEN TO ANYBODY
PROVIDING A SENSE OF INFORMATION. COMMISSIONER BARNETTE, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND, HOW LONG AFTER THIS WHOLE SYSTEM WAS REBUILT, HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO DO THE RFP AND NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS WITH THESE VENDORS? LIKE AN PROXIMATN OF MONTHS.
>> SO THE DRAFTING PROCESS STARTED IN AUGUST OF 2024. THAT TOOK TWO MONTHS OF PLANNING THE RFP TO ENSURE THAT @CRITERIA IS RIGHT. TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ASKING THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
WE RELEASED THE RFP WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024. THE RFP CLOSED ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2024. I USUAL I WILL EVALUATIONS HAVE TO TAKE A MINIMUM OF FOUR WEEKS. AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON A NUMBER OF
PROPOSALS YOU RECEIVE. BECAUSE WE WANT TO AVOID REVIEWER FATIGUE AND ENSURE THE FIRST PROPOSAL IS REVIEWED WITH THE SAME CLARITY AND, YOU KNOW, ENTHUSIASM AS THEAST ONE. AND THEN ONCE ALL REVIEWERS WRAP UP
EVALUATIONS, THEN WE HAVE TO GO OVER THE REVIEW MATERIAL AND ENSURE THAT PROCUREMENT, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AGREES WITH THE WAY THAT THE EVALUATION WAS CARRIED OUT. AND THEN WE HAVE TO START THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. SO SOMETIMES THAT INCLUDES REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHAT WE
DID WITH BOTH RFPS. BECAUSE OFTENTIMES A TOP-SCORING VENDORS AREN'T NECESSARILY THE VENDORS MOST EQUIPPED TO DO THE WORK. WE HAVE TO DIG DEEPER TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR SERCES ALIGN WITH THE GVI MODEL. AND SO THAT TOOK A WEEK FOR USES TO GO THROUGH THAT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. INCLUDING AN NSD
STAFF, INCLUDING MPD LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY STAFF. NOW WE'RE COMING DOWN TO THE NEGOTIATION OF THE BUDGET. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET TABLE IS CLEAR. IT ALIGNS WITH THE PUBLIC PURPOSE DOCTRINE, BUT, ALSO, THERE'S A SYSTEM. SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST AWARDING FUNDS BASED ON WHAT IS
REQUESTED. WE'RE AWARDING BASED ON THE REFERRAL SYSTEM. RIGHT. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO AWARD UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT BASED ON WHAT IS FUNDED. AND THEN THAT PROCESS TAKES AWHILE. BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORY HAS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET TABLE. PROCUREMENT HAS TO DRAFT THE CONTRACTS. WE HAVE TO GET FOUR SIGNATURES IN TOTAL. AND SO, AGAIN, THE
PROCESS STARTED INUGUST. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE NEGOTIATIONS PHASE. WE'LL BE COMING BEFORE COUNCIL TO ASK TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS. THAT GIVES US TWO MONTHS REMAINING IN ORDER TO FINALIZE NEGOTIATIONS AND EXECUTE THE CONTRACTS BY
APRIL 1st, 2025. >> THANK YOU. SO, MADAM CHAIR, MY POINT IS THIS IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT MONTHS IS THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO PUT TOGETHERON, TO ME, MAKES WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ELLISON SAID SOUND FAIRLY
UNPRACTICAL TO HAVE IT BEING DONE AT THE COUNTY. BECAUSE AFTER IT IS DONE AT THE COUNTY, MIND YOU, IN THE RESOLUTION, IT SAYSES THAT IT WILL BE COMING BACK TO THIS COUNCIL TO APPROVE. SO THAT PUTS US PRETTY FAR PAST SUMMER TIME ACTIVITY AND, YOU
KNOW, PUTS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THIS WORK. THIS IS NOT ABOUT CONTIN CONTINUITY OF WORK. TO THE OTHER POINT, I WOULD SAY, I GOT THIS RESOLUTION AFTER NOON TODAY. IF PEOPLE WANT TO REBUILD A BRIDGE OR
ESTABLISH ONE, IN THE FIRST PLACE, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS. AND THAT FEELS PRETTY BASIC IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION. >> THANK YOU. SO IT'S 3:33:00 P.M. RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE CAPTIONERS UNTIL 4:00 P.M. THIS
DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BERAPPED UP BY THEN. THIS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE WRAPPED UP BY THAT TIME. I SEE SEVERAL COUNLMEMBERS IN QUEUE. I'LL ASK YOU KEEP YOUR REMARKS BRIEF. SO WE CAN TAK UP THE UNDERLYING MOTION. I WILL RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER OSMAN. >> THANK YOU. IT SEEMS LIKE WE
ARE JUST FIGHTING. LIKE, IN A WAY FOR WHO IS GETTING SELECTED AND WHO NOTTS. WHAT MATTERS THE MOST IS, ARE THESE PROGRAMS HELPING THE COMMUNITY? ARE OUR DEPARTMENTS BEING EFFECTIVE AND HAVE THE TOOLS TO RUN THE SERVICES WE ASK THEM TO DO? IF
THEY'RE FAILING THAT SERVICES, THEN, YES, WE HAVE THE RIGHT PATH TO MOVE FORWARD. TO FIND HENNEPIN COUNTY WHOEVER TO MANAGE THAT. I DON'T REMEMBER LAST YEAR, LIKE OUR BUDGET DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY WERE
STRUGGLING WITH STAFFING. THEY HAD MAYBE ONE. THAT WAS WORKING WITH HUNDRED CONTRACTORS. SO IT'S CHALLENGING WITH THEM, YES, WE CAN MOVE THAT. WE ALSO, FOR
ME, I WOULD SUPPORT TEMPORARY MOVE BUT ITS CHALLENGING. I'M HEARING MIXED MESSAGES THAT THIS WILL IMPACT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PROGRAM THAT IS EXISTING. I'M HEARI. AM I OR
AM I NOT? SO I LIKE USES TO TAKE A STEP BACK. THAT O PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS THAT ARE PUTTING IN GOOD WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY. MINNEAPOLISUS PROGRAM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR EXPANDING THIS PROGRAM TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN OUR CITY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THOSE ARE BEING MET. AND, ALSO, ARE THOSE EVEN GETTING THE SUPPORT THEY NEED? OR THEY DESERVE? ARE THEIR CONTRACTS BEING RENEWED? ARE THEY GETTING PAID? THOSE QSTIONS COME UP. YES, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LEERSHIP. TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO DO OUR JOB BETTER. BUT I WOULD LIKE US TO -- I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE THURSDAY IF THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS PROGRAM WILL BE IMPACTED AND
WHAT NUMBER WOULD IT NOT IMPACT? >> AS A REMINDER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR LAKES, BEFORE YOU CHIME IN. THE QUESTN BEFORE THE BODY IS NARROWLY LIMITED TO GVI AND WHY GVI PROGRAMMING. THIS
IS UNRELATED TO VIOLENCE INTERRUPTER SERVICES. UNRELATED TO MINNEAPOLISU STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WORK. AND I BELIEVR QUESTION ABOUT THIS EARLIER BY COUNCILMEMBER CASHMAN. SO I'LL LET YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION AGAIN. BUT, AGAIN, JUST AS A
REMINDER, I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER H VETAW HAS BEEN HOLDING REMINDERS ON THIS. WRE NARROWLY SPEAKING ABOUT GVI AND YGVI IN THIS TOPIC. >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER O OSMAN, TO BRIEFLY REPEAT THE
SAME ANSWER. IT WILL IMPACT VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY MOVING FOR GVI. SO BECAUSE WE HAVE X AMOUNT OF MONEY MOVING SO MUCH OF THAT TO HENNEPIN COUNTY WILL MEAN IT WILL IACT THE VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTION SERVICES. WHICH ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. BUT THE POT OF MONEY IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED. SO THOSE SERVICES WILL NEED TO BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.>> SO IF THAT AMOE THURSDAY, THE AUTHOR COMES UP WITH A NUMBER THAT I WILL NOT -- WILL YOU -- WOULD YOU BEBLE TO
GIVE US A NUMBER IT WILL NOT IMPACT THE VIOLENCE INTERRUPTERS? . >> >>: I CAN'T DISCUSS THOSE NUMBERS DUE TO CITY RULES. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE NEGOTIATN PHASE WITH THE GVI CONTRACTS. SO I CAN'T SHARE
THOSE NUMBERS. PER CITY RULES. >> OKAY. >> ANDROCUREMENT. I'M SORRY. >> YEAH. BUT IT PUTS ME IN A TOUGH POSITION TO MAKE SE THAT I'M NOT VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT PROGRAMS THAT EXIST IN OUR CITY. BUT AT THE SAME
TIME UNDERSTANDING THAT GVI IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND MAYBE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY OR MOVE TO THE COUNTY TO SEE HOW THEY WORK. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT. THAT WE CAN ENTERTAIN.
THAT WE CAN VOTE ON IT. BUT IT PUTS ME IN A CHALLENGING PLACE. HOPEFULLBEFORE THURSDAY, THERE IS A CLEAR NUMBER OF, IF WE MOVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY. THE PROGRAMS THAT EXIST THAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT, ESPECIALLY MINNEAPOLIS US WILL NOT BE AFFECTED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. NEXT I'LL RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I WAS GOING TO JUST ASK FOR A
TIMELINE DUE TO THIS. SO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. ONE WAS THE ACTUAL DOLLARS FOR GVI AND YGVI. BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CURRENT MOTION IS NOT CORRECT. BUT YOU'RE ALSO NOW TELLING ME THAT
YOU CANNOT, VIA CITY RULES, GIVE THAT TO US. IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HELP US UNDERSTAND?
>> WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. UNDER THE DATA PRACTICES ACT, DATA IS NONPUBLIC UNTIL COMPLETION OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS. THAT'S A DEFINED TERM IN THE STATUTE. IT'S 13.591. AND THAT IS THE POINT AT WHICH
THE INFORMATION CAN BE REVEALED PUBLIC IS WHEN THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY IS COMPLETED NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT WITH A SELECTED VENDOR. SO WHILE THEY' STILL IN NEGOTIATIONS, MUCH OF -- MOST OF THE INFORMATI IS NOT PUBLIC. >> OKAY. HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE
FEEL NEGOTIATIONS IS GOING TO GO ON?>> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI, WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE THAT BE DONE AT THE NEXT -- FEBRUARY 18th MEETIN WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL. SO IT SHOULD BE DONE THEN. OKAY. SO THEN AT THAT TIME,
WE WOULD KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT. OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION I THINK IS CRITICAL HERE RIGHT NOW IS UNDERSTANDING THE COUNTY AND WHEN IT WOULD BE OPERATIONAL. IF WE WERE TO MOVE THESE FUNDS. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT AN ANSWER FOR YOU. SO I'M GOING TO
ASK THAT BEFORE THURSDAY, IF COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY, IF YOU CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND GET A MEMO. OR SOME KIND OF WRITTEN NOTICE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THEIR OCESS. I AM HEARING THE
PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY TOOK SIX TO EIGHT MONTH ONE OF THE MAJOR OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE HERE IS TO NOT HAVE DISRUPTION OF THESE SERVICES. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE IN WRITTEN FORMAT BEFORE WE HAVE THIS, THEIRIMELINE OF
MOVING THIS FUNDS AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AS WELL. AND THEN I DO -- I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER CHOWDHURY HAD TO LEAVE TO GO TO THE CAPITOL, AND DUE TO SOME OF THE UNKNOWN INFORMATION, I WOULD LIK TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITHOUT
RECOMMENDATION TODAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI HAS MOVED TO FORWARD THIS ITEM TO THURSDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. MR. CLERK, I SEE -- GO AHEAD. >> MADAM CHAIR, THE MOTION TO APPROVE HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. >> OH, RIGHT.
>> IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SEND FORWARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION UNTIL AND UNLESS THAT MOTION WERE TO FAIL. >> THANK YOU. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, CAN I BE NOTICED FOR A COMMENT. JUST ABOUT THIS OPERATIONAL PIECE.
THAT COUNCILMEMBER CGHTAI. COUNCILMEMBER KOSKI TALKED ABOUT. BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVEN'T REALLY DISCUSSED OR REALLY RECOGNIZED A PIECE OF THAT. >> GO AHEAD. >> THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PEETS
OF WORK THAT MPD DOES AROUND DATA. AND SHOOTINGS. A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE MEETINGS THAT TAKE PLACE F GVI. SO
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO NO ONE HAS REALLY DISCUSSED THIS MOVE IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT MPD IS DOING GOING TO OUR
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A PIECE THAT IS SIGNIFICANT TO GVI. IN HOW WE WORK THE STRATEGIES. THAT'S A POINT I WANTED TO MAKE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. CAN WE -- LET'S NOTE THAT AS A PART OF FLOW UP HERE. COUNCILMEMBER VETAW THEN COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. I WANTED TO
JUST HAVE SOMEONE LIST WHAT THE PROVEN FAILURES ARE. LIKE, INTERNALLY. WHAT ARE THE PROVEN FAILURES THAT HAS HAPPENED THAT HAS, LIKE, RUN THIS BUILD THAT WE NEED TO MOVE IT.
>> I BELIEVE THAT A LIST WAS PROVIDED IN COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY'S PRESENTATION. I DON'T REMEMBER RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WOULD YOU LIKE HER TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION? >> YEAH. >> GO AHEAD. >> I JUST ASKED YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER VETAW, YES. THE PRESENTATIO WAS A PART OF THAT. AS WELL AS THE PACKET
THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU, ALONG WITH THAT MEMO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THAT PACKET THAT IS ALSO HYPERLINKED TO A NUMBER OF THINGSES THAT COUNCIL HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO TO ADDRESS THE NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THAT MEMO. UMM, I RECOGNIZE IT'S SHORT ON TE.
SO I WON'T GO INTO EVERY SPECIFIC THING THAT HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT ALMOST SEVEN-PAGE MEMO. >> OKAY. SHE LITERALLY SAID NOTHING. SO PEOPLE'S INVOICES DIDN'T GET PAID ON TIME. >> THAT'S -- [ OVERSLAPING SPEAKERS ] >> BECAUSE SOME COUNCILMEMBERS
THINK THAT THE COUNTY IS BETTER AT IT. I MEAN, THE THINGS I'VE GATHERED, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE ENSURE THAT THERE WON'TE SIMILAR CHALLENGES AT THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY BOARD OVERSEES THEIR FUNDING. JUST LIKE WE DO OVER HERE. I FL
LIKE I TRUST MY MONEY MORE WHERE I HAVE OVERSIGHT AT IT. ESPECIALLY WHERE SOMEBODY TRIED TO GET THEMSELVES A 50% RSE. I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES OVERSEEING MY MONEY BEFORE I TAKE MY CHANCES ON IT GOING OVER THERE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
THE SPECIFICS. I REALLY DON'T RECALL, LIKE, THE SPECIFICS. SO I'LL FIND IT. AND I'LL ASK MORE QUESTIONUP UNTIL THURSDAY. >> THANK YOU. AND THEN, FINALLY, I'LL ROGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR CHUGHTAI. IF WE CAN HAVE STAFF. I'M NOT
HEARING A NUMBER. HOW MUCH MONEY WAS FUNDED FOR YGVI AND GVI IN THE 2025 BUDGET? THERE HAS TO BE A SPECIFIC NUMBER. WHY IS THERE NO NUMBER? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE? THERE HAS
TO BE. WHEN WE APPROVED FUNDING, THERE'S FUNDING FOREVE. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMBEN THE BUDGET IS NOT DOWN TO THE PROGRAM LEVEL. AND THEN WHEN WE
ENTER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FOR BODY OF SERVICE, IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SAY HOW MUCH MONEY IS THERE. DURING CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, WE CANNOT SHARE
AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING NEGOTIATED. >> FOR SURE. I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT CONTRACTS. WE APPROVED A BUDGET. I'M CONFUSED WHY THERE ISN'T FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS. IS IT NOT IN
THE BASE BUDGET OR WHAT? >> BUDGETING DOESN'T GO TO THE PROGRAM LEVEL. AT THAT TIME. WHERE WE ENTER NEGOTIATIONS FOR CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES, THAT'S WHEN WE CARVE OUT BASED OFF OF MONEY THAT GETS MOVED, STAFFING
CHANGES, HOW MUCH MONEY WE ARE PUTTING ASIDE FOR TRAINING. THERE'S AMOU OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT GOES WHERE SED OFF OF THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. WHEN WE ENTER NEGOTIATIONS, WE CANNOT SHARE THAT NUMBER.
>> FINI FOR SURE. I'M NOT ASKING FOR THE NUMBER OF NEGOTIATIONS. IT BRINGS UP A CONVERSATION HOW WE DO BUDGETING IN THE CITY. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH BUDGET LEADERSHIP. I FEEL LIKE OFTENTIMES TOUGHOUT OUR BUDGET PROCESS, AND THIS IS NOT JUST RELATED TO NSD OR OCS. LIKE,
THIS HAPPENS. OUR BUDGET PROCESS ISN'T AS TRANSPARENT. BUT THE BGET ITSELF ISN'T AS TRANSPARENT. YOU GO THROUGH THE BUDGET BOOK, YOU DON'T SEE EXACTLY WHAT STAFF IS GOINGO BE USING FOR WHAT. AND I FEEL LIKE THERE NEEDS TO BE DEEP STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN THE CITY'S BUDGET. AND I THINK THIS IS
RAISING ALARMS FOR MYSF. I BET IT'S RAISING ALARMS FOR MY RESIDENT. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING QUESTIONS. THERE IS CONCERNING, IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING USED FOR YGVI OR GVI IN THE CITY'S BUDGET. >> THERE IS SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT IS BEING USED FOR THAT PROAM. >> OKAY. >> I CANNOT SHARE THAT. INFORMATION >> I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT T CONTRACTS. A SPECIFIC AMOUNT
WAS APPROVED. I'M NOT SURE WHY CAN'T HAVE ACCESS. WHEN I ASK STAFF HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING USED FOR THE OWNERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY FUND. THEY CAN DIRECT ME. IF I ASK THEM HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING USED FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND, WHICH WAS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT WAS A LINE ITEM. I
OBVIOUSLY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE NUMBER. I'M CONFUSED WHY THERE N'T A NUMBER FOR THIS. >> AFTER THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATION IS DONE, WE CAN TEL YOU HOW MUCH IS BUDGETED. >> FOR SURE. AND I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO CROSS HRS HERE. THIS
IS NOT A YOU QUESTION. I'LL JUST LET IT GO ON THAT. I THINK IT MEANS DEEPER CONVERSATIONS THROUGH THE CITY'S BUDGETING PROCESS. BECAUSE THIS IS VERY CONCERNING, IN GENERAL. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO STRUCTURALLY CHANGE THE WAY WE DO BUDGETING IN MINNEAPOLIS SO RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR AND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF IT.
>> CHAIR CHUGHTAI, COUNCILMEMB CHAVEZ. THE ONLY THING, IT'S NOT A LINE ITEM. SO THERE'S A CERTAIN POD OFONEY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THE DEPARTMENT THEN KIND OF ALLOCATES. IT'S NOT THAT AFTER NEGOTIATION ARE
DONE. YOU WON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT. THE DEPARTMENT KIND OF GIVES ESTIMAT WITHIN A DEPARTMENT. HERE WHERE WE SPEND MONEY AND AND HERE. IT'S NOT A LINE ITEM IN YOUR BUDGET TO MARK, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. >> AND I GET HOW THIS WORKS.
>> OKAY. >> I'M JUST SAYING. IT CONTINUES TO RAISE ALARM BELLS ABOUT HOW WE DO THINGS IN THIS CITY. AND STRUCTURAL CNGE. THAT'S IT.
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE AT 3: 3:49:00 P.M. 10 MINUTES LEFT. COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY THEN COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> YEP. THANK YOU, COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT CGHTAI. I WANT TO REITERATE TO THE PUBLIC, AGAIN, I KNOW WE'VE HONED IN OUR CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION, BUT I DO WANT TO
THE REIRATE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED A SUBSTANTIAL PACKET THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE MEMO THAT WE SENT TO THE ADMINISTRATION ON APRIL 17th,024, THAT OUTLINES IF YOU READ THROUGH IT, THE NUMBER OF ISSUES FROM FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT TO LACK
OF COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDING POLICY FRAMEWORKS. TO POOR INTRACITY AND GOVERNMENT COORDINATION. I THINK, ALSO, WAS PUT ON DISPLAY EVEN NOW WITH TH QUESTION OF HOW CAN WE COORDINATE WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY AROUND GVI. AND EVEN MPD. RIGHT NOW UNDER GVI, AND THE
COUNTY,HERE ARE WEEKLY MEETINGS IN WHICH MPD AND THE CITY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AT WHERE DATA IS EXCHANGED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMMISSIONER CAN COME FORWARD AND SHARE CONFUSION AROUND THAT. THOSE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING. WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENT. AND
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO ADMINISTER AND INFORM HOW GVI AND YGVI SEICES ARE ADMINISTERED. IF WE'RE MAINTAINING A CONSISTENT PRESENCE THERE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, AGAIN, THEEMO HIGHLIGHTED CREDIBILITY ISSUES WITH BOTH LOCAL AND NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS. SO
THE FAILURES, AGAIN, HIGIGHTED THERE. I'VE ALSO WILL WORK WITH OUR COTY PARTNERS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE REQUESTS OF INFORMATION AROUND HOW THEIR PROCESSES ARE GOING AS IT PERTAINS TO RF PS TO GET THAT INFORMATION AHEAD
OF THURSDAY. AND WITH THAT, ALSO, I ABSOLUTELY HAVE CONCERNS AROUND STRUCTURAL BUDGET NEEDS FOR NSD. I THINK, AGAIN, THAT BEGS THE QUESTION OF HOW WE NEED TO BE THINKING HOW WE MAKE THIS -- THESE PROGRAMS MORE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE GOING
FORWARD. SO WITH THAT, I DO RECOGNIZE IT'S TIMELY FOR US TO BASICALLY, LIKE, WRAP THIS UP. AND CALL IT TO QUESTION. >> COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY HAS CALLED THE QUESTION. UMM, SHE -- ALL RIGHT. UMM. IS
THERE A SECOND TO HER MOTION? I'M NOT HEARING ONE. I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE COUNCILMEMBER VETAW. >> THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. MY QUESTION IS QUICK. I THINK I NEED TO REFRAME MY QUESTION. MY QUESTION IS THAT WHAT DOES COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY THINK HAS
GONE WRONG WITH THIS DEPARTMENT? MY QUESTION IS, WHERE IS DATA TO SUPPORT THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS DEPARTMENT. I'VE GOT THE MEMO. I READ IT. I SAW THE SLIDES. THAS COUNCILMEMBER WONSLEY'S INTERPRETATION OF WHAT SHE THINKS IS WRONG IN THIS
DEPAMENT. I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, WHAT CAN THIS ADMINISTRATION, MEANING THE STAFF WHO WORKS HERE. LIKE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED THAT SHOWS SOMETHING IS WRONG? >> SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM
NUMBER FOUR, MR. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> ELLISON. >> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE.
>> CASHMAN. >> NO. >> JENKINS. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> NAY. >> AND CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE.
>> THERE ARE SIX AYES AND SIX NAYS.>> THAT MOTION FAILS. I'M RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR KOSKI TO MAKE THE NEXT MOTION. >> >> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT WITHOUT RECOMMENDAON. >> COUNCILMEMBER -- VICE CHAIR
KOSKI MOVED TO FORWARD THIS ITEM TO THE THURSDAY COUNCIL MEETING WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE A SECOND? >> SECOND. CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> CLERK: COUNCILMEMBER PAYNE. >> AYE. >> WONSLEY. >> AYE. >> RAINVILLE. >> NO. >> VETAW. >> NO. >> ELLISON.
>> AYE. >> OSMAN. >> AYE. >> CASHMAN. >> NO. >> JENKINS. >> NO. >> CHAVEZ. >> AYE. >> CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. PALMISANO. >> NO. >> VICE CHAIR KOSKI. >> AYE. >> CHAIR CHUGHTAI. >> AYE.
>> CLERK: THERE IS SEVEN AYES AND FIVE NAYS. >> THAT MOTION CARRIES. THIS ITEM IS TOWARDED TO THURSDAY'SCT RECOMMENDATION. WITH THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL BUSINESS TO COME BEFO THE COMMITTEE TODAY. WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE STAND ADJOURNED.