The Committee of the Whole met on September 22, 2025, to receive reports from standing committees and presentations on major city projects and federal legal actions. Key discussions focused on public safety capital projects required by a state settlement agreement, the schematic design for a new Democracy Center, and the city's legal strategy to protect federal funding and immigrant communities.
Good afternoon. My name is Jason Chavez, and I'm the Chair of the Committee of the Whole. I'm going to call to order our regular committee meeting for Monday, September 22nd, 2025. Before we begin the meeting, I want to offer a friendly reminder to all member 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 accessibility of our proceedings to the community. Therefore, all speakers need to be mindful of the rate of their speech so 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 to verify a quorum. Councilmember Payne. Present. Present. Vita. Present. Ellison is absent. Osman is absent. Cashman present. Jenkins is absent. Chick Tai? Present. Koske is absent. Palmasano. Present. Vice Chair Chowdry, present. And Chair Chavez. Present. There are eight members present. Let the record reflect that we have a quorum. Today we will begin with reports of our standing committees before we take up our agenda. We'll begin first with the administration and enterprise oversight committee. I'll pass it to the vice chair of that committee, Councilmember Palmasano. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The AEO committee will be bringing forward 27 items for consideration at the council meeting this week. The first eight are approvals for donations for travel to trade conferences for city staff. Item number nine is the low bid for hydraulic pump motor and cylinder repairs, a low bid of 250,000. Item number 10 is a low bid for the Minneapolis Convention Center project for approximately 700,000 dollars, the Mill City Pizzeria construction specifically. Item number 11 are contracts with looking at how many a lot 35 vendors for the next three years of violence prevention services for the neighborhood safety department up to a potential total amount of 8.9 million dollars. Item number 12 is contracts with various vendors for financial wellness, home buyer education and foreclosure counseling services. Item number 13 is a contract with National Captioning Institute for real-time video captioning services. Item number 14 is a contract with Minnesota IT services for the cybersecurity program. Item number 15 is a contract amendment with Neptune for water toxicity monitoring. Item number 16 is a contract amendment with Aloha landscaping for yard maintenance services. Item number 17 is a contract amendment with asset works for additional professional services for the fleet and fuel management software. Item 18 is a contract amendment with DRI consulting for management assessments and related services. Item number 19 are contract amendments for housing opportunities for people living with HIV and AIDS. There are seven of them. Item number 20 is a contract amendment with TISAC concrete for the Phillips Traffic Safety Project. Item 21 is a contract amendment with Axon for additional software and equipment for reg services. Item number 22 is the legal settlement of Mason Herman versus the City of Minneapolis. Item 23 is a compensation claim of Robert Maricado.