The Minneapolis City Council’s Committee of the Whole met on Tuesday, November 18, 2025 (regular meeting; broadcast with real-time captioning). Chair Jason Chavez convened the meeting, the clerk conducted roll call (10 members present; quorum confirmed), and the committee received standing committee reports, approved a short consent calendar, and discussed a proposed resolution to adopt an updated enterprise policy framework. The policy framework item was ultimately delayed to the next Committee of the Whole meeting.
Administration & Enterprise Oversight (Chair: Council Member Wansley): 22 items
Budget Committee (Chair: Council Vice President Chughtai): 1 item
Business, Housing & Zoning (Chair: Council Member Osman): 22 items
Climate & Infrastructure (Chair: Council Member Cashman): 10 items
Intergovernmental Relations (Chair: Vice Chair Chowdhury): receive & file
Public Health & Safety (Vice Chair: Council Member Wansley): 2 items
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 a regular committee meeting for Tuesday, November 18th, 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 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 the presence of a quorum. Councilmember Payne. Present. Wansley. Present. Rainville? Present. Vita? Present. Ellison is absent. Osman? Present. Cashman? Present. Jenkins is absent. Chuktaj? Is absent. Koski? Present. Paul Misano? Present. Vice Chair Chowdhury? Present. And Chair Chavez? Present. There are 10 members present. Let the record reflect that we have a quorum. Before we start with the consent agenda, we will begin by with our standing committee reports. We'll first begin with the administration and Enterprise Oversight Committee, chaired by Councilmember Wansley. All right. Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Administration and Enterprise Oversight Committee is bringing forward 22 items. The first is a gift acceptance from Cities Today Institute for Lodging and Mill Expenses. Two is a bid for public sidewalks, snow and ice removal. Three is a bid for Target Center Steam Station Improvement. Four is a bid for Fridley Softening Plant Lime System Replacement. Five is a bid for Lindale Avenue North Traffic Control Signal Systems and Storm Sewer Pedestrian Curb Ramps Improvement Project. Six is a master contract for eligible providers of workforce development services for 2026 through 2028. 7 is a contract with Codec Architectural Group for Architecture and Engineering Services for the Carpenter and Mechanic Shop on the Freely Water Treatment Campus. 8 is contract amendment with Hagen Adams PLLC for after action reviews and reports. 9 is contract amendment with Sheehy Construction Company for lighting replacement and Target Center Escalator Lobby. 10 is contract amendment with Tysac Concrete Inc. for the Phillips Traffic Safety Project. 11 is contract amendment with Bolton and Mink Inc. for engineering and design services for Bridge 9 improvements project. 12 is a contract amendment with Certified Languages International LLC for remote interpreting services. 13 is contract amendments with multiple vendors for Community Trauma Response Services. Fourteen is contract amendments with various immigration legal services providers. Fifteen is contracts with various organizations for partnership engagement fund projects. Sixteen is cooperative funding agreement with the Minnesota Historical Society for the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board. Seventeen is Minneapolis Advisory Committee on People with Disabilities Appointments. 18 is 2025 property tax special assessment of delinquent utility charges. 19 is illegal settlement workers' compensation claim of Jarrett Moore. 20 is illegal settlement MDCR charge number 2309198. 21 is illegal settlement Marion Lewis v. City of Minneapolis. list in 22 is a gift of substance from the public rights project for conference travel lodging and meal expenses and with that i will stand for any questions thank you i'd like to acknowledge that we've been joined by council vice president chuck tye seeing no questions we'll move on to the budget committee chaired by council vice president chuck tye thank you mr chair the budget committee is