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Record of Proceedings

Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee Regular Meeting – June 15, 2026

City Council — Monday, June 15, 2026

BodyMinneapolis, Minnesota

SessionCity Council

DateMonday, June 15, 2026

StatusFILED

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0:18

Good afternoon.

0:19

Welcome.

0:20

My name is Linne Palmasano, and I'm the chair of the Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee.

0:24

I'll call to order our regular meeting for June 15th, 2026.

0:29

As we begin, I'll offer the usual friendly reminder that these meetings are broadcast live to enable greater public participation.

0:38

That includes real-time captioning as a further method to increase accessibility.

0:43

So please be mindful of the rate of your speech so that our captioners can fully capture and transcribe all comments for the broadcast.

0:52

So I'll ask the clerk to call the role.

0:57

Councilmember Vita.

0:58

Present.

1:00

Schaefer.

1:01

Present.

1:03

Stevenson.

1:04

Present.

1:06

Chavez, present.

1:08

Shoktai is absent.

1:11

Vice Chair Whiting present.

1:14

Chairman Palmasano.

1:16

Present.

1:16

We have six present.

1:18

Thank you.

1:19

Let the record reflect that we have a quorum.

1:21

I'll remind my colleagues that we're using speaker management.

1:24

So please sign in and I will also sign in so I can see and call on people accordingly.

1:33

Let's start with our consent items.

1:35

I'll read them for the record.

1:36

Item number one is a legal settlement with federal insurance company versus foreign A network solutions.

1:42

Item number two is a resolution of a legal settlement John Clausen versus the City of Minneapolis.

1:48

Item three is a resolution approving election judge and deputy city clerk appointments for the primary, which is August 11th of this year.

1:56

Item number four sets a hearing for July 6th for the mayor's nomination of Rebecca Walmquist as city assessor.

2:03

Item number five are resolutions for two gift acceptances from local progress for council members, both Council President Payne and Councilmember Chavez.

2:13

Item number six is approving various workplace advisory committee appointments.

2:18

Is there any discussion on these?

2:21

Seeing none, I'll move approval of the consent agenda.

2:24

All those in favor, please signify by saying aye.

2:27

Aye.

2:28

Any opposed?

2:31

That motion carries.

2:32

Our next item is a contract authorization with Guide House for ERP system implementation services, and I will invite Paul Cameron, our CIO, to get us started.

2:51

Thank you.

2:53

Good afternoon.

2:54

My name is Paul Cameron, and I am the Chief Information Officer for the City of Minneapolis.

2:59

I'm here to give a brief presentation on Project Evolve.

3:03

Before you today is a contract with Guide House.

3:06

This is the third and final contract related to the implementation of this project.

3:12

So Guide House will be the main entity that is doing this, the implementation services for us.

3:21

And so I'd like to just share a little bit more about that project for everybody.

3:26

I do want to highlight what a collaborative effort this has been across the human resources, finance, and IT departments.

3:34

We've had a up to the state a multi-year undertaking to bring us to where we are with a lot of work put in by all three departments.

3:43

So Project Evolve is a citywide modernization initiative that will replace multiple disconnected systems with a single workday platform supporting HR, finance, and payroll business processes across the city enterprise, including the park board.

4:00

Our goal is to strengthen our workforce operations and ability to better serve Minneapolis residents.

4:08

So today I just have a couple slides I wanted to provide for you.

4:12

These uh should be in the LIMS file as well if you want to review them in more detail.

4:19

Um I'm not going to cover everything on these slides, but I think they do highlight the breadth of impact this modernization initiative will have for employees, for managers, and for the organization.

4:33

One fundamental aspect of this change I want to highlight is that currently our HR and finance systems are separated.

4:42

They have separate user interfaces, separate databases.

4:45

This can lead to numerous downstream, downstream problems when there is a need to report on data from both systems.

4:53

I know this has been a particular pain point for the council.

4:57

Getting vacancy reports is an example of this.

5:01

This project will address this and other challenges that we have.

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Summary of Proceedings

Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee Regular Meeting – June 15, 2026

The Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee met on June 15, 2026, at 6:31 PM CT, chaired by Councilmember Linne Palmasano. Six members were present (Vita, Schaefer, Stevenson, Chavez, Whiting, Palmasano), with Councilmember Shoktai absent, constituting a quorum. The committee approved six consent items, a contract for ERP implementation, and filed the 2025 annual report of the Ethical Practices Board.

Consent Calendar

Item 1: Legal settlement with Federal Insurance Company versus Foreign A Network Solutions.
Item 2: Resolution for legal settlement John Clausen versus the City of Minneapolis.
Item 3: Resolution approving election judge and deputy city clerk appointments for the primary election on August 11, 2026.
Item 4: Set a hearing for July 6, 2026, on the mayor's nomination of Rebecca Walmquist as city assessor.
Item 5: Two gift acceptance resolutions from Local Progress for Council President Payne and Councilmember Chavez.
Item 6: Resolution approving various Workplace Advisory Committee appointments. All consent items were approved unanimously by voice vote.

Discussion Items

Contract Authorization with Guide House for ERP System Implementation (Project Evolve): CIO Paul Cameron presented the third and final contract for replacing disconnected HR, finance, and payroll systems with a single Workday platform across the city enterprise, including the Park Board. He noted the project would address long-standing data reporting issues (e.g., vacancy reports). Councilmember Schaefer asked about the background of implementation work; Chair Palmasano praised the project as a long-needed modernization. Councilmember Chugtai joined during discussion. The motion to approve carried unanimously.
Receive and File Annual Report of the Minneapolis Ethical Practices Board for 2025: Ethics Officer Kima Blake presented the report, summarizing the ethics program (code, training, advisory opinions, accountability). Key data: 93.4% employee training compliance as of December 31, 2025 (down from 94.4% in 2024, but up from 92.6% in 2023); 13 departments at 100% compliance; 19 departments at 95%+; 166 ethics inquiries (down from 179 in 2024 and 244 in 2023); and 16 complaints reviewed (up from 9 in 2024 and 10 in 2023), none resulting in sanctions. Chair Palmasano asked about training compliance recourse and typical complaint category breakdown; Blake responded that newly hired employees within six months are not counted as non-compliant and that categories are comparable to prior years. The report was filed without objection.

Key Outcomes

Unanimous approval of all six consent items.
Unanimous approval of contract authorization with Guide House for ERP system implementation services.
Filed the Minneapolis Ethical Practices Board 2025 annual report.
Meeting adjourned after conclusion of all business.

Meeting Transcript

Good afternoon. Welcome. My name is Linne Palmasano, and I'm the chair of the Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee. I'll call to order our regular meeting for June 15th, 2026. As we begin, I'll offer the usual friendly reminder that these meetings are broadcast live to enable greater public participation. That includes real-time captioning as a further method to increase accessibility. So please be mindful of the rate of your speech so that our captioners can fully capture and transcribe all comments for the broadcast. So I'll ask the clerk to call the role. Councilmember Vita. Present. Schaefer. Present. Stevenson. Present. Chavez, present. Shoktai is absent. Vice Chair Whiting present. Chairman Palmasano. Present. We have six present. Thank you. Let the record reflect that we have a quorum. I'll remind my colleagues that we're using speaker management. So please sign in and I will also sign in so I can see and call on people accordingly. Let's start with our consent items. I'll read them for the record. Item number one is a legal settlement with federal insurance company versus foreign A network solutions. Item number two is a resolution of a legal settlement John Clausen versus the City of Minneapolis. Item three is a resolution approving election judge and deputy city clerk appointments for the primary, which is August 11th of this year. Item number four sets a hearing for July 6th for the mayor's nomination of Rebecca Walmquist as city assessor. Item number five are resolutions for two gift acceptances from local progress for council members, both Council President Payne and Councilmember Chavez. Item number six is approving various workplace advisory committee appointments. Is there any discussion on these? Seeing none, I'll move approval of the consent agenda. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? That motion carries. Our next item is a contract authorization with Guide House for ERP system implementation services, and I will invite Paul Cameron, our CIO, to get us started. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Paul Cameron, and I am the Chief Information Officer for the City of Minneapolis. I'm here to give a brief presentation on Project Evolve. Before you today is a contract with Guide House. This is the third and final contract related to the implementation of this project. So Guide House will be the main entity that is doing this, the implementation services for us. And so I'd like to just share a little bit more about that project for everybody. I do want to highlight what a collaborative effort this has been across the human resources, finance, and IT departments. We've had a up to the state a multi-year undertaking to bring us to where we are with a lot of work put in by all three departments. So Project Evolve is a citywide modernization initiative that will replace multiple disconnected systems with a single workday platform supporting HR, finance, and payroll business processes across the city enterprise, including the park board.

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