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» Good afternoon and welcome.

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my name is jamison whiting and

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I'm the vice chair of the

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enterprise and labor relations

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committee.

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linea palmisano has let us know

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that she is unable to be here

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today and I will be chairing

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today's committees meeting.

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I'm going to call to order our

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regular meeting for august 3

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3rd, 2026.

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before we begin the meeting, I

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want to offer a friendly

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reminder to all committee

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that these meetings are

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broadcast live to enable greater

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public participation.

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these broadcasts include real

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time captioning as a further

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method to increase the

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accessibility of our proceedings

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to the community, therefore, all

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speakers need to be mindful of

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the rate of their speech so that

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our captioners can fully capture

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and transcribe all comments for

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I'll now have the clerk call the

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» Vetaw

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» Present.

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» Shaffer.

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» Present.

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» Stevenson is absent.

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chavez.

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» Present.

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» Chughtai.

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» Present.

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vice chair whiting

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» Present.

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» We have five present.

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» Thank you.

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let the record reflect that we

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have a quorum.

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I'll remind my colleagues we'll

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be using speaker management

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today, and it looks like it's

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running so please make sure that

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you are signed up.

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perfect.

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so we'll start with our consent

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items, which I'll read for the

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record.

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we have item number one.

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authorizing an agreement with

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the la 2028 summer olympics

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organizing committee to have

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minneapolis as a host city for

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the 2028 olympic games flame and

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torch relay.

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and passage of a resolution

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authorizing commitment of

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in-kind city services.

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item number two is authorizing a

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contract amendment with rochon

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corporation for the police

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department training annex

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building build out project.

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item number three is an

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amendment to a previous council

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action related to a contract

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amendment for computer-aided

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dispatch, cad, and related

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mobile equipment support

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services.

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this correction will reduce the

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contracted amount for hennepin

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healthcare systems by

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approximately $63,000 and 500

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item number four approves a

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legal settlement for workers

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compensation claim of heather

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is there any discussion on these

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council member chavez.

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» Thank you, chair whiting.

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I would like to pull out number.

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» Thank you.

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seeing no further discussion,

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I'll move approval of the

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consent agenda minus number

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all those in favor please say I.

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those opposed say nay.

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nonepposed.

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the ayes have it.

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and that motion carries.

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let's see.

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perfect.

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moving to discussion items here,

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we can start with discussion

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item number five.

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our next item...

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do we want to do four first?

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okay, go ahead.

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discussion item number four.

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and as we will note, I will read

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that again for the record item.

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item number four is approving a

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legal a legal settlement for

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heather beightol.

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do I need ale second.

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and that motio carries.

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five for discussion here.

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it is five.

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perfect.

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our next item is related to the

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establishment of the assistant

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I'll now invite up city clerk

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casey carl to present on this

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item... The full name... Claire

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carl.

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» Thank you, mr. Chair, and to

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the committee this item is

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before you because we're asking

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two things five and six on your

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agenda are related items.

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five is authorization to create

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another assistant city clerk an

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appointed position within the

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office of city clerk, which

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would restore having three

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assistant city clerks, as we've

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so I put a chart here on the

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it's also in your briefing

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materials, to show those three

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divisions that actually carry

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out work assigned by law and

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charter to the city clerk are

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each headed under the leadership

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of an assistant city clerk,

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appointment of an assistant city

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clerk is made by the city clerk

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and is subject to the council's

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confirmation.

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so being here today is two

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one, authorizing the creation of

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the third assistant city clerk

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job.

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to do that we are proposing to

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eliminate two existing positions

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within the legislative support

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division, which is shown on the

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right side of this chart.

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you can see we're striking out

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the legislative editor and the

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manager of legislative support

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to recreate the assistant city

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clerk director of legislative

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support position previously held

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by outgoing longtime assistant

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city clerk, jackie hansen, who

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is in phased retirement now.

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her last day is the end of this

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so that's the first action,

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number five.

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number six, relates to the

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appointment of that position.

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about the authorization of the

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creation of the position first.

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» Council member vetaw.

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» Well, I just wanted to just

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say a few kind words... We're

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not ready yet?

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» I'm sorry, mr. Chair, this is

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action five on the agenda, which

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is authorizing the creation oftn

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» Perfect.

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presentation, clerk carl.

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number five?

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council member shaffer.

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» Yeah, I would like to hear

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your motivations for this

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change, and kindf your thought

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process behind that, and what

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you see as a vision for your

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office around this reorg.

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through the chair, council

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member shaffer, years ago when I

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first start as the city clerk

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in 2010, worked for several

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years to increase the number of

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assistant city clerks who report

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directly to me, subject to

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council's confirmation.

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each of those functions you see

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on the chart, elections and

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voter services, records and

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information management, and

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legislative support are

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functions directly assigned totr

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state la or under city charter.

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and so I consider those

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extensions of my core

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responsibilities.

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having an assistant city clerk

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who's qualified to lead each of

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those divisions, has expertise

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in that subject matter, and canf

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those similarly subject matter

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experts is important, I think,

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especially for a city the size

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of minneapolis, where we are

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fortunate enough to be able to

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have a clerk's office with very

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structured divisions.

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in most cities, you'll find a

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clerk's office has maybe a city

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clerk, one or two assistant city

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clerks, and then some staff.

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and so the smaller team is

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expected to provide that

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expertise across all of these

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different divisions.

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here what we've done is allowed

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the development of

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specialization und a leader,

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who then becomes the subject

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matter expert in either

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data practices, legislative

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support and council process.

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and that continuity has been

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important to me.

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the confirmation of council, so

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there's a direct line from

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council through me to those

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assistant clerks is important,

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to provide continuity in the

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that used to be written into the

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charter, the plain language

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charter of 2013 removed that

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requirement.

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appointments of assistant city

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clerks forward, though, because

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important that you all have a

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touch upon those leaders in my

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office, because the clerk's

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office, as you know, is the

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arm... The administrative arm of

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city council.

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so having a connection between

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council members and those

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sistant city clerks is

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important.

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in addition to those, you'll see

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on the chart, however, we do

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have two other divisions that

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report to our chief assistant

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city clerk, kelly geisler, who

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supervises two directors, who

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are also appointed.

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they're not assistant city

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clerks, because the function of

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department operations and

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legislative research and

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oversight are not clerk

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functions.

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those are functions created to

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assist the city council in the

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performance of its work, and so

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those are separate.

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they are all under appointed

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positions that are director

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level, but the three assistant

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city clerks perform official

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duties of the city clerk.

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I hope I answered that question.

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» No, that's really helpful.

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and, you know, I like the vision

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of, you know, having an

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expertise in focus.

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and I think also one thing that

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you didn't really mention but I

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think is adjacent is really the

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idea of accountability as well.

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you know, that not only can they

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lead that area, but we also have

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a direct line of accountability

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when we have issues we need to

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deal with.

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so, thank you.

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» Absolutely.

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» Seeing no further discussion,

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I'll move approval of this item.

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» Thank.

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» Second thank.

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» You all those in favor please

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say aye.

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[ a ayes respond ]

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» The ayes have it and that

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motion carries.

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» Thank you.

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» Thank you.

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colleagues moving to discussion

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item number six here.

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our next item is the appointment

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of mr. Ken dahler to the said

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position above.

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I'll have clerk carl come back

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to introduce and speak to this

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before we invite up mr. Dahler

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for any comments.

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» Thank you, mr. Chair.

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I just have a few brief

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comments.

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ken dahler has been a steady and

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positive presence in the clerk's

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office for many years.

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he transferred to the office

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after brief stint as a policy

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aide in the ward 13 office.

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and like many of us who find

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ourselves in clerk world, it was

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not a position that he sought.

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in fac I doubt he knew much

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about it.

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he was looking to transition to

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something new and different and

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important.

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but, like many of us, he found

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his calling in this unique

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position.

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that is being a city clerk.

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he brings the right temperament

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and the demeanor to the job.

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he is meticulous.

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he takes the work seriously, but

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not himself.

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he cares about the ultimate

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product, which is a legislative

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record that is accurate, legally

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defensible, complete and

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accessible.

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he's a mentor to our new clerks,

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witnessed by their presence next

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to him in the in the chair.

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he develops their talent.

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he invests in them, a similar

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love for this very quirky but

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indispensable position.

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and he parers with others

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across t entire enterprise and

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at all levels to provide timely

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and accurate advice and

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assistance.

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personally, I've come to depend

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heavily upon him in more ways

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than I can describe.

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I'm very happy to recommend him

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for appointment to this

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position, and I ask for your

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confirmation of that

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appointment.

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and I'm certainly that mr.

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dahler would appreciate the

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opportunity to make some

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comments but also encourage all

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of you to grill him with many

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questions.

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so with that, I would bring

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mr. Dahler up to the dais.

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» Tnk you.

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» Thank you, chair whiting and

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committee members.

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it's very funny that clerk carl

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and I did not share our comments

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with each other before today.

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and it is shocking how similar

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what I have prepared today is to

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exactly what he said.

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but as has been said, my name is

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ken dahler.

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I am honored to stand in front

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of you today both as a public

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servant and a city resident.

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I am a proud resident of the

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city of minneapolis.

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I've been here since 2014,

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currently a ward ten resident,

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but also having lived in both

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wards 8 and 13.

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as clerk carl said, I started in

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the city clerk's office in 2016,

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starting as a legislative clerk

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on a detail assignment.

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moving into my current role as

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the legislative support services

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manager in 2016... Sorry, 2019,

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late 2019.

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and when I was considering the

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promotion, I, you know, thought

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a lot about whether I really

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wanted kind of a manager and

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leadership role, and I remember

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thinking, you know, the clerk's

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office is such kind of a quiet,

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calm, stable division here in

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the city.

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and of course, within months, I

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was attempting to hire and train

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new staff in the middle of a

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covid pandemic, the murder of

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george floyd, and early

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retirement incentives that

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changed kind of the makeup of

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our office much quicker than

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anyone h anticipated.

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since then I've supported...

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this is my fifth iteration of

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the city council, all while

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expanding our team scope to add

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several other bodies that we had

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not originally staffed when I

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started this work, and

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continuing to learn more about

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this work every single day.

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and because I'm more comfortable

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talking about the work than I am

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talking about myself, let me

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talk about the work.

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like many clerks, I did not come

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to this work intentionally.

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I never said to my mother, "I

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want to be a clerk when I grow

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up."

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unless you are already a clerk

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or work closely with one, you do

484
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not think about the work we do.

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you have no idea what the work

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is that we do at all.

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and by its nature, it's

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invisible.

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when I'm hiring new clerks, I

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often make a point of saying

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that when the clerk has done

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their job well, you often have

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no idea that the clerk has done

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anything at all.

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so, honestly, the fact that I'm

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standing here right now makes me

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feel like something has gone

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horribly wrong, because the

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clerk should not be standing

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here, but here I am.

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even when this job gets

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difficult, and I know you'll all

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believe me when I say it's had

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its moments... I fall back on

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the immense value of the work

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clerks do.

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every single day, the public,

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the media, elected officials,

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city residents rely on the

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integrity of our records.

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we've all seen how a rushed
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can derail the legislative

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process unexpectedly.

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my team's debates over document

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titles, formatting, whether an

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edit is substantive or clerical

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all of these things are make our

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work accessible today and for

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years into the future.

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our names might not be on the

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final documents, but our mark is

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on the work and I'm very proud

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of what me and my team do.

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and it's a privilege to

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continue... To get to continue

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to do it.

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I'd be remiss if I didn't take a

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moment, though, to thank council

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member palmisano for hiring me

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in 2014 to work in her ward

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office, which became my entrypo.

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of course, thank you to all the

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clerks who have mentored me as

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I've learned this work,

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including city clerk casey carl,

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retiring assistant city clerk

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jackie hansen, several clerks

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who've already retired and

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taught me a lot, and our crent

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chief assistant, kelly geissler,

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who was one of the first calls I

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made when I thought about

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transitioning to the clerk's

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office, she had taken the leap

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just to maybe about a year or so

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before I did.

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and finally, a huge thank you to

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the current team of legislative

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clerks.

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as casey kind of alluded to, we

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all take the work very

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seriously, bute don't always

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take ourselves very seriously.

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and as I wrestled with my

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comments today, one of the

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things I always struggle with is

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how to end.

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so I'm going to take the lead of

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council member warren and simply

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say "the end."

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» Thank you, mr. Dahler.

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are there any questions or

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comments from my from my

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colleagues?

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seeing counc member vetaw.

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» Thank you.

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she's going to love that.

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you've already taken a page out

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of her book she'll appreciate

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it.

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ken, I didn't realize we've

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known each other for 12 years.

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I met you in council member

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palmisano's office when we were

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workin on tobacco stuff.

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it just didn't seem that long

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ago, and I always appreciated

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coming to that office, because I

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knew you would tell us the

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truth, even when you were tired

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of seeing us.

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when there had been maybe five

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advocates before me, you would

584
00:17:14,183 --> 00:17:17,483
remind me at my meeting, there's

585
00:17:15,150 --> 00:17:19,183
already been four of you here.

586
00:17:17,583 --> 00:17:19,583
we got it.

587
00:17:19,283 --> 00:17:20,450
we support you.

588
00:17:19,683 --> 00:17:21,983
stop them from coming.

589
00:17:20,550 --> 00:17:24,383
and then that transferred into

590
00:17:22,083 --> 00:17:26,783
when we would come to public

591
00:17:24,483 --> 00:17:27,416
hearings and there'd be 75 of us

592
00:17:26,883 --> 00:17:29,216
signed up, you let us know that

593
00:17:27,516 --> 00:17:33,183
there were 75 of us, and maybe

594
00:17:29,316 --> 00:17:34,616
only five of us needed to speak.

595
00:17:33,283 --> 00:17:35,650
thank you so much, ken, for your

596
00:17:34,983 --> 00:17:37,550
years of commitment.

597
00:17:35,750 --> 00:17:39,216
you really are such a smart

598
00:17:37,650 --> 00:17:43,183
person.

599
00:17:39,583 --> 00:17:43,816
I mean, just like incredibly

600
00:17:43,283 --> 00:17:46,416
knowledgeable of so many things.

601
00:17:44,683 --> 00:17:48,683
I know that my office relies on

602
00:17:46,516 --> 00:17:50,783
you heavily for what's right.

603
00:17:48,783 --> 00:17:52,483
we have a lot... There's three

604
00:17:50,883 --> 00:17:53,950
of us, and we have a lot of

605
00:17:52,583 --> 00:17:57,450
discussion, and a lot of times

606
00:17:55,183 --> 00:17:58,583
someone says, "go ask ken," and

607
00:17:57,550 --> 00:17:59,583
then we know we're going to get

608
00:17:59,183 --> 00:18:01,483
the right answer.

609
00:17:59,683 --> 00:18:03,183
and so I appreciate that.

610
00:18:01,583 --> 00:18:04,250
I value the relationship I have

611
00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:06,050
with you.

612
00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:08,750
I know services, too,

613
00:18:06,150 --> 00:18:09,750
the way that intersects with

614
00:18:08,850 --> 00:18:12,083
your ability to clerk and to

615
00:18:09,850 --> 00:18:12,283
lead the other clerks, I admire

616
00:18:12,183 --> 00:18:13,916
that.

617
00:18:13,416 --> 00:18:19,616
because you... Everyone don't

618
00:18:14,016 --> 00:18:21,116
have that experience with having

619
00:18:19,716 --> 00:18:22,550
constituent calls and having to

620
00:18:21,216 --> 00:18:23,683
figure out things, and how that

621
00:18:23,150 --> 00:18:25,350
translates on paper.

622
00:18:23,783 --> 00:18:27,983
and, you know, like the way you

623
00:18:25,450 --> 00:18:30,183
respond to people and answer is

624
00:18:28,083 --> 00:18:32,083
such a key part of this job, but

625
00:18:30,283 --> 00:18:33,650
it's behind the scenes, and it's

626
00:18:32,183 --> 00:18:36,550
every day, and it's constant.

627
00:18:33,750 --> 00:18:37,950
and so you need people who are

628
00:18:36,650 --> 00:18:39,750
leading that have that

629
00:18:38,050 --> 00:18:41,450
experience, and you display that

630
00:18:39,833 --> 00:18:44,716
every single day.

631
00:18:41,550 --> 00:18:48,750
on a more personal note, you

632
00:18:45,550 --> 00:18:48,916
love '90s r&b music, that's our

633
00:18:48,850 --> 00:18:49,450
jam.

634
00:18:49,150 --> 00:18:52,116
we sing together.

635
00:18:49,550 --> 00:18:55,083
and you know all the songs from

636
00:18:52,216 --> 00:18:57,116
the '90s, and you know all the

637
00:18:55,183 --> 00:18:58,783
r&b songs, all the artists, all

638
00:18:57,216 --> 00:19:01,550
the videos, everything.

639
00:18:58,883 --> 00:19:01,750
and so we certainly bond over

640
00:19:01,650 --> 00:19:03,950
that.

641
00:19:01,850 --> 00:19:04,466
and I'm just really proud of the

642
00:19:04,050 --> 00:19:08,816
progress you keep making.

643
00:19:04,583 --> 00:19:10,650
you are a true testament of when

644
00:19:09,050 --> 00:19:11,716
passion meets knowledge.

645
00:19:10,750 --> 00:19:12,883
you know it.

646
00:19:11,816 --> 00:19:15,016
you're passionate about it.

647
00:19:12,983 --> 00:19:15,650
you weren't sure about it, but

648
00:19:15,116 --> 00:19:17,350
you took it.

649
00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:18,216
you took that chance, and you

650
00:19:17,450 --> 00:19:19,416
just keep progressing.

651
00:19:18,916 --> 00:19:20,850
one of the things that I know

652
00:19:19,516 --> 00:19:22,283
about the work that all of us do

653
00:19:21,216 --> 00:19:23,383
as servants is that people are

654
00:19:22,383 --> 00:19:25,583
watching.

655
00:19:23,483 --> 00:19:27,116
and so there are so many people

656
00:19:25,683 --> 00:19:27,583
in that office who are watching

657
00:19:27,216 --> 00:19:27,916
you.

658
00:19:27,683 --> 00:19:29,816
young people.

659
00:19:28,016 --> 00:19:31,383
you have a lot of new young

660
00:19:29,916 --> 00:19:31,916
people in there, and they're

661
00:19:31,483 --> 00:19:33,716
watching you.

662
00:19:32,016 --> 00:19:37,050
and you're such a good leader.

663
00:19:33,816 --> 00:19:38,316
you're such a model, that I'm so

664
00:19:37,150 --> 00:19:39,483
proud that we have you here, and

665
00:19:38,416 --> 00:19:41,150
you keep progressing, and we

666
00:19:39,583 --> 00:19:42,616
have people who are looking at

667
00:19:41,250 --> 00:19:44,550
that, and they can see their

668
00:19:42,716 --> 00:19:45,550
future, because there is no city

669
00:19:44,650 --> 00:19:48,750
hall without the clerks.

670
00:19:45,650 --> 00:19:49,550
and so we always want that

671
00:19:48,850 --> 00:19:50,950
profession to be spotlighted in

672
00:19:50,250 --> 00:19:52,350
a way where people are

673
00:19:51,583 --> 00:19:52,816
passionate about it and want to

674
00:19:52,450 --> 00:19:55,250
keep doing it.

675
00:19:52,916 --> 00:19:56,650
and you are the face of that and

676
00:19:55,350 --> 00:19:59,950
I so appreciate that.

677
00:19:56,750 --> 00:20:00,850
I'm so proud of you for

678
00:20:00,583 --> 00:20:02,883
accepting this.

679
00:20:00,950 --> 00:20:03,850
I'm so proud of you for knowing

680
00:20:02,983 --> 00:20:08,083
that we need you here, and we

681
00:20:03,950 --> 00:20:10,583
need you to be trained in the

682
00:20:08,183 --> 00:20:11,750
leaders you've been here during

683
00:20:10,683 --> 00:20:13,016
some amazingly hard times and a

684
00:20:12,383 --> 00:20:14,516
lot of people left.

685
00:20:13,650 --> 00:20:15,416
a lot of people were like, I've

686
00:20:14,950 --> 00:20:17,383
had enough of this.

687
00:20:15,516 --> 00:20:18,650
and you stood with the city of

688
00:20:17,483 --> 00:20:19,916
minneapolis, and you see the

689
00:20:18,750 --> 00:20:20,216
vision, and you care about

690
00:20:20,016 --> 00:20:24,583
minneapolis.

691
00:20:20,316 --> 00:20:24,850
and we need more kens.

692
00:20:24,683 --> 00:20:26,983
thank you.

693
00:20:24,950 --> 00:20:31,083
you are ken-nuff!

694
00:20:27,950 --> 00:20:31,283
» Thank you, council member

695
00:20:31,183 --> 00:20:32,216
vetaw.

696
00:20:31,383 --> 00:20:34,183
council member chavez.

697
00:20:32,316 --> 00:20:35,450
» Thank you.

698
00:20:34,283 --> 00:20:36,916
I have faux questions... I'm

699
00:20:35,550 --> 00:20:38,883
kidding.

700
00:20:37,116 --> 00:20:40,450
I'll move this for approval.

701
00:20:39,416 --> 00:20:42,416
» Motion to approve and

702
00:20:40,550 --> 00:20:43,216
seconded.

703
00:20:42,516 --> 00:20:44,550
no, I just want to say I'm very

704
00:20:43,316 --> 00:20:45,116
excited to vote for your

705
00:20:44,816 --> 00:20:47,050
appointment, ken.

706
00:20:45,216 --> 00:20:47,216
thank you for the work that you

707
00:20:47,150 --> 00:20:48,383
do.

708
00:20:47,316 --> 00:20:49,016
I know that whenever I have a

709
00:20:48,483 --> 00:20:51,283
question, you always figure out

710
00:20:49,650 --> 00:20:52,416
a way to respond as soon as

711
00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:53,416
possible, make sure that my

712
00:20:52,516 --> 00:20:54,850
offi has the information

713
00:20:53,516 --> 00:20:57,650
needed to move anything forward

714
00:20:55,183 --> 00:20:58,683
in general, and I think that's

715
00:20:57,750 --> 00:21:00,650
just the work that clerks do in

716
00:20:58,783 --> 00:21:01,983
the city of minneapolis.

717
00:21:00,750 --> 00:21:04,083
the folks in the public may not

718
00:21:02,083 --> 00:21:06,383
be able  see it, but the work

719
00:21:04,183 --> 00:21:07,283
that this body, the cy

720
00:21:06,483 --> 00:21:08,650
enterprise, does would not be

721
00:21:07,383 --> 00:21:10,350
possible without the clerks that

722
00:21:08,750 --> 00:21:12,083
help run this enterprise every

723
00:21:11,050 --> 00:21:13,516
single day.

724
00:21:12,183 --> 00:21:13,950
so, just very excited to vote

725
00:21:13,683 --> 00:21:15,183
for this.

726
00:21:14,050 --> 00:21:16,250
I'm proud of you and the work

727
00:21:15,283 --> 00:21:17,650
that you're going to continue to

728
00:21:16,950 --> 00:21:18,683
do for our city, and want to

729
00:21:17,750 --> 00:21:20,183
give a big shout out to the

730
00:21:18,916 --> 00:21:20,683
clerk staff that make this

731
00:21:20,283 --> 00:21:21,550
happen.

732
00:21:20,783 --> 00:21:23,950
so, thank you.

733
00:21:22,316 --> 00:21:24,183
» Thank you, council member

734
00:21:24,050 --> 00:21:25,683
chavez.

735
00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,550
council member shaffer.

736
00:21:25,783 --> 00:21:29,516
» I'll just mention two things

737
00:21:27,116 --> 00:21:30,583
I really appreciate is... Number

738
00:21:29,616 --> 00:21:30,883
one, you are always very

739
00:21:30,683 --> 00:21:33,050
accessib.

740
00:21:30,983 --> 00:21:33,616
I always seemo time my

741
00:21:33,150 --> 00:21:34,150
impromptu questions to you

742
00:21:33,716 --> 00:21:36,383
duringour lunch.

743
00:21:34,250 --> 00:21:37,250
but you just happened to roll

744
00:21:36,483 --> 00:21:37,950
with it, because you're working

745
00:21:37,350 --> 00:21:40,350
through your lunch and y can

746
00:21:38,050 --> 00:21:41,683
talk to me at the same time.

747
00:21:40,983 --> 00:21:42,016
so thank you for your

748
00:21:41,783 --> 00:21:43,850
accessibility.

749
00:21:42,116 --> 00:21:45,250
and number two, I would say I

750
00:21:43,950 --> 00:21:47,150
appreciate your attention to

751
00:21:45,350 --> 00:21:48,883
detail and doing things right

752
00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:50,516
and working with us around

753
00:21:48,983 --> 00:21:51,016
honorary resolutions that have

754
00:21:50,616 --> 00:21:52,450
commitments that reay

755
00:21:51,350 --> 00:21:54,416
shouldn't be in there and things

756
00:21:52,683 --> 00:21:55,783
of that sort.

757
00:21:54,516 --> 00:21:57,516
so, thank you to all the clerks

758
00:21:55,883 --> 00:21:58,250
for all that you do.

759
00:21:57,616 --> 00:21:59,583
we notice it.

760
00:21:58,650 --> 00:22:01,316
I notice it and you should be

761
00:21:59,683 --> 00:22:03,516
really proud of the way you

762
00:22:01,416 --> 00:22:05,716
support the city of minneapolis.

763
00:22:03,950 --> 00:22:06,983
» Thank you, council member

764
00:22:05,816 --> 00:22:07,816
shaffer.

765
00:22:07,416 --> 00:22:09,883
council member chughtai.

766
00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:10,783
» Thank you.

767
00:22:09,983 --> 00:22:12,383
I'm really excited to close out

768
00:22:10,883 --> 00:22:14,783
the discussion this item.

769
00:22:12,850 --> 00:22:15,650
I want to congratulate you ken

770
00:22:15,316 --> 00:22:17,650
on this appointment.

771
00:22:15,750 --> 00:22:17,916
it's very well earned and

772
00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:19,716
deserved.

773
00:22:18,016 --> 00:22:21,950
and I think I have nothing

774
00:22:19,816 --> 00:22:23,216
further to add to the discussion

775
00:22:22,050 --> 00:22:24,683
here, but join all of my

776
00:22:24,250 --> 00:22:25,750
colleagues isinging your

777
00:22:24,783 --> 00:22:27,583
praises andhanking you for

778
00:22:25,850 --> 00:22:29,383
your work, and thanking the

779
00:22:27,683 --> 00:22:31,850
entire clerk's office for your

780
00:22:29,483 --> 00:22:33,483
work every day.

781
00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:34,416
we like to say here in the

782
00:22:33,650 --> 00:22:35,650
legislative department that

783
00:22:34,516 --> 00:22:37,883
nothing works without the

784
00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:39,816
clerks, and it certainly rings

785
00:22:37,983 --> 00:22:41,716
true all of the time.

786
00:22:39,916 --> 00:22:44,316
but I will say personally I'm

787
00:22:41,816 --> 00:22:45,016
the most excited about the

788
00:22:44,416 --> 00:22:46,083
continued takeover of the

789
00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:49,683
legislative department by the

790
00:22:46,183 --> 00:22:51,750
10th ward, and our residents

791
00:22:49,783 --> 00:22:54,850
that continue to just be

792
00:22:51,950 --> 00:22:59,050
excellent in this department.

793
00:22:55,183 --> 00:23:04,016
so, congratulations.

794
00:22:59,150 --> 00:23:05,616
and thank you, th mr. Chair.

795
00:23:04,416 --> 00:23:05,883
» Thank you, council member

796
00:23:05,716 --> 00:23:07,450
chughtai.

797
00:23:05,983 --> 00:23:09,650
I will add a note as well.

798
00:23:07,550 --> 00:23:10,850
and very much, I think I feel

799
00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:11,200
exactly the same way as my

800
00:23:10,950 --> 00:23:15,416
colleagues do.

801
00:23:11,316 --> 00:23:16,683
and just want to note, a few

802
00:23:15,516 --> 00:23:19,950
months ago I was able to kind of

803
00:23:16,783 --> 00:23:23,583
take a tour with some of my

804
00:23:20,050 --> 00:23:24,550
family members with clerk carl

805
00:23:23,683 --> 00:23:25,916
and clerk geissler, and was able

806
00:23:25,383 --> 00:23:31,983
to see the kind of the archival

807
00:23:26,016 --> 00:23:32,283
rooms of the of city of

808
00:23:32,083 --> 00:23:32,983
minneapolis.

809
00:23:32,383 --> 00:23:34,016
many of which have been here

810
00:23:33,083 --> 00:23:35,833
from as early as last week all

811
00:23:34,116 --> 00:23:36,050
the way to the 1800s.

812
00:23:35,950 --> 00:23:38,116
right?

813
00:23:36,150 --> 00:23:39,150
and when you go up the bell

814
00:23:38,216 --> 00:23:40,616
tower, you kind of get to look

815
00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:45,050
upon the city of minneapolis,

816
00:23:40,716 --> 00:23:45,750
and I think it is an example and

817
00:23:45,150 --> 00:23:47,616
of an analogy of kind of where

818
00:23:45,850 --> 00:23:48,550
the clerk's office sits here.

819
00:23:47,716 --> 00:23:49,383
when you look out across the

820
00:23:48,650 --> 00:23:51,250
city of minneapolis, at the

821
00:23:49,683 --> 00:23:53,183
bottom of that, the foundation

822
00:23:51,933 --> 00:23:55,050
of that is the clerk's office.

823
00:23:53,283 --> 00:23:57,616
it is the thing that the

824
00:23:55,150 --> 00:23:58,016
responsibility of this city is

825
00:23:57,716 --> 00:24:00,850
held upon.

826
00:23:58,116 --> 00:24:01,816
and I am seeing how you have

827
00:24:00,950 --> 00:24:03,950
been a vision of excellence in

828
00:24:01,916 --> 00:24:04,883
this city.

829
00:24:04,050 --> 00:24:06,150
and it's been, for me, as

830
00:24:04,983 --> 00:24:08,750
someone that's brand new, just

831
00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:09,616
like I think council member

832
00:24:08,850 --> 00:24:10,683
shaffer and I, we've been able

833
00:24:09,716 --> 00:24:12,383
to see that excellence that

834
00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:14,683
you've given to our city, and

835
00:24:12,483 --> 00:24:16,850
the clerk's office has done.

836
00:24:14,783 --> 00:24:20,383
it has been an invaluable, I

837
00:24:16,950 --> 00:24:21,216
think, measure of help, for

838
00:24:20,483 --> 00:24:22,616
especially us as new folks going

839
00:24:21,316 --> 00:24:24,583
through the hecticness of

840
00:24:22,716 --> 00:24:27,083
federal government that is

841
00:24:24,683 --> 00:24:28,850
occupying your city, and very

842
00:24:27,483 --> 00:24:29,583
much, I think, you know, has

843
00:24:29,350 --> 00:24:32,183
been helpful.

844
00:24:29,683 --> 00:24:32,383
you let us do stupid things,

845
00:24:32,283 --> 00:24:33,783
right?

846
00:24:32,483 --> 00:24:35,016
and I don't think a lot of

847
00:24:33,950 --> 00:24:37,650
people see that as well, right?

848
00:24:35,116 --> 00:24:40,150
when we send things over to all

849
00:24:37,750 --> 00:24:40,716
of you, I'm like... I do stupid

850
00:24:40,583 --> 00:24:43,483
things.

851
00:24:40,816 --> 00:24:45,583
man, I'm sorry.

852
00:24:43,616 --> 00:24:47,783
I do stupid things and you let

853
00:24:45,816 --> 00:24:49,950
me do those stupid things and

854
00:24:47,883 --> 00:24:53,116
learn by those mistakes and

855
00:24:50,050 --> 00:24:53,416
figure out how best to navigate

856
00:24:53,216 --> 00:24:56,916
within that.

857
00:24:53,516 --> 00:24:57,983
and so thank you for being that

858
00:24:57,016 --> 00:25:00,483
standard of excellence and being

859
00:24:58,083 --> 00:25:02,516
that for our city.

860
00:25:01,083 --> 00:25:05,416
and so we have a motion for

861
00:25:03,950 --> 00:25:06,016
approval and was a seconded.

862
00:25:05,516 --> 00:25:10,550
we'll ask all those in favor

863
00:25:06,116 --> 00:25:11,750
please say aye.

864
00:25:11,083 --> 00:25:13,983
[ ayes respond ]

865
00:25:13,650 --> 00:25:15,516
all those opposed?

866
00:25:14,083 --> 00:25:17,716
say nay.

867
00:25:15,616 --> 00:25:20,316
ayes have it.

868
00:25:19,950 --> 00:25:21,783
[applause]

869
00:25:20,416 --> 00:25:23,383
» Perfect.

870
00:25:21,883 --> 00:25:24,650
with that, colleagues, we have

871
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concluded all business to come

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before the committee today and

873
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if there are no objections, we

874
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are adjourned.

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there we go.