[0:28] » Good afternoon and welcome.
[0:31] my name is jamison whiting and
[0:33] I'm the vice chair of the
[0:34] enterprise and labor relations
[0:37] committee.
[0:37] linea palmisano has let us know
[0:39] that she is unable to be here
[0:40] today and I will be chairing
[0:41] today's committees meeting.
[0:43] I'm going to call to order our
[0:46] regular meeting for august 3
[0:48] 3rd, 2026.
[0:49] before we begin the meeting, I
[0:50] want to offer a friendly
[0:51] reminder to all committee
[0:53] members staff and the public
[0:54] that these meetings are
[0:57] broadcast live to enable greater
[0:59] public participation.
[0:59] these broadcasts include real
[1:01] time captioning as a further
[1:03] method to increase the
[1:04] accessibility of our proceedings
[1:05] to the community, therefore, all
[1:06] speakers need to be mindful of
[1:08] the rate of their speech so that
[1:10] our captioners can fully capture
[1:11] and transcribe all comments for
[1:13] the broadcast.
[1:14] we ask all speakers to moderate
[1:17] the speed and clarity of their
[1:17] comments.
[1:18] I'll now have the clerk call the
[1:21] roll.
[1:21] » Vetaw
[1:22] » Present.
[1:23] » Shaffer.
[1:24] » Present.
[1:26] » Stevenson is absent.
[1:28] chavez.
[1:28] » Present.
[1:29] » Chughtai.
[1:29] » Present.
[1:32] vice chair whiting
[1:32] » Present.
[1:34] » We have five present.
[1:35] » Thank you.
[1:37] let the record reflect that we
[1:37] have a quorum.
[1:40] I'll remind my colleagues we'll
[1:41] be using speaker management
[1:42] today, and it looks like it's
[1:43] running so please make sure that
[1:44] you are signed up.
[1:48] perfect.
[1:50] so we'll start with our consent
[1:51] items, which I'll read for the
[1:52] record.
[1:55] we have item number one.
[1:58] authorizing an agreement with
[1:59] the la 2028 summer olympics
[2:01] organizing committee to have
[2:02] minneapolis as a host city for
[2:03] the 2028 olympic games flame and
[2:07] torch relay.
[2:09] and passage of a resolution
[2:11] authorizing commitment of
[2:11] in-kind city services.
[2:14] item number two is authorizing a
[2:16] contract amendment with rochon
[2:19] corporation for the police
[2:20] department training annex
[2:23] building build out project.
[2:24] item number three is an
[2:27] amendment to a previous council
[2:29] action related to a contract
[2:31] amendment for computer-aided
[2:33] dispatch, cad, and related
[2:33] mobile equipment support
[2:36] services.
[2:37] this correction will reduce the
[2:39] contracted amount for hennepin
[2:41] healthcare systems by
[2:43] approximately $63,000 and 500
[2:45] bucks.
[2:45] item number four approves a
[2:47] legal settlement for workers
[2:50] compensation claim of heather
[2:58] beightol.
[2:58] is there any discussion on these
[2:59] items?
[3:01] council member chavez.
[3:02] » Thank you, chair whiting.
[3:03] I would like to pull out number.
[3:07] » Thank you.
[3:09] seeing no further discussion,
[3:11] I'll move approval of the
[3:14] consent agenda minus number
[3:16] four.
[3:21] all those in favor please say I.
[3:23] [ ayes respond ]
[3:25] those opposed say nay.
[3:27] nonepposed.
[3:29] the ayes have it.
[3:31] and that motion carries.
[3:37] let's see.
[3:38] perfect.
[3:39] moving to discussion items here,
[3:41] we can start with discussion
[3:41] item number five.
[3:43] our next item...
[3:45] do we want to do four first?
[3:48] okay, go ahead.
[3:48] discussion item number four.
[3:50] and as we will note, I will read
[3:53] that again for the record item.
[3:56] item number four is approving a
[3:57] legal a legal settlement for
[3:59] workers compensation claim of
[4:05] heather beightol.
[4:05] do we take it as a motion to
[4:07] approve?
[4:08] do I need ale second.
[4:09] » Second.
[4:10] » Perfect.
[4:11] all right.
[4:13] all those in favor please say
[4:15] aye.
[4:16] [ ayes respond ]
[4:19] all opposed say nay.
[4:21] the ayes have it.
[4:22] and that motio carries.
[4:25] wonderful.
[4:26] okay.
[4:27] so then moving to item number
[4:30] five for discussion here.
[4:31] is it five or four?
[4:32] it is five.
[4:34] perfect.
[4:34] our next item is related to the
[4:37] establishment of the assistant
[4:38] city clerk position.
[4:40] I'll now invite up city clerk
[4:44] casey carl to present on this
[4:49] item... The full name... Claire
[4:53] carl.
[4:54] » Thank you, mr. Chair, and to
[4:55] the committee this item is
[4:56] before you because we're asking
[4:57] two things five and six on your
[4:58] agenda are related items.
[4:59] five is authorization to create
[5:01] another assistant city clerk an
[5:02] appointed position within the
[5:04] office of city clerk, which
[5:06] would restore having three
[5:08] assistant city clerks, as we've
[5:08] had in the past.
[5:11] so I put a chart here on the
[5:14] screen.
[5:14] it's also in your briefing
[5:15] materials, to show those three
[5:17] divisions that actually carry
[5:19] out work assigned by law and
[5:21] charter to the city clerk are
[5:22] each headed under the leadership
[5:24] of an assistant city clerk,
[5:25] under the charter the
[5:27] appointment of an assistant city
[5:28] clerk is made by the city clerk
[5:30] and is subject to the council's
[5:34] confirmation.
[5:34] so being here today is two
[5:36] steps.
[5:38] one, authorizing the creation of
[5:39] the third assistant city clerk
[5:40] job.
[5:40] to do that we are proposing to
[5:43] eliminate two existing positions
[5:44] within the legislative support
[5:46] division, which is shown on the
[5:47] right side of this chart.
[5:49] you can see we're striking out
[5:50] the legislative editor and the
[5:51] manager of legislative support
[5:55] to recreate the assistant city
[5:56] clerk director of legislative
[5:57] support position previously held
[6:01] by outgoing longtime assistant
[6:01] city clerk, jackie hansen, who
[6:03] is in phased retirement now.
[6:04] her last day is the end of this
[6:06] year.
[6:06] so that's the first action,
[6:09] number five.
[6:09] and then the second action,
[6:11] number six, relates to the
[6:13] appointment of that position.
[6:13] I'll stop to see if there are
[6:15] questions from the committee
[6:17] about the authorization of the
[6:18] creation of the position first.
[6:22] » Council member vetaw.
[6:26] » Well, I just wanted to just
[6:29] say a few kind words... We're
[6:30] not ready yet?
[6:31] » I'm sorry, mr. Chair, this is
[6:34] action five on the agenda, which
[6:35] is authorizing the creation oftn
[6:38] we'll take up six.
[6:40] » Okay.
[6:41] » Perfect.
[6:42] so your question is on number
[6:43] six?
[6:44] perfect.
[6:44] all right, thank you for the
[6:48] presentation, clerk carl.
[6:48] are there any questions on
[6:50] number five?
[6:52] perfect.
[6:53] council member shaffer.
[6:54] » Yeah, I would like to hear
[6:55] your motivations for this
[6:56] change, and kindf your thought
[6:58] process behind that, and what
[6:58] you see as a vision for your
[7:02] office around this reorg.
[7:03] » Certainly.
[7:04] through the chair, council
[7:06] member shaffer, years ago when I
[7:07] first start as the city clerk
[7:11] in 2010, worked for several
[7:12] years to increase the number of
[7:13] assistant city clerks who report
[7:15] directly to me, subject to
[7:17] council's confirmation.
[7:18] each of those functions you see
[7:20] on the chart, elections and
[7:21] voter services, records and
[7:22] information management, and
[7:24] legislative support are
[7:26] functions directly assigned totr
[7:29] state la or under city charter.
[7:31] and so I consider those
[7:34] extensions of my core
[7:35] responsibilities.
[7:35] having an assistant city clerk
[7:36] who's qualified to lead each of
[7:38] those divisions, has expertise
[7:39] in that subject matter, and canf
[7:42] those similarly subject matter
[7:45] experts is important, I think,
[7:47] especially for a city the size
[7:47] of minneapolis, where we are
[7:49] fortunate enough to be able to
[7:51] have a clerk's office with very
[7:53] structured divisions.
[7:54] in most cities, you'll find a
[7:57] clerk's office has maybe a city
[7:59] clerk, one or two assistant city
[8:03] clerks, and then some staff.
[8:03] and so the smaller team is
[8:05] expected to provide that
[8:05] expertise across all of these
[8:06] different divisions.
[8:08] here what we've done is allowed
[8:10] the development of
[8:11] specialization und a leader,
[8:14] who then becomes the subject
[8:15] matter expert in either
[8:18] elections or records management
[8:19] data practices, legislative
[8:20] support and council process.
[8:21] and that continuity has been
[8:23] important to me.
[8:24] I also think in terms of keeping
[8:26] the confirmation of council, so
[8:28] there's a direct line from
[8:29] council through me to those
[8:30] assistant clerks is important,
[8:32] to provide continuity in the
[8:34] office.
[8:34] that used to be written into the
[8:37] charter, the plain language
[8:39] charter of 2013 removed that
[8:40] requirement.
[8:41] I continued to bring my
[8:42] appointments of assistant city
[8:43] clerks forward, though, because
[8:44] I personally believe it's
[8:45] important that you all have a
[8:47] touch upon those leaders in my
[8:50] office, because the clerk's
[8:51] office, as you know, is the
[8:53] arm... The administrative arm of
[8:54] city council.
[8:54] so having a connection between
[8:56] council members and those
[8:57] sistant city clerks is
[8:59] important.
[8:59] in addition to those, you'll see
[9:00] on the chart, however, we do
[9:02] have two other divisions that
[9:03] report to our chief assistant
[9:05] city clerk, kelly geisler, who
[9:07] supervises two directors, who
[9:09] are also appointed.
[9:11] they're not assistant city
[9:12] clerks, because the function of
[9:13] department operations and
[9:15] legislative research and
[9:17] oversight are not clerk
[9:18] functions.
[9:18] those are functions created to
[9:21] assist the city council in the
[9:23] performance of its work, and so
[9:24] those are separate.
[9:25] they are all under appointed
[9:29] positions that are director
[9:29] level, but the three assistant
[9:31] city clerks perform official
[9:33] duties of the city clerk.
[9:34] I hope I answered that question.
[9:36] » No, that's really helpful.
[9:38] and, you know, I like the vision
[9:40] of, you know, having an
[9:41] expertise in focus.
[9:42] and I think also one thing that
[9:43] you didn't really mention but I
[9:45] think is adjacent is really the
[9:46] idea of accountability as well.
[9:47] you know, that not only can they
[9:50] lead that area, but we also have
[9:51] a direct line of accountability
[9:53] when we have issues we need to
[9:55] deal with.
[9:56] so, thank you.
[9:57] » Absolutely.
[10:00] » Seeing no further discussion,
[10:02] I'll move approval of this item.
[10:05] » Thank.
[10:05] » Second thank.
[10:07] » You all those in favor please
[10:09] say aye.
[10:10] [ a ayes respond ]
[10:11] » The ayes have it and that
[10:14] motion carries.
[10:14] » Thank you.
[10:15] » Thank you.
[10:18] colleagues moving to discussion
[10:19] item number six here.
[10:21] our next item is the appointment
[10:25] of mr. Ken dahler to the said
[10:28] position above.
[10:29] I'll have clerk carl come back
[10:30] to introduce and speak to this
[10:31] before we invite up mr. Dahler
[10:36] for any comments.
[10:37] » Thank you, mr. Chair.
[10:37] I just have a few brief
[10:40] comments.
[10:41] ken dahler has been a steady and
[10:42] positive presence in the clerk's
[10:43] office for many years.
[10:44] he transferred to the office
[10:46] after brief stint as a policy
[10:47] aide in the ward 13 office.
[10:49] and like many of us who find
[10:51] ourselves in clerk world, it was
[10:52] not a position that he sought.
[10:54] in fac I doubt he knew much
[10:56] about it.
[10:56] he was looking to transition to
[10:58] something new and different and
[11:00] important.
[11:00] but, like many of us, he found
[11:02] his calling in this unique
[11:04] position.
[11:05] that is being a city clerk.
[11:06] he brings the right temperament
[11:07] and the demeanor to the job.
[11:08] he is meticulous.
[11:09] he takes the work seriously, but
[11:11] not himself.
[11:12] he cares about the ultimate
[11:14] product, which is a legislative
[11:15] record that is accurate, legally
[11:18] defensible, complete and
[11:19] accessible.
[11:20] he's a mentor to our new clerks,
[11:23] witnessed by their presence next
[11:24] to him in the in the chair.
[11:26] he develops their talent.
[11:28] he invests in them, a similar
[11:30] love for this very quirky but
[11:31] indispensable position.
[11:32] and he parers with others
[11:34] across t entire enterprise and
[11:36] at all levels to provide timely
[11:38] and accurate advice and
[11:39] assistance.
[11:39] personally, I've come to depend
[11:41] heavily upon him in more ways
[11:43] than I can describe.
[11:44] I'm very happy to recommend him
[11:45] for appointment to this
[11:46] position, and I ask for your
[11:48] confirmation of that
[11:50] appointment.
[11:50] and I'm certainly that mr.
[11:55] dahler would appreciate the
[11:56] opportunity to make some
[11:56] comments but also encourage all
[11:57] of you to grill him with many
[11:58] questions.
[11:59] so with that, I would bring
[12:02] mr. Dahler up to the dais.
[12:06] » Tnk you.
[12:07] » Thank you, chair whiting and
[12:09] committee members.
[12:10] it's very funny that clerk carl
[12:13] and I did not share our comments
[12:13] with each other before today.
[12:14] and it is shocking how similar
[12:17] what I have prepared today is to
[12:20] exactly what he said.
[12:23] but as has been said, my name is
[12:27] ken dahler.
[12:28] I am honored to stand in front
[12:29] of you today both as a public
[12:30] servant and a city resident.
[12:31] I am a proud resident of the
[12:32] city of minneapolis.
[12:33] I've been here since 2014,
[12:35] currently a ward ten resident,
[12:36] but also having lived in both
[12:39] wards 8 and 13.
[12:42] as clerk carl said, I started in
[12:43] the city clerk's office in 2016,
[12:44] starting as a legislative clerk
[12:47] on a detail assignment.
[12:47] moving into my current role as
[12:49] the legislative support services
[12:52] manager in 2016... Sorry, 2019,
[12:55] late 2019.
[12:56] and when I was considering the
[12:58] promotion, I, you know, thought
[13:00] a lot about whether I really
[13:01] wanted kind of a manager and
[13:05] leadership role, and I remember
[13:07] thinking, you know, the clerk's
[13:09] office is such kind of a quiet,
[13:12] calm, stable division here in
[13:14] the city.
[13:15] and of course, within months, I
[13:16] was attempting to hire and train
[13:17] new staff in the middle of a
[13:19] covid pandemic, the murder of
[13:22] george floyd, and early
[13:23] retirement incentives that
[13:24] changed kind of the makeup of
[13:27] our office much quicker than
[13:29] anyone h anticipated.
[13:30] since then I've supported...
[13:31] this is my fifth iteration of
[13:34] the city council, all while
[13:35] expanding our team scope to add
[13:37] several other bodies that we had
[13:39] not originally staffed when I
[13:40] started this work, and
[13:41] continuing to learn more about
[13:43] this work every single day.
[13:45] and because I'm more comfortable
[13:48] talking about the work than I am
[13:50] talking about myself, let me
[13:50] talk about the work.
[13:52] like many clerks, I did not come
[13:54] to this work intentionally.
[13:55] I never said to my mother, "I
[13:58] want to be a clerk when I grow
[14:00] up."
[14:00] unless you are already a clerk
[14:02] or work closely with one, you do
[14:04] not think about the work we do.
[14:05] you have no idea what the work
[14:07] is that we do at all.
[14:09] and by its nature, it's
[14:12] invisible.
[14:12] when I'm hiring new clerks, I
[14:13] often make a point of saying
[14:14] that when the clerk has done
[14:16] their job well, you often have
[14:17] no idea that the clerk has done
[14:18] anything at all.
[14:23] so, honestly, the fact that I'm
[14:26] standing here right now makes me
[14:28] feel like something has gone
[14:29] horribly wrong, because the
[14:31] clerk should not be standing
[14:32] here, but here I am.
[14:35] even when this job gets
[14:37] difficult, and I know you'll all
[14:38] believe me when I say it's had
[14:39] its moments... I fall back on
[14:43] the immense value of the work
[14:45] clerks do.
[14:46] every single day, the public,
[14:47] the media, elected officials,
[14:51] city residents rely on the
[14:52] integrity of our records.
[14:53] we've all seen how a rushed
-amd
[14:57] can derail the legislative
[14:58] process unexpectedly.
[15:01] my team's debates over document
[15:03] titles, formatting, whether an
[15:05] edit is substantive or clerical
[15:08] all of these things are make our
[15:10] work accessible today and for
[15:11] years into the future.
[15:11] our names might not be on the
[15:13] final documents, but our mark is
[15:15] on the work and I'm very proud
[15:16] of what me and my team do.
[15:18] and it's a privilege to
[15:20] continue... To get to continue
[15:21] to do it.
[15:22] I'd be remiss if I didn't take a
[15:24] moment, though, to thank council
[15:27] member palmisano for hiring me
[15:29] in 2014 to work in her ward
[15:30] office, which became my entrypo.
[15:34] of course, thank you to all the
[15:35] clerks who have mentored me as
[15:37] I've learned this work,
[15:38] including city clerk casey carl,
[15:40] retiring assistant city clerk
[15:40] jackie hansen, several clerks
[15:41] who've already retired and
[15:43] taught me a lot, and our crent
[15:46] chief assistant, kelly geissler,
[15:49] who was one of the first calls I
[15:50] made when I thought about
[15:52] transitioning to the clerk's
[15:53] office, she had taken the leap
[15:56] just to maybe about a year or so
[15:58] before I did.
[15:59] and finally, a huge thank you to
[16:01] the current team of legislative
[16:02] clerks.
[16:03] as casey kind of alluded to, we
[16:05] all take the work very
[16:07] seriously, bute don't always
[16:07] take ourselves very seriously.
[16:11] and as I wrestled with my
[16:13] comments today, one of the
[16:15] things I always struggle with is
[16:16] how to end.
[16:17] so I'm going to take the lead of
[16:21] council member warren and simply
[16:25] say "the end."
[16:32] » Thank you, mr. Dahler.
[16:35] are there any questions or
[16:36] comments from my from my
[16:39] colleagues?
[16:39] seeing counc member vetaw.
[16:43] » Thank you.
[16:43] she's going to love that.
[16:45] you've already taken a page out
[16:47] of her book she'll appreciate
[16:48] it.
[16:49] ken, I didn't realize we've
[16:49] known each other for 12 years.
[16:50] I met you in council member
[16:53] palmisano's office when we were
[16:54] workin on tobacco stuff.
[16:56] it just didn't seem that long
[17:01] ago, and I always appreciated
[17:03] coming to that office, because I
[17:04] knew you would tell us the
[17:05] truth, even when you were tired
[17:08] of seeing us.
[17:10] when there had been maybe five
[17:11] advocates before me, you would
[17:14] remind me at my meeting, there's
[17:15] already been four of you here.
[17:17] we got it.
[17:19] we support you.
[17:19] stop them from coming.
[17:20] and then that transferred into
[17:22] when we would come to public
[17:24] hearings and there'd be 75 of us
[17:26] signed up, you let us know that
[17:27] there were 75 of us, and maybe
[17:29] only five of us needed to speak.
[17:33] thank you so much, ken, for your
[17:34] years of commitment.
[17:35] you really are such a smart
[17:37] person.
[17:39] I mean, just like incredibly
[17:43] knowledgeable of so many things.
[17:44] I know that my office relies on
[17:46] you heavily for what's right.
[17:48] we have a lot... There's three
[17:50] of us, and we have a lot of
[17:52] discussion, and a lot of times
[17:55] someone says, "go ask ken," and
[17:57] then we know we're going to get
[17:59] the right answer.
[17:59] and so I appreciate that.
[18:01] I value the relationship I have
[18:03] with you.
[18:04] I know services, too,
[18:06] the way that intersects with
[18:08] your ability to clerk and to
[18:09] lead the other clerks, I admire
[18:12] that.
[18:13] because you... Everyone don't
[18:14] have that experience with having
[18:19] constituent calls and having to
[18:21] figure out things, and how that
[18:23] translates on paper.
[18:23] and, you know, like the way you
[18:25] respond to people and answer is
[18:28] such a key part of this job, but
[18:30] it's behind the scenes, and it's
[18:32] every day, and it's constant.
[18:33] and so you need people who are
[18:36] leading that have that
[18:38] experience, and you display that
[18:39] every single day.
[18:41] on a more personal note, you
[18:45] love '90s r&b music, that's our
[18:48] jam.
[18:49] we sing together.
[18:49] and you know all the songs from
[18:52] the '90s, and you know all the
[18:55] r&b songs, all the artists, all
[18:57] the videos, everything.
[18:58] and so we certainly bond over
[19:01] that.
[19:01] and I'm just really proud of the
[19:04] progress you keep making.
[19:04] you are a true testament of when
[19:09] passion meets knowledge.
[19:10] you know it.
[19:11] you're passionate about it.
[19:12] you weren't sure about it, but
[19:15] you took it.
[19:15] you took that chance, and you
[19:17] just keep progressing.
[19:18] one of the things that I know
[19:19] about the work that all of us do
[19:21] as servants is that people are
[19:22] watching.
[19:23] and so there are so many people
[19:25] in that office who are watching
[19:27] you.
[19:27] young people.
[19:28] you have a lot of new young
[19:29] people in there, and they're
[19:31] watching you.
[19:32] and you're such a good leader.
[19:33] you're such a model, that I'm so
[19:37] proud that we have you here, and
[19:38] you keep progressing, and we
[19:39] have people who are looking at
[19:41] that, and they can see their
[19:42] future, because there is no city
[19:44] hall without the clerks.
[19:45] and so we always want that
[19:48] profession to be spotlighted in
[19:50] a way where people are
[19:51] passionate about it and want to
[19:52] keep doing it.
[19:52] and you are the face of that and
[19:55] I so appreciate that.
[19:56] I'm so proud of you for
[20:00] accepting this.
[20:00] I'm so proud of you for knowing
[20:02] that we need you here, and we
[20:03] need you to be trained in the
[20:08] leaders you've been here during
[20:10] some amazingly hard times and a
[20:12] lot of people left.
[20:13] a lot of people were like, I've
[20:14] had enough of this.
[20:15] and you stood with the city of
[20:17] minneapolis, and you see the
[20:18] vision, and you care about
[20:20] minneapolis.
[20:20] and we need more kens.
[20:24] thank you.
[20:24] you are ken-nuff!
[20:27] » Thank you, council member
[20:31] vetaw.
[20:31] council member chavez.
[20:32] » Thank you.
[20:34] I have faux questions... I'm
[20:35] kidding.
[20:37] I'll move this for approval.
[20:39] » Motion to approve and
[20:40] seconded.
[20:42] no, I just want to say I'm very
[20:43] excited to vote for your
[20:44] appointment, ken.
[20:45] thank you for the work that you
[20:47] do.
[20:47] I know that whenever I have a
[20:48] question, you always figure out
[20:49] a way to respond as soon as
[20:51] possible, make sure that my
[20:52] offi has the information
[20:53] needed to move anything forward
[20:55] in general, and I think that's
[20:57] just the work that clerks do in
[20:58] the city of minneapolis.
[21:00] the folks in the public may not
[21:02] be able  see it, but the work
[21:04] that this body, the cy
[21:06] enterprise, does would not be
[21:07] possible without the clerks that
[21:08] help run this enterprise every
[21:11] single day.
[21:12] so, just very excited to vote
[21:13] for this.
[21:14] I'm proud of you and the work
[21:15] that you're going to continue to
[21:16] do for our city, and want to
[21:17] give a big shout out to the
[21:18] clerk staff that make this
[21:20] happen.
[21:20] so, thank you.
[21:22] » Thank you, council member
[21:24] chavez.
[21:24] council member shaffer.
[21:25] » I'll just mention two things
[21:27] I really appreciate is... Number
[21:29] one, you are always very
[21:30] accessib.
[21:30] I always seemo time my
[21:33] impromptu questions to you
[21:33] duringour lunch.
[21:34] but you just happened to roll
[21:36] with it, because you're working
[21:37] through your lunch and y can
[21:38] talk to me at the same time.
[21:40] so thank you for your
[21:41] accessibility.
[21:42] and number two, I would say I
[21:43] appreciate your attention to
[21:45] detail and doing things right
[21:47] and working with us around
[21:48] honorary resolutions that have
[21:50] commitments that reay
[21:51] shouldn't be in there and things
[21:52] of that sort.
[21:54] so, thank you to all the clerks
[21:55] for all that you do.
[21:57] we notice it.
[21:58] I notice it and you should be
[21:59] really proud of the way you
[22:01] support the city of minneapolis.
[22:03] » Thank you, council member
[22:05] shaffer.
[22:07] council member chughtai.
[22:08] » Thank you.
[22:09] I'm really excited to close out
[22:10] the discussion this item.
[22:12] I want to congratulate you ken
[22:15] on this appointment.
[22:15] it's very well earned and
[22:17] deserved.
[22:18] and I think I have nothing
[22:19] further to add to the discussion
[22:22] here, but join all of my
[22:24] colleagues isinging your
[22:24] praises andhanking you for
[22:25] your work, and thanking the
[22:27] entire clerk's office for your
[22:29] work every day.
[22:31] we like to say here in the
[22:33] legislative department that
[22:34] nothing works without the
[22:35] clerks, and it certainly rings
[22:37] true all of the time.
[22:39] but I will say personally I'm
[22:41] the most excited about the
[22:44] continued takeover of the
[22:45] legislative department by the
[22:46] 10th ward, and our residents
[22:49] that continue to just be
[22:51] excellent in this department.
[22:55] so, congratulations.
[22:59] and thank you, th mr. Chair.
[23:04] » Thank you, council member
[23:05] chughtai.
[23:05] I will add a note as well.
[23:07] and very much, I think I feel
[23:09] exactly the same way as my
[23:10] colleagues do.
[23:11] and just want to note, a few
[23:15] months ago I was able to kind of
[23:16] take a tour with some of my
[23:20] family members with clerk carl
[23:23] and clerk geissler, and was able
[23:25] to see the kind of the archival
[23:26] rooms of the of city of
[23:32] minneapolis.
[23:32] many of which have been here
[23:33] from as early as last week all
[23:34] the way to the 1800s.
[23:35] right?
[23:36] and when you go up the bell
[23:38] tower, you kind of get to look
[23:39] upon the city of minneapolis,
[23:40] and I think it is an example and
[23:45] of an analogy of kind of where
[23:45] the clerk's office sits here.
[23:47] when you look out across the
[23:48] city of minneapolis, at the
[23:49] bottom of that, the foundation
[23:51] of that is the clerk's office.
[23:53] it is the thing that the
[23:55] responsibility of this city is
[23:57] held upon.
[23:58] and I am seeing how you have
[24:00] been a vision of excellence in
[24:01] this city.
[24:04] and it's been, for me, as
[24:04] someone that's brand new, just
[24:06] like I think council member
[24:08] shaffer and I, we've been able
[24:09] to see that excellence that
[24:11] you've given to our city, and
[24:12] the clerk's office has done.
[24:14] it has been an invaluable, I
[24:16] think, measure of help, for
[24:20] especially us as new folks going
[24:21] through the hecticness of
[24:22] federal government that is
[24:24] occupying your city, and very
[24:27] much, I think, you know, has
[24:29] been helpful.
[24:29] you let us do stupid things,
[24:32] right?
[24:32] and I don't think a lot of
[24:33] people see that as well, right?
[24:35] when we send things over to all
[24:37] of you, I'm like... I do stupid
[24:40] things.
[24:40] man, I'm sorry.
[24:43] I do stupid things and you let
[24:45] me do those stupid things and
[24:47] learn by those mistakes and
[24:50] figure out how best to navigate
[24:53] within that.
[24:53] and so thank you for being that
[24:57] standard of excellence and being
[24:58] that for our city.
[25:01] and so we have a motion for
[25:03] approval and was a seconded.
[25:05] we'll ask all those in favor
[25:06] please say aye.
[25:11] [ ayes respond ]
[25:13] all those opposed?
[25:14] say nay.
[25:15] ayes have it.
[25:19] [applause]
[25:20] » Perfect.
[25:21] with that, colleagues, we have
[25:23] concluded all business to come
[25:24] before the committee today and
[25:25] if there are no objections, we
[25:27] are adjourned.
[25:28] there we go.