Chair:  
Debbie Goettel, District 5  
COMMITTEE MINUTES  
Vice Chair: Irene Fernando, District 2  
Members: Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Marion Greene, District 3  
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND BUDGET  
COMMITTEE  
Angela Conley, District 4  
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2024  
12:00 PM  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
Budget Working Session  
Commissioner Goettel, Chair, called the meeting of the Administration, Operations and Budget  
Committee for Monday, October 28, 2024 to order at 12:01 p.m.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Jeff Lunde, Commissioner Irene Fernando, Marion  
Greene, Angela Conley, Kevin Anderson and Heather Edelson  
Present:  
1.  
Open Forum Playback - Resident Services and Operations  
There were no individuals who provided pre-recorded comment.  
2.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
October 24 Budget Hearing Minutes - Resident Services and Operations  
2.A.  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Kevin Anderson moved, seconded by Commissioner  
Heather Edelson, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Anderson and  
Commissioner Edelson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Greene  
Absent:  
3.  
Discussion  
2025 Proposed Budget Presentation - Law, Safety and Justice  
3.A.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel gave a brief overview and handed the floor to County  
Administrator David Hough. Mr. Hough introduced the 2025 proposed budget on behalf  
of Chela Guzman-Wiegert, Assistant County Administrator of Law, Justice and Safety.  
The 2025 proposed budget was presented by following individuals:  
Michael Berger, Chief Public Defender  
Sheriff Dawanna Witt  
Bryan Kallstrom, Sheriff Office Finance Director  
Mary Moriarty, County Attorney Hennepin County  
4.  
Old Business  
4.A.  
LAID OVER  
2025 Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela  
Conley, to lay over until Wednesday November 13, 2024.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Anderson and  
Commissioner Edelson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Greene  
Absent:  
5.  
Open Forum Budget  
Members of the public will be able to call in to record a comment that will be  
played for the board at the following budget hearing. The line will be open for  
four hours starting at the end of each budget hearing. Comments should be  
related to this specific hearing. Instructions to participate are available at  
hennepin.us.  
There being no further business, the Administration, Operations and Budget Committee for  
October 28, 2024 was declared recessed at 3:22 p.m. The 2025 Proposed Budget Presentation  
will reconvene November 13, 2024 at 12:00 noon.  
Sheri Selton  
Deputy Clerk to the County Board