Chair: Irene Fernando, District 2  
Vice-Chair: Debbie Goettel, District 5  
FINAL BOARD AGENDA  
Members:  
Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Marion Greene, District 3  
Angela Conley, District 4  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
BOARD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY  
COMMISSIONERS  
TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025  
1:30 PM  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Agenda  
Hennepin Highlights  
3.A. Legislative Update - Liz Young, Intergovernmental Director  
4.  
5.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
4.A. May 6, 2025 Meeting Minutes  
Attachments:  
Referral of Correspondence and Department Communications  
Correspondence  
5.A.  
Professional and Personal Service Agmts/Amds of $100,000 or less which have  
been approved by Department Director, Assistant/County Administrator. Report  
Number: 25RAA-07  
Attachments:  
5.B.  
5.C.  
Letter - 1. Sara Smith, Community Development Director, City of Mound - RE:  
Proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan Amendment.  
Attachments:  
Claim/Summons - 1. Arik J. Weix - RE: Arik J. Weix Property Damage.  
Attachments:  
Department Communications  
5.D.  
5.E.  
Claims Register for the period ending June 6, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending June 13, 2025  
Referred to Administration, Operations and Budget Committee  
5.F.  
Amd 3 to Agmt PR00001187 with Gartner Inc. for information technology  
research and advice services, ext end date to 06/30/28, incr NTE by $495,172  
for a new total NTE of $1,424,390  
5.G.  
5.H.  
Neg Amd 1 to the Tasks Unlimited Training Lodge Agmt, extending term to  
06/19/30, amd and restate related documents, no change to NTE  
Neg Amd 5 to Lease Agmt A2110797 with American Indian Community  
Development Corporation for rental space at 1800 Chicago Avenue in Mpls,  
extending the contract period to 06/30/27 ($248,550 estimated first year rent)  
Attachments:  
5.I.  
Contract PR00007288 with the MN Dept of Public Safety accepting funds for the  
2024 State Homeland Security Program, 01/01/25-06/30/26, $115,000 (recv)  
Waage  
Sponsors:  
Attachments:  
5.J.  
Hennepin County Youth Activities Grants (HCYAG) Program - Spring 2025  
Equipment Grants and Arts & Music Grants, total NTE of $407,832.21  
5.K.  
Loan to Hennepin Healthcare Systems, Inc. for capital medical equipment  
purchases  
Referred to Health and Human Services Committee  
5.L.  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2508  
5.M.  
Amd 1 JPA A2412551 with the MN DHS accepting a cost neutral transfer (direct  
allocation) grant from the Housing Support fund for culturally specific housing  
services for people with severe substance use disorders and experiencing  
homelessness, extend agmt to 06/30/26, incr recv NTE by $1,364,456 for a new  
recv NTE $2,712,577  
Attachments:  
5.N.  
Amd 1 JPA A2412550 with the MN DHS to increase a cost neutral transfer  
(direct allocation) grant by $3,112,399 from the Housing Support fund for  
emergency shelter and tenancy supports for people with disabling conditions  
experiencing homelessness, 07/01/25-06/30/26, for a new recv NTE of  
$6,181,278  
Attachments:  
Referred to Law, Safety and Justice Committee  
5.O.  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00006706 with Wren Collective to provide complex legal  
communications services, ext end date 12/31/25 and incr NTE by $60,000 for a  
new total NTE of $150,000  
5.P.  
Two agmts with the MN Dept of Corrections for Intensive Supervised Release  
and Remote Electronic Alcohol Monitoring, revised contract period  
07/01/23-06/30/27, total combined NTE $3,968,400 (recv)  
Attachments:  
5.Q.  
5.R.  
Amds to 13 Agmts with local agencies to provide services to children at risk for  
truancy and/or educational neglect, ext end date 06/30/26 and incr total  
combined NTE to $2,695,000  
5 Agmts with local agencies to provide youth diversion services to the Hennepin  
County Attorney’s Office, 07/01/25-12/31/26, total combined NTE $1,374,000  
Referred to Public Works Committee  
5.S.  
Various agreements for the reconstruction of Franklin Ave (project 2172600),  
increase 2025 capital budget by $140,000 (est county cost: $10,088,000 federal  
funds, $3,084,000 State Aid; est recv $6,189,280)  
Attachments:  
5.T.  
Neg Agmt PW 19-40-25 with MnDOT for signal and accessibility upgrades on  
CSAH 73, project 2201118, a subproject of 2201100 (est county cost $317,734  
county bonds)  
Attachments:  
BAR-Financial_ PW 19-40-25_CSAH073_2201118.xlsx  
6.  
7.  
8.  
Commendations  
Commissioner Communications/Updates  
Claims Register  
8.A.  
8.B.  
8.C.  
8.D.  
Claims Register for the period ending May 9, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending May 16, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending May 23, 2025  
Claims Register for the period ending May 30, 2025  
9.  
Consent  
9.A.  
Establishing a Countywide Art Contest for middle- and high-school students in  
partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Art to promote health, well-being,  
and community expression through art, the 2025 theme: “Belonging Begins  
Here: Our Stories, Our County, and Our Pride” - offered by Commissioners  
Edelson and Anderson  
9.B.  
9.C.  
Agmt PR00007289 with the MN Historical Society and the St. Anthony Falls  
Heritage Board for calendar years 2025-2027 to support St. Anthony Falls  
Heritage Interpretive Zone, 01/01/25-12/31/27, NTE $93,000  
Amd 4 to AgmtPR00003259 with Mercer Health & Benefits, LLC, for the  
provision of actuarial,advisoryandcomplianceservicesinsupportofthedesign  
and administration of employee benefit planssponsoredbyHennepinCounty,  
ext end date to 12/31/25, incr NTE by $20,000 for a new total NTE of  
$1,620,000  
9.D.  
9.E.  
Neg Agmts to provide lead hazard reduction and healthy homes remediation  
services, 06/15/25-06/30/27, neg Amds to provide lead hazard reduction and  
healthy homes remediation services, 01/01/23-06/30/27, total combined NTE  
$3,150,000  
Submission of HUD 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and the HUD 2025 Action  
Plan; neg Agmts A2512857, A2512858, A2512859 with HUD for 2025 CDBG,  
HOME, ESG Pgrms, 07/01/25-06/30/30, recv $4,673,805; neg 16 CDBG agmts,  
07/01/25-06/30/30, NTE $2,515,731; neg 5 HOME agmts, 07/01/25-06/30/70,  
NTE $1,775,074  
Attachments:  
9.F.  
9.G.  
Authorize supplemental appropriations and contingency transfers to amend the  
2024 budget  
Attachments:  
Authorize supplemental appropriations and general fund transfers to amend the  
2024 Sheriff’s Office budget  
Attachments:  
9.H.  
9.I.  
Amd 9 to Agmt PR00001249 with Cirdan Health Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of  
Health Management Associates, Inc., for actuarial and consulting services to  
Hennepin Health, 09/01/25-08/31/26, incr NTE by $786,396 for a new total NTE  
of $4,972,000  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2507  
Attachments:  
9.J.  
JPA A2512854 with the City of Mpls to support the administration of shelter  
operations for a winter warming center by Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource  
Center, 02/01/25-03/31/26; $100,000 (recv)  
9.K.  
JPA A2512860 with the City of Mpls to support the administration of operations  
for the winter warming center program, 05/01/25-09/30/26, $250,000 from the  
City of Mpls general funds and $329,757 from ESG funds, $579,757 (recv)  
9.L.  
Neg Amd 2 to Agmt PR00004028 with Minneapolis for Environmental Response  
Fund grant funding, ext end date to 06/22/27, no change to NTE  
9.M.  
Neg Agmt PW 17-76-25 with Carver County for construction along CSAH 82,  
(CP 2182300), no cost  
Attachments:  
9.N.  
9.O.  
Neg Agmt 31-40-25 with MnDOT for Hennepin Ave Bridge grant ($3.5M recv);  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005134 with HNTB Corp (CP 2164000), incr NTE to  
$3,542,314 and ext period to 12/31/27 ($3,500,000 state GO bonds, $37,314  
state aid)  
Attachments:  
JPA A2512844 between Hennepin County and the police depts of  
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Brooklyn Park, Champlin, Eden  
Prairie, Golden Valley, and Saint Louis Park Fire Department for the Weapons  
of Mass Destruction Tactical Response Team, effective 05/20/2025  
9.P.  
Amds 2 to Agmts PR00005672 with Wright County and PR00006216 with Scott  
County to temporarily board Hennepin County detainees at their county jail or  
county correctional facility, no change to end dates, incr NTEs by $1,800,000 for  
a total combined NTE for annexing in Wright and Scott counties of $4,979,000;  
total allocated annexing costs will now be $5,933,000  
10.  
11.  
Non-Consent  
Progressed  
11.A.  
Authorize the issuance and sale of one or more tax-exempt multifamily housing  
revenue bonds by the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority  
for an affordable housing preservation and expansion project at 828 Spring  
Street NE and 809 Spring Street NE in Minneapolis  
12.  
13.  
Old Business  
Immediate Approvals  
13.A.  
13.B.  
13.C.  
Agmt PR00007157 with Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, to provide bond counsel  
and related legal services, 05/15/25 - 05/15/30, NTE $1,200,000  
Confirmation of the appointment of Mary Ellen Heng to the unclassified position  
of director of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation, effective 05/20/2025  
Establish the unclassified positions of Chief Facilities Officer, Director of  
Security, and Director of Facilities Services Operations; approve the  
appointment of Margo Geffen as Chief of Facilities Officer, effective 06/01/2025  
13.D.  
Declaring May Community Action Month - offered by Commissioners Goettel,  
Greene and Edelson