Chair:  
Vice Chair:  
Members:  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Angela Conley, District 4  
Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Irene Fernando, District 2  
Marion Greene, District 3  
Debbie Goettel, District 5  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
COMMITTEE MINUTES  
HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE  
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2025  
1:30 PM  
Commissioner Heather Edelson, Chair, called the meeting of the Human Services  
Committee for Tuesday, December 2, 2025 to order at 4:00 p.m.  
Commissioner Angela Conley, Commissioner Irene Fernando, Commissioner  
Marion Greene, Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Commissioner Heather Edelson,  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde and Commissioner Kevin Anderson  
Commissioner Angela Conley, Commissioner Irene Fernando, Commissioner  
Marion Greene, Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Commissioner Heather Edelson,  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde and Commissioner Kevin Anderson  
Present:  
Present:  
1.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
November 13, 2025 Meeting Minutes  
1.A.  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela  
Conley, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.  
New Business  
Routine Items  
2.A.  
25-0446  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2517  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Heather Edelson moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
Addendum  
2.B.  
25-0499  
Amd 3 to Agmt A2111071 with the MN Dept of Human Services for grant funding for the  
administration of support services in permanent housing programs for long-term  
homeless, incr recv by $4,251,451 for a new total recv of $15,588,657, ext term to  
06/30/27  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.C.  
25-0500  
Amd 2 to Agmt A2311975 with the MN Dept of Human Services to extend an  
Emergency Services Program (ESP) grant for family emergency overflow shelters  
amending to incorporate language in changes in Clause 3 for the period of  
07/01/25-06/30/25, no change to recv NTE of $7,000,000  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.D.  
25-0501  
Amendments and Agreements with ten (10) cities for services of the Hennepin County  
Embedded Social Worker Program  
CONSENT  
Kareem Murphy, Assistant County Administrator, mentioned a friendly  
amendment to a contract number. Commissioner Irene Fernando moved,  
seconded by Commissioner Debbie Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.E.  
25-0502  
Amendments to Agreements to continue participation in the alternative mental  
health response team, ext end dates to 12/31/26, incr each recv by $88,431  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution.  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner  
Greene, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
There being no further business, the Human Services Committee for Tuesday,  
December 2, 2025 was declared adjourned at 4:04 p.m.  
Maria Rose  
Clerk to the County Board