Chair:  
Debbie Goettel, District 5  
COMMITTEE MINUTES  
ViceChair: Marion Greene, District 3  
Members:  
Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Irene Fernando, District 2  
Angela Conley, District 4  
Vacant, District 6  
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND BUDGET  
COMMITTEE  
TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2024  
1:30 PM  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Chair, called the meeting of the Administration,  
Operations and Budget Committee for Tuesday, January 9, 2024 to order at 1:58 p.m.  
Debbie Goettel, Jeff Lunde, Irene Fernando, Marion Greene, Angela Conley and  
Kevin Anderson  
Present:  
1.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
1.A. December 7, 2023 Meeting Minutes  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Angela Conley moved, seconded by Commissioner Jeff  
Lunde, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.  
Open Appointment Interviews  
2.A.  
24-0008  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Adult Mental Health  
Local Advisory Council (LAC)  
The following applicants' pre-recorded comments were played:  
Bharati Acharya  
Ifrah Nur  
Laura Jaap  
Madilyn Morgan  
Margie DuPuis  
Sheila Wiegman  
Theresa Crawford  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.B.  
24-0009  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Capital Budgeting Task  
Force (CBTF)  
The following applicant's pre-recorded comments were played:  
Nathan Rich  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.C.  
24-0010  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - County Extension  
Committee - University of Minnesota  
The following applicant's pre-recorded comments were played:  
Elijah Michaletz  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.D.  
24-0011  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Human Resources  
Board  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.E.  
24-0012  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Library Board  
LAID OVER  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, to lay over the Resolution to the January 30th Committee  
meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.F.  
24-0013  
2024 Watershed Board Applicants and Appointments - Lower MN River Watershed  
District  
The following applicant's pre-recorded comments were played:  
Joseph Barisonzi  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.G.  
24-0014  
2024 Watershed Board Applicants and Appointments - Minnehaha Creek Watershed  
District  
The following applicants' pre-recorded comments were played:  
Mary Comfort  
Sherry White  
Stephen Sando  
Steve Cramer  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.H.  
24-0015  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Race Equity Advisory  
Council (REAC)  
LAID OVER  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, to lay over the Resolution to the January 30th Committee  
meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.I.  
24-0016  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Workforce Innovation  
and Opportunity Act Board (WIOA)  
The following applicants' pre-recorded comments were played:  
Emily Watts  
Sarah Gutzman  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.J.  
24-0017  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Mental Commitment  
Attorney Panel  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.K.  
24-0018  
2024 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Community Action  
Partnership of Hennepin County (CAP-HC) Board  
PROGRESS  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to progress the Resolution to the January 23rd Board meeting.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Conley and  
Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
There being no further business, the Administration, Operations and Budget Committee  
for Tuesday, January 9 2023 was declared adjourned at 2:38 p.m.  
Maria Rose  
Clerk to the County Board