Chair(s): Angela Conley, District 4  
Jeff Lunde, District 1  
COMMITTEE MINUTES  
INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE  
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2024  
1:30 PM  
Members: Irene Fernando, District 2  
Marion Greene, District 3  
Debbie Goettel, District 5  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde, Co-Chair, called the meeting of the Intergovernmental  
Committee for Tuesday, November 12, 2024 to order at 4:25 p.m.  
Commissioner Angela Conley, Commissioner Jeff Lunde, Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, Commissioner Marion Greene, Commissioner Debbie Goettel,  
Commissioner Kevin Anderson and Commissioner Heather Edelson  
Present:  
1.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
1.A. May 21, 2024 Minutes  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Heather Edelson moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Conley, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Goettel,  
Commissioner Anderson and Commissioner Edelson  
Aye:  
2.  
New Business  
Items for Discussion and Action  
2.A.  
24-0451  
2025 State Legislative Priorities and Platform  
Kareem Murphy, former Director of Intergovernmental Relations introduced the Proposed 2025  
State Legislative Platform, and was available for questions. Mr. Murphy called forward  
Intergovernmental relations staff to go through the platform.  
Discussion followed:  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved to bring the State Legislative Priorities forward.  
2025 State Legislative Platform:  
Section 1: Bonding:  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 2: Climate and Environment:  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel and approved - 7 Yeas.  
Commissioner Heather Edelson moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Jeff  
Lunde and approved - 7 Yeas.  
Commissioner Angela Conley moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde  
and approved - 7 Yeas.  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 3: General Government  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved an amendment, seconded by Jeff Lunde. After further  
discussion, Commissioner Heather Edelson withdrew her amendment.  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 4: Hennepin Healthcare System:  
Commissioner Heather Edelson moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando and approved - 6 Yeas  
(Absent, Conley)  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 5: Health and Human Services:  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde  
and approved - 6 Yeas (Absent, Conley)  
Staff edits were noted.  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved to adopt this section, seconded by Commissioner Jeff  
Lunde and approved - 6 Yeas (Absent, Conley)  
Section 6: Housing  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 7: Law, Safety and Justice  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 8: Taxes  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene  
and approved - 6 Yeas (Absent, Conley).  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 9: Transportation  
Commissioner Angela Conley moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel and approved - 7 Yeas  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved an amendment, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene and approved - 6 Yeas (Absent, Conley)  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 10: Workforce Development  
Staff edits were noted.  
Section 11: Nonprofit Requests  
Staff edits were noted.  
2025 State Legislative Priorities:  
There were no Staff or Commissioner edits to this document - approved - 6 yeas (Absent,  
Conley)  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie  
Goettel, to approve the Resolution as amended.  
There being no further business, the Intergovernmental Committee for Tuesday,  
November 12, 2024 was declared adjourned at 5:41 p.m.  
Maria Rose  
Clerk to the County Board