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 6, 2025  
1:30 PM  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Agenda  
Hennepin Highlights  
3.A. Embedded Social Worker Program - Jodi Wentland, Leah Kaiser  
4.  
5.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
4.A. April 22, 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-06  
Attachments:  
5.B.  
5.C.  
Summary of Hennepin Health agreements and amendments to agreements  
approved in first quarter (Q1) of 2025 by the Hennepin Health Executive Director  
Attachments:  
Letters - 1. Kevin Griebenow, P.E., Regional Engineer, FERC - RE: 2024  
Emergency Action Plan (EAP) Status Report and Updates. - 2. Kevin  
Griebenow, P.E., Regional Engineer, FERC - RE: St. Anthony Falls  
Hydroelectric Project Revised Drilling Program Plan Approval.  
Attachments:  
5.D.  
Claim/Summons - 1. Theodore C. Lockhart, Sr. - RE: Theodore C. Lockhart, Sr.  
v. County of Hennepin. - 2. James Byrum - RE: Jason Byrum v. Hennepin  
County. - 3. Anayeli Andrade - RE: Anayeli Andrade Vera v. Hennepin County. -  
4. Dao Minh Duong - RE: Dao Minh Duong v. Hennepin County.  
Attachments:  
Department Communications  
5.E.  
5.F.  
5.G.  
5.H.  
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  
Referred to Administration, Operations and Budget Committee  
5.I.  
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  
5.J.  
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  
5.K.  
Amd 4 to AgmtPR00003259 with Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 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  
5.L.  
5.M.  
5.N.  
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  
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  
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:  
5.O.  
Authorize supplemental appropriations and contingency transfers to amend the  
2024 budget  
Attachments:  
5.P.  
Authorize supplemental appropriations and general fund transfers to amend the  
2024 Sheriff’s Office budget  
Attachments:  
Referred to Health Committee  
5.Q.  
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  
Referred to Human Services Committee  
5.R.  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2507  
5.S.  
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)  
5.T.  
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)  
Referred to Public Works Committee  
5.U.  
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  
5.V.  
Neg Agmt PW 17-76-25 with Carver County for construction along CSAH 82,  
(CP 2182300), no cost  
Attachments:  
5.W.  
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:  
Commendations  
6.  
7.  
8.  
Commissioner Communications/Updates  
Claims Register  
8.A.  
Claims Register for the period ending April 25, 2025  
8.B.  
Claims Register for the period ending May 2, 2025  
9.  
Consent  
9.A.  
Establish a public hearing on a substantial amendment to the HUD 2023 Annual  
Action Plan on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 1:30 p.m.  
Attachments:  
9.B.  
9.C.  
Agmt PR00007267 with Metropolitan Council for provision of the Metropass for  
county employees; 05/01/25-04/30/30, NTE $2,700,000; Employee share via  
payroll deduction: $820,000 (county share approximately $1,880,000)  
Negotiate Agmt A2512840 with Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity  
Company for the provision of deferred compensation plan services for county  
employees, 04/01/25-03/31/32, with the option to extend for three (3) additional  
one-year periods  
9.D.  
Negotiate Agmt A2512839 with Fidelity Investments Tax Exempt Services  
Company for the provision of deferred compensation plan services for county  
employees, 06/01/25-05/31/32, with the option to extend for three (3) additional  
one-year periods  
9.E.  
9.F.  
Neg Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005029 with The Improve Group to evaluate Hennepin  
County’s guaranteed basic income pilot, adding $100,000 to the contract with no  
change to the contract end date, 03/22/23-12/31/25, NTE $400,000  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00001189 with PillarRx Consulting, LLC to conduct pharmacy  
benefit manager auditing required by the Hennepin Health contract with the MN  
Dept of Human Services, ext end date to 08/31/28, incr NTE by $210,000 for a  
new total NTE of $685,100  
9.G.  
9.H.  
Amd 3 to Agmt A177032 with Availity LLC, to provide electronic data  
interchange (EDI) transactions services, no change to dates, incr NTE by  
$35,000 for a new total NTE of $132,000  
Adoption of Hennepin County Cannabis and Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles  
Retailers Ordinance  
Attachments:  
9.I.  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2506  
Attachments:  
9.J.  
JPA A2512771 with the City of Eden Prairie expanding services of the Hennepin  
County Embedded Social Worker program, 04/01/25-12/31/26  
9.K.  
JPA A2512817 with the City of Mpls to accept HUD Emergency Solutions Grant  
funds for rapid rehousing services for homeless persons, 06/01/24-09/30/26 for  
$294,711 (recv)  
9.L.  
JPA A2512834 with the City of Mpls to accept HUD ESG funding for emergency  
shelter essential services, 01/01/25-04/30/26, $100,000 (recv)  
9.M.  
Amd 1 to Agmt A2311975 with MN DHS to extend an Emergency Services  
Program (ESP) grant for family emergency overflow shelters, ext end date to  
06/30/27, incr recv amt by $3,500,000 for a new total recv amt of $7,000,000  
9.N.  
9.O.  
9.P.  
Agmt A2412592 with MN DHS to fund implementation of the Minnesota African  
American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act SFY  
2025 and 2026, 10/01/24-06/30/26, $2,500,000 (recv)  
JPA A2512836 with MN DHS to fund implementation of the Minnesota African  
American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act SFY  
2025 and 2026, 10/01/24-06/30/26, $500,000 (recv)  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005300 with Faul Psychological to provide licensed  
psychological assessments and wellness services, ext end date to 05/31/26, incr  
NTE by $150,000 for a new total NTE of $250,000  
9.Q.  
9.R.  
Agmt PR00006752 with Tyler Technologies, Inc. to provide electronic citation  
software as a service, 01/01/25-12/31/27, NTE $150,000  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005715 with Barbara Schneider Foundation to provide  
crisis intervention team training services, ext end date to 12/31/26, incr NTE by  
$135,00 for a new total NTE of $225,000  
9.S.  
Agmt PR00007170 with SRF Consulting Group, Inc. for preliminary design  
engineering and public outreach for reconstruction of CSAH 152 (Cedar Ave),  
CP 2240700, 05/06/25-12/31/28 (county cost NTE $1,450,000 state aid)  
Attachments:  
9.T.  
9.U.  
Support for the Gold Line Extension from city of Saint Paul to city of Minneapolis  
Attachments:  
Agmt A2512800 between Hennepin County, the cities of Eden Prairie, Edina,  
Hopkins, Medina, Minnetonka, Minnetrista, Orono, Saint Louis Park, and West  
Metro Department of Public Safety for the West Metro Drug Task Force, period  
01/30/25-01/29/26  
9.V.  
JPA A2512843 between Hennepin County and the Bureau of Criminal  
Apprehension for the MN Human Trafficking Investigators Task Force,  
05/12/25-05/11/30  
9.W.  
9.X.  
9.Y.  
Amd 1 to Agmt A2311814 changing the administering State department per  
Executive Order 25-01 to the MN Dept of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal  
Apprehension  
Agmt PR00007216 with Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. for landfill  
disposal services at Burnsville Sanitary Landfill and Elk River Landfill,  
06/01/25-05/31/30, est annual exp $7,000,000  
Agmt PR00007270 with Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Agmt  
PR00007271 with Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. for organics  
processing services, for a term of up to seven years beginning at execution, est  
annual exp $1,085,000  
9.Z.  
JPA A2512848 with the City of Mpls for HUD ESG and City funding for street  
outreach, 01/01/25-04/30/26, $300,000 (recv)  
9.AA.  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00003719 with Independent School District (ISD) 281 for  
GED testing services, ext end date to 12/31/26, incr NTE by $49,000 for a new  
total NTE of $125,000  
9.AB.  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00006496 with Matrix Consulting Group, Ltd. to provide  
professional consulting services including implementation assistance for  
recommendations from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office’s overtime study  
and a jail staffing and operations study, ext end date to 06/30/26, incr NTE by  
$100,000 for a new total NTE of $170,000  
10.  
11.  
12.  
Non-Consent  
Progressed  
Old Business  
12.A.  
2025 Hennepin County Board of Commissioners Organizational Structure, as  
amended  
13.  
Immediate Approvals  
13.A.  
Declaring May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander  
Heritage Month in Hennepin County - offered by Commissioner Fernando  
13.B.  
Declaring May as American Indian Month in Hennepin County - offered by  
Commissioner Conley  
13.C.  
13.D.  
Declaring May National Foster Care Month - offered by Commissioner Conley  
Declaring May as Myositis Awareness Month in Hennepin County - offered by  
Commissioners Edelson and Lunde  
13.E.  
13.F.  
Recognizing Global Accessibility Awareness Day - offered by Commissioner  
Fernando  
Schematic design approval and award contract PR00007307 to Mohagen  
Hansen Architecture for architectural and engineering services,  
05/01/25-12/31/26; Award construction contracts for the JDC Elevator  
Assessment and Replacement.  
13.G.  
Labor Agreement with the Hennepin County Supervisors Association  
01/01/2025-12/31/2027  
Attachments: