Chair:

Vice Chair:

Members:

Debbie Goettel, District 5

Heather Edelson, District 6

Jeff Lunde, District 1

Irene Fernando, District 2

Marion Greene, District 3

Angela Conley, District 4

Kevin Anderson, District 7

COMMITTEE MINUTES

ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND

BUDGET COMMITTEE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2025

1:30 PM

Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Chair, called the meeting of the Administration,

Operations and Budget Committee for Thursday, November 13, 2025 to order at 1:37

p.m.

Commissioner Irene Fernando, Commissioner Marion Greene, Commissioner

Angela Conley, Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Commissioner Heather Edelson,

Commissioner Jeff Lunde and Commissioner Kevin Anderson

Present:

Presentation

Race Equity Advisory Council Annual Report - Erikka Ryan, Chair and Catherine Bouie,

Vice-Chair

1.A.

Jodi Wentland, County Administrator introduced Kareem Murphy, Deputy

County Administrator who provided a brief introduction before handing the

floor to the Chair and Vice-Chair of the advisory council.

Minutes from Previous Meeting

October 21, 2025 Meeting Minutes

2.A.

APPROVE

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela

Conley, to approve the Minutes.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

New Business

Routine Items

3.A.

25-0425

Amd 2 to Agmt PR00001618 with MN Safety Council to provide occupational safety and

health training and consulting at the direction of the County, ext end date to 12/31/28,

incr NTE by $100,000 for a new total NTE of $200,000

CONSENT

Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene

Fernando, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.B.

25-0426

Amd 4 to Agmt PR00004679 with OptumRx, the county’s self-insured pharmacy benefit

plan’s third-party administrator, to include diabetes management solution services and

allow data sharing for required Section 111 reporting

CONSENT

Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene

Fernando, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.C.

25-0427

Agmt PR00007650 with Deer Oaks EAP Services, LLC dba AllOne Health, for the

provision of employee assistance program services for Hennepin County employees

and their household members, 01/01/26-12/31/28, NTE $415,000

CONSENT

Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene

Fernando, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.D.

25-0428

Agmt PR00007804 with Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota for the provision of

financial counseling and financial wellness educational services for Hennepin County

employees and their immediate household members, 01/01/26-12/31/30, NTE $350,000

CONSENT

Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene

Fernando, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.E.

25-0429

Negotiate Agmt PR00007345 with EyeMed Vision Care, LLC for the provision of

voluntary vision insurance services, 01/01/26-12/31/28

CONSENT

Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene

Fernando, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Aye:

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

3.F.

25-0430

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 project at 3400 Parklawn Ave and 5010 Summit Ave in Edina

PROGRESS

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie

Goettel, to progress the Resolution to the November 18 Board meeting.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.G.

25-0431

Modify Agmt A2512857 with HUD for 2025 CDBG, 07/01/25-06/30/30, incr recv to

$2,993,886; Neg 1 award modification to Agmt PR00007319 with PRISM,

07/01/25-06/30/30, incr NTE to $140,000

CONSENT

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie

Goettel, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.H.

25-0432

Amd Agmt A041148 to transfer ownership of Willow Wood Estates to SRE Willow

Wood, LLC, with no change to the contract period or NTE

CONSENT

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie

Goettel, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.I.

25-0433

Agmt PR00007835 with Summit Academy OIC to provide Supplemental Nutrition &

Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T), 10/01/25-09/31/26, NTE

$173,680

CONSENT

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie

Goettel, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.J.

25-0434

Work Order PR00007880 under Principal Cooperative Agreement No.

18-0274/A188951 with the University of Minnesota for joint funding of the

Hennepin-University Partnership program, 01/01/26-12/31/27, NTE $309,967

CONSENT

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie

Goettel, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.L.

25-0436

Authorize Investment Officer to use additional statutory investment authority relating to

repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements through 2026 within

statutory and board-authorized limits

CONSENT

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie

Goettel, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

Items for Discussion and Action

3.K.

25-0435

Contract PR00007872 with M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates, Inc. for architectural and

engineering services for the schematic design phase of the Brookdale Library

Renovation & Facility Preservation (CP No. 1001788), 12/01/25-07/01/26, NTE

$1,103,667

CONSENT

Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved, seconded by Commissioner Debbie

Goettel, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.M.

25-0437

Authorize Antidisplacement Community Prosperity Program contracts, various dates,

combined NTE of $2,000,000

CONSENT

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Jeff

Lunde, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.N.

25-0438

Set 2026 special levies for Shingle Creek Watershed at $795,375; Bassett Creek

Watershed at $2,503,500; West Mississippi Watershed at $106,050; and Elm Creek

Watershed at $630,000

CONSENT

Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene

Fernando, to approve the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.O.

25-0439

Establish Community Environmental Advisory Board - offered by Commissioner Lunde

PROGRESS

Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene

Fernando, to progress the Resolution to the November 18 Board meeting.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

Addendum

3.P.

25-0479

Authorization to adopt Laws of Minnesota 2025, 1st Special Session, Chapter 13, Article

5, Section 4, as requested by the City of Maple Grove, for the purpose of extending the

maximum duration of the Gravel Mining Area Soils Deficiency Tax Increment Financing

District (County No. 1913) by five years, to June 29, 2046

PROGRESS

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela

Conley, to progress the Resolution to the November 18 Board meeting.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

3.Q.

25-0480

Authorization to adopt Laws of Minnesota 2025, 1st Special Session, Chapter

13, Article 5, Section 12, as requested by the City of Edina, for the purpose of

extending the maximum duration of the 70th & France Tax Increment Financing

District (County No. 1221) by ten years to 07/13/2047; Addtl authorization to

adopt Laws of Minnesota 2025, 1st Special Session, Chapter 13, Article 5,

Section 13, as requested by the City of Edina, for the purpose of extending the

maximum duration of the 72nd & France Tax Increment Financing District

(County No. 1223) by five years to 07/06/2053

REVISE

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela

Conley, to revise the Resolution.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

25-0480 R1

Authorization to adopt Laws of Minnesota 2025, 1st Special Session, Chapter

13, Article 5, Section 12, as requested by the City of Edina, for the purpose of

extending the maximum duration of the 70th & France Tax Increment Financing

District (County No. 1221) by ten years to 07/13/2047; Addtl authorization to

adopt Laws of Minnesota 2025, 1st Special Session, Chapter 13, Article 5,

Section 13, as requested by the City of Edina, for the purpose of extending the

maximum duration of the 72nd & France Tax Increment Financing District

(County No. 1223) by five years to 07/06/2053

PROGRESS

Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Angela

Conley, to progress the Resolution to the November 18 Board meeting.

Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner

Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,

Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson

Aye:

There being no further business, the Administration, Operations and Budget Committee

for Thursday, November 13, 2025 was declared adjourned at 3:17 p.m.

Maria Rose

Clerk to the County Board