Chair: Irene Fernando, District 2  
Vice-Chair: Debbie Goettel, District 5  
Members: Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Marion Greene, District 3  
FINAL BOARD AGENDA  
BOARD OF HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS  
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024  
1:30 PM  
Angela Conley, District 4  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
1.  
2.  
3.  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Approval of Agenda  
Hennepin Highlights  
3.A. Supporting Hennepin County Businesses - Presented by Patricia Fitzgerald,  
Community and Economic Development Director  
4.  
5.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
4.A. October 29, 2024 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: 24RAA-07  
Attachments:  
5.B.  
County Receivable contracts approved by the County Administrator during the  
third quarter of 2024. Report Number 24RAA - 3rd Qtr Rec.  
Attachments:  
5.C.  
Claim/Summons - 1. Duane Shultz - RE: Duane Shultz v. Hennepin County. - 2.  
Victor Herpin, West Bend - RE: Motor Vehicle Claim, West Bend v. Hennepin  
County. - 3. Delanie Wetterlin, City of Minnetonka - RE: Property Damage, City  
of Minnetonka v. Hennepin County. - 4. Cindy Lu Hawkins - RE: Motor Vehicle  
Claim, Cindy Hawkins v. Hennepin County.  
Attachments:  
Department Communications  
5.D.  
Claims Register for the period ending November 29, 2024  
5.E.  
Claims Register for the period ending December 6, 2024  
Referred to Administration, Operations and Budget Committee  
5.F.  
5.G.  
5.H.  
Agmt PR00006720 with Affordable Housing Connections, Inc. to provide  
compliance monitoring services for rental housing projects funded by the HOME  
Investment Partnerships Program, 01/01/25-12/31/27, NTE $150,000  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00006051 with Little & Company to advance Hennepin  
County’s brand inclusive of a redesigned HennepinCounty.gov., ext end date to  
12/20/25, incr NTE by $250,000  
Neg Agmt with Metre LLC for media planning, media procurement and creative  
services to advance County’s strategic priorities, DOE-12/31/26, NTE  
$2,000,000  
5.I.  
Hennepin County Youth Activities Grants (HCYAG) 2024 Equipment Grants and  
Play Area Grants totaling $2,124,550  
5.J.  
Neg Amt A2412619 with Metropolitan Council for Anti-Displacement Community  
Prosperity Program, 12/01/24-12/31/30, est recv $10 million; 2025 supp appr for  
Disparity Reduction Administration department  
Referred to Health and Human Services Committee  
5.K.  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2417  
5.L.  
Amd 1 to Agmt A2010342 with the Metropolitan County Consortium, State of MN  
to continue a cooperative agmt to provide administrative services for  
nonemergency medical transportation and related services among the 13 county  
MCC region, ext date to 12/31/25  
5.M.  
5.N.  
Amd 2 to Agmt A2111075 with MN DHS to continue the provision of Transition  
to Community Services, ext end date to 06/30/26, incr (recv $825,500)  
Amd 2 to JPA A2311668 with City of Minneapolis for HUD CDBG funding for  
shelter operations, amending the language in section II of the Agreement from  
“2022 CDBG Funds” to “CARES ACT CDBG Funds”  
5.O.  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00003753 with North Health Professional, Inc. d/b/a  
Professional Radiology Services to provide temporary X-Ray technologists, ext  
end date to 12/01/26, no change to NTE  
5.P.  
5.Q.  
Amd 3 to Agmt PR00001611 with NMS to provide toxicology services, ext end  
date to 12/31/2028, incr NTE by $2,200,000  
Amd 5 to Agmt PR00004056 with Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC,  
Hennepin Health’s vendor of evidence-based clinical criteria, ext end date  
through 01/31/29, incr NTE by $419,592  
Referred to Law, Safety and Justice Committee  
5.R.  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00006135 with the Research Foundation of the City  
University of New York to provide strategic consultation and technical support  
services to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, ext end date to 12/31/25, incr  
NTE by $90,000  
5.S.  
Amds to two Agmts with local agencies to provide adult diversion services to the  
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, ext end dates 12/31/25 and incr combined  
NTE to $2,168,770  
5.T.  
5.U.  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00002599 with Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on  
behalf of Hennepin Technical College, ext end date to 12/31/25 and incr NTE by  
$8,800  
Four amds with local agencies to provide various services for Community  
Corrections clients, various periods 01/01/21-12/31/26, incr total combined NTE  
by $822,760  
5.V.  
Seven Agmts with local government agencies to provide work crews from the  
Sentencing to Service Program, various contract dates, (total recv $582,114)  
5.W.  
Amd 8 to Agmt A153963 with Securus Technologies, LLC to provide resident  
phone and video visitation services at the Sheriff’s Adult Detention Center, and  
the Department of Community Corrections Adult Correctional Facility and  
Juvenile Detention Center, ext end date to 12/31/26, incr NTE by $556,631  
5.X.  
5.Y.  
Amds and Agmts between Hennepin County Adult Representation Services  
(ARS) and legal service providers for 2025  
Authorize supplemental appropriation to amend the Hennepin County Attorney’s  
Office 2024 operating budget  
Referred to Public Works Committee  
5.Z.  
Neg Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005488 with Met Council and HCRRA for Blue Line  
Extension Project, extend to 06/30/26, incr NTE to $248,905,000  
5.AA.  
Neg Amd 12 to Agmt PR00000689 with Met Council and HCRRA for METRO  
Green Line Ext LRT (CP 1005876), extend to 12/31/28, incr NTE to  
$1,168,125,592; amd 2025 operating and capital budgets  
Referred to Resident Services Committee  
5.AB.  
Neg Agmt with Tech Logic Corporation to provide automated materials handling  
systems and other systems products, 12/13/24-12/31/29, NTE $2,000,000  
6.  
Commendations  
6.A.  
Recognizing the retirement of Jonathan Hanft - Offered by Commissioner  
Conley  
7.  
8.  
Commissioner Communications/Updates  
Claims Register  
8.A.  
8.B.  
8.C.  
Claims Register for the period ending November 1, 2024  
Claims Register for the period ending November 8, 2024  
Claims Register for the period ending November 15, 2024  
9.  
Consent  
9.A.  
Ratification of permits, leases, lease amendments, and related property  
agreements approved by the County Administrator, 07/01/24 - 09/30/24, total  
NTE $15,000  
Attachments:  
9.B.  
9.C.  
Delegation of authority to acquire tax-forfeited land through public auction  
Authorize Investment Officer to use additional statutory investment authority  
relating to repurchase agreement and reverse repurchase agreements through  
2025 within statutory and board-authorized limits  
Attachments:  
9.D.  
Work Order PR00005374 CO1 under Principal Cooperative Agreement  
A188951 with the University of Minnesota for an increase in joint funding of the  
Hennepin-University Partnership program, 01/01/24-12/31/25, NTE $35,000  
9.E.  
9.F.  
9.G.  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00000724 with Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota for the  
provision of financial counseling and classes to Hennepin County employees  
and their family members, ext end date to 12/31/25, incr NTE by $70,941  
Amd 6 to Agmt A102247 with WLF Consulting, LLC for IT mainframe support  
services, ext end date to 12/31/25 with an additional one-year extension option  
through 12/31/26, incr NTE by $277,000  
Set 2025 special levies for Shingle Creek Watershed at $1,299,113; Bassett  
Creek Watershed at $2,303,500; West Mississippi Watershed at $106,050; and  
Elm Creek Watershed at $477,225  
9.H.  
9.I.  
Approval of the 2025 Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. Financial Plan as  
submitted by the Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc. Board of Directors  
Approval of slate of candidates for three-year terms on the HHS Board of  
Directors  
Attachments:  
9.J.  
Human Services & Public Health resolution, including contracts and  
amendments to contracts with provider - 2416  
Attachments:  
9.K.  
9.L.  
Agmt A2412577 Master Grant Contract with the MN Dept of Health,  
01/01/25-12/31/29; delegates authority for the Hennepin County Administrator to  
approve all subsequent MDH project agmts  
Amd 1 to JPA Agmt A2412465 with City of Minneapolis for HUD ESG funding for  
emergency shelter operations activities and essential services, amending to  
adjust ESG funding year allocations, 07/17/24-12/31/25, adjust NTE from  
$450,000 to $400,384  
9.M.  
Amd 2 to Agmt PR00001611 with NMS to provide toxicology testing services, ext  
end date to 12/31/24, incr NTE by $350,000  
9.N.  
9.O.  
Amd 9 to Agmt A154856 with Navitus Health Solutions LLC to provide pharmacy  
benefit management services to Hennepin Health, ext end date to 12/31/27, incr  
NTE by $2,550,000  
JPAs A2412454 with the City of Bloomington, A2412455 with the City of  
Brooklyn Center, A2412458 with the City of Maple Grove, A2412460 with the  
City of New Hope, to continue services of the Hennepin County Embedded  
Social Worker Program, 01/01/25-12/31/26  
9.P.  
JPA A2412461 with the City of Robbinsdale and the Three Rivers Park District  
to continue services of the Hennepin County Embedded Social Worker Program,  
01/01/25-12/31/25  
9.Q.  
9.R.  
JPA A2412471 with the City of Brooklyn Park to authorize the 911 Alternative  
Response Team, 03/25/24-12/31/27  
Agmt A2412594 with MN DHS to expand lead agency capacity to improve  
competitive, integrated employment outcomes for people with disabilities,  
10/11/24-06/30/26, $2,067,452 (recv)  
9.S.  
2025 State Legislative Priorities and Platform  
Attachments:  
9.T.  
9.U.  
9.V.  
Amd 1 to Agmt PR00005722 with the Regents of the University of Minnesota to  
provide youth justice system research services, ext end date 06/30/26 and incr  
NTE $192,544  
Amd 4 to Agmt PR00002848 with CornerHouse Interagency Child Abuse  
Evaluation Center for assessments of child sexual abuse victims and expert  
witness testimony, ext end date 12/31/25 and incr NTE to $1,213,264  
Amds to three Agmts with local agencies to provide juvenile diversion services to  
the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, ext end date through 06/30/25 and incr  
combined NTE to $1,925,000  
9.W.  
9.X.  
9.Y.  
Amds to six Agmts with local agencies to provide victim advocacy, legal  
representation, and intervention and prevention services for cases handled by  
the Domestic Abuse Service Center in the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office,  
ext end dates to 12/31/25 and incr combined NTE to $1,916,222  
Agmts A2412529, A2412530, A2412531, A2412532 between the Hennepin  
County Sheriff’s Office and the Cities of Greenfield, Hanover, Medicine Lake,  
and Rockford, for the provision of patrol services, 01/01/25-12/31/26,  
$891,586.99 (recv)  
Neg Subordinate Funding Agmt A2412545 with Metropolitan Council for project  
staff services for the METRO Blue Line Extension Light Rail Transit Project,  
01/01/25-12/31/25, (est recv $1,270,142)  
9.Z.  
Neg grant agmts for Natural Resource Opportunity grant projects, 3-year  
periods, total combined NTE $80,000  
9.AA.  
9.AB.  
Adjust county cost and recv for Agmt PW 23-11-24 with City of Edina (CP  
2176600); no change to project budget  
Amd 1 to Agmt PW 04-01-16 with Hopkins (CP 2142600); transfer funds  
(HNCTY 0039996 to HNPWT 2142600); (est county cost $7,500,000 state aid,  
$500,000 property tax and est recv $75,000); no change to total project budget  
Attachments:  
9.AC.  
9.AD.  
Neg Agmt PW 28-73-24 with Wright County for routine and extraordinary  
maintenance on CSAH 157 and CR 139 in Minnetrista and Independence,  
01/01/25-12/31/29 (est county cost: $13,000 per year Operating Budget)  
Attachments:  
Neg Agmt PW 01-07-24 with the City of Bloomington to provide signal operation  
and maintenance during the period 01/01/25-12/31/29 (est county cost $19,700  
per year - Operating Budget)  
Attachments:  
9.AE.  
9.AF.  
Neg Agmt PW 34-00-24 with MnDOT and the City of Minneapolis for pavement  
preservation, traffic signal and accessibility upgrades on CSAH 22 from 56th  
Street to 58th Street W (CP 2201000); est county cost $726,317 State Aid  
Attachments:  
Neg Agmt PW 31-85-24 with CP Railway for replacement of the railroad  
crossing surface on Old Shakopee Road (CSAH 1) in Bloomington (CP  
2201100), (est county cost: $80,000 Property Tax)  
Attachments:  
9.AG.  
9.AH.  
Neg Agmt PR00006236 with BFI Waste Systems of North America, LLC for the  
operation of the county’s HHW permanent facilities and collection events, for a  
period of up to five years beginning 01/01/25, NTE $15 million  
Neg Agmt with Kidzibits, Inc. to provide early literacy play structures at library  
project sites, 10/30/24-10/29/30, NTE $1,500,000  
Attachments:  
9.AI.  
Review and approval of Three Rivers Park District 2025 Budget  
Attachments:  
9.AJ.  
9.AK.  
Agmt with American Indian OIC, Inc. for the provision of employment and  
training services to individuals on public benefits prioritizing American Indian  
residents within Hennepin County, 01/01/25-12/31/25, NTE $250,000  
Neg Agmt with Life Technologies Corporation for the provision of DNA  
equipment validation services, 10/29/24-04/28/25, NTE $222,950  
10.  
11.  
Non-Consent  
Progressed  
11.A.  
11.B.  
Adopt revised Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Council Bylaws  
Attachments:  
Adopt Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Council-recommended performance  
standards  
Attachments:  
12.  
13.  
Old Business  
Immediate Approvals  
13.A.  
Recognition of local small businesses - offered by Commissioner Goettel  
13.B.  
Recognizing Transgender Day of Remembrance and declaring Hennepin a Safe  
County for the transgender, gender nonconforming, lesbian, gay, bisexual,  
queer, intersex, and allied community - offered by Commissioner Fernando  
WHEREAS:  
13.C.  
13.D.  
13.E.  
13.F.  
Approve the appointment of Donnita Osborn as Access, Aging and Disabilities  
Director, effective 12/15/24  
Approve the appointment of Beth Stack as Chief Compliance Officer, effective  
01/06/25  
Award set-aside Contract FC00000141 to KMS Construction for the Northeast  
Library Facility Modification Project, NTE $538,000  
Amd 1 to Agmt A2211522 with the National Health Care for the Homeless  
Council for the Healthcare for the Homeless Program, no change to end date,  
incr recv by $75,000  
13.H.  
13.I.  
Provide a supplemental appropriation of $490,000 for emergency rental  
assistance, funded with the housing sales tax (Local Affordable Housing Aid)  
Neg JPAs and Amendments to JPAs with 21 Counties to temporarily board  
Hennepin County detainees at their county jail, estimated dates  
11/01/24-05/30/25, total estimated NTE $8,000,000