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  
FINAL COMMITTEE MINUTES  
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND BUDGET  
COMMITTEE  
TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025  
1:30 PM  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Chair, called the meeting of the Administration,  
Operations and Budget Committee for Tuesday, January 14, 2025 to order at 1:34 p.m.  
Irene Fernando, Marion Greene, Angela Conley, Commissioner Debbie Goettel,  
Commissioner Heather Edelson, Jeff Lunde and Kevin Anderson  
Present:  
1.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
December 3, 2024 Minutes  
1.A.  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.  
Open Appointment Interviews  
2.A.  
25-0008  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Adult Mental Health  
Local Advisory Council (LAC)  
LAID OVER  
The following individuals provided pre-recorded interview statements:  
Backe, Annie  
Fagerness, Adam (Alexa)  
Gustafson, Hanna Campbell  
Gustafson-Ramsden, Callie  
Ibrahim, Suheb  
Normile, Thomas  
Ruoho, Hanna  
Ruckle, Victoria  
Youngmark, Brittany  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to lay over the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.B.  
25-0009  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Human Resources  
Board  
LAID OVER  
There were no pre-recorded interview statements left. Commissioner Irene  
Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene, to lay over  
the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.C.  
25-0010  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - County Extension  
Committee - University of Minnesota  
LAID OVER  
There were no pre-recorded interview statements left. Commissioner Irene  
Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene, to lay over  
the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.D.  
25-0011  
2025 Watershed Board Applicants and Appointments - Minnehaha Creek Watershed  
District  
LAID OVER  
The following individuals provided pre-recorded interview statements:  
Cousins, Richard  
Hejmadi, Arun  
Eckstrom, Jennifer  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to lay over the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.E.  
25-0012  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Race Equity Advisory  
Council (REAC)  
LAID OVER  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to lay over the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.F.  
25-0013  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Workforce Innovation  
and Opportunity Act Board (WIOA)  
LAID OVER  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to lay over the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.G.  
25-0014  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Three Rivers Park  
District Board  
LAID OVER  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to lay over the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
2.H.  
25-0031  
2025 Community Advisory Board Applicants and Appointments - Library Board  
LAID OVER  
The following individuals provided pre-recorded interview statements:  
Brudvik, Erin  
Connolly, Kimberly  
Dubanoski, Elizabeth  
Fox, Jarod  
Hunter, Alyssa Goolsby  
Kalumbi, Vivian  
Kang, Kim  
Klauk, Randy  
Lane, Simon Bracey  
Montoya, Jessica  
Odenthal, Ali  
Poehlman, Melissa  
Precht, Mallory  
Ruoho, Hanna  
Rubenstein, Georgia  
Spleiss, Sarah  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to lay over the Resolution to the February 4 Committees.  
Commissioner Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner  
Conley, Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Edelson,  
Commissioner Lunde and Commissioner Anderson  
Aye:  
3.  
New Business  
Addendum  
3.A.  
25-0030  
Approve Agmt PR00006978 with Cannon Design, Inc to develop the Hennepin  
Healthcare System Facilities Framework 01/15/25-12/31/25, NTE $1,699,915  
CONSENT  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved, seconded by Commissioner Irene  
Fernando, to consent the Resolution .  
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 Tuesday, January 14, 2025 was declared adjourned at 3:09 p.m.  
Maria Rose  
Clerk to the County Board