Chair:  
Debbie Goettel, District 5  
COMMITTEE MINUTES  
Vice Chair: Irene Fernando, District 2  
Members: Jeff Lunde, District 1  
Marion Greene, District 3  
ADMINISTRATION, OPERATIONS AND BUDGET  
COMMITTEE  
Angela Conley, District 4  
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2024  
12:00 PM  
Heather Edelson, District 6  
Kevin Anderson, District 7  
Budget Working Session  
Commissioner Goettel, Chair, called the meeting of the Administration, Operations and Budget  
Committee for Thursday, November 13, 2024 to order at 12:02 p.m.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel, Jeff Lunde, Commissioner Irene Fernando, Marion  
Greene, Kevin Anderson and Heather Edelson  
Angela Conley  
Present:  
Absent:  
1.  
Open Forum Playback - Law, Safety and Justice  
Pre-recorded comments were played.  
2.  
Minutes from Previous Meeting  
October 28 Budget Hearing Minutes - Law, Safety and Justice  
2.A.  
APPROVE  
Commissioner Kevin Anderson moved, seconded by Commissioner Marion  
Greene, to approve the Minutes.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Anderson and  
Commissioner Edelson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
3.  
Discussion  
2025 Proposed Budget Presentation - Administrator Amendments  
3.A.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel provided a brief overview before turning the floor over to  
County Administrator David Hough who began with an overview of Administrator  
amendment 1.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 1,  
seconded by Commissioner Irene Fernando and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment 2.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 2,  
seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment 3.  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved to approve County Administrator amendment 3,  
seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendments  
4 through 6.  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved to approve County Administrator amendments 4  
through 6, seconded by Commissioner Heather Edelson and approved - 6 Yeas 1  
Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment 7.  
Assistant County Administrator Dan Rogan provided more context to the amendment.  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved to approve County Administrator amendment 7,  
seconded by Commissioner Debbie Goettel and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment 8.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 8,  
seconded by Commissioner Heather Edelson and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment 9  
R1.  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved to approve County Administrator amendment 9  
R1, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent:  
Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
10.  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved to approve County Administrator amendment 10,  
seconded by Commissioner Heather Edelson and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendments  
11 through 14.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendments 11  
through 14, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene and approved - 6 Yeas 1  
Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
15.  
Commissioner Heather Edelson moved to approve County Administrator amendment  
15, seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
16.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 16,  
seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
17 through 19.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 17  
through 19, seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene and approved - 6 Yeas 1  
Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
20.  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved to approve County Administrator amendment 20,  
seconded by Commissioner Kevin Anderson and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
21.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 21,  
seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
22.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 22,  
seconded by Commissioner Kevin Anderson and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
23. Assistant County Administrator Lisa Cerney provided more context to the  
amendment.  
Commissioner Heather Edelson moved to approve County Administrator amendment  
23, seconded by Commissioner Kevin Anderson and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent:  
Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
24.  
Commissioner Irene Fernando moved to approve County Administrator amendment 24,  
seconded by Commissioner Debbie Goettel and approved - 5 Yeas 1 Nays 1 Absent:  
Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
25.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 25,  
seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
26.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 26,  
seconded by Commissioner Marion Greene and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
27.  
Commissioner Kevin Anderson moved to approve County Administrator amendment 27,  
seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
28.  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved to approve County Administrator amendment 28,  
seconded by Commissioner Heather Edelson and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
29.  
Commissioner Debbie Goettel moved to approve County Administrator amendment 29,  
seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde and approved - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
County Administrator David Hough provided an overview of Administrator amendment  
30.  
Commissioner Marion Greene moved to layover County Administrator amendment 30,  
seconded by Commissioner Jeff Lunde and laid over - 6 Yeas 1 Absent: Conley  
4.  
Old Business  
4.A.  
LAID OVER  
24-0373  
2025 Proposed Operating and Capital Budgets  
Commissioner Jeff Lunde moved, seconded by Commissioner Kevin  
Anderson, to lay over until Thursday November 21, 2024.  
Commissioner Goettel, Commissioner Lunde, Commissioner  
Fernando, Commissioner Greene, Commissioner Anderson and  
Commissioner Edelson  
Aye:  
Commissioner Conley  
Absent:  
5.  
Open Forum Budget  
Members of the public will be able to call in to record a comment that will be  
played for the board at the following budget hearing. The line will be open for  
four hours starting at the end of each budget hearing. Comments should be  
related to this specific hearing. Instructions to participate are available at  
hennepin.us.  
There being no further business, the Administration, Operations and Budget Committee for  
November 13, 2024 was declared recessed at 2:04 p.m. The 2025 Proposed Budget  
Presentation will reconvene November 21, 2024 at 12:00 noon.  
Sheri Selton  
Deputy Clerk to the County Board