City Council October 25, 2023   10/25/2023

I am the president of the Minneapolis City Council and I will now call to order this adjourned meeting for October 25th and ask the clerk to please call the roll to verify the presence of a quorum.

Councilmember Goodman.

Present.

Councilmember Osman.

Present.

Councilmember Vetaw.

Present.

Councilmember Rainville.

Present.

There are 11 members present.

I would accept a motion to adopt the agenda.

Second.

Councilmember Goodman.

Councilmember Koski.

Aye.

Councilmember Shektai.

Aye.

President Jenkins.

Aye.

There are 12 ayes.

We have one agenda item tonight, which is to receive public comments on the mayor's recommended 2024 budget.

Good evening, Ms. DeCenza.

And so with that, I will conclude.

Kolish, Scott Yar, Dan Turner, and David McKnight.

Welcome Greg.

Number one.

And so with that, I close, and I thank you all very much.

And just can we just ask, state your name and your address for the record, please.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Our next speaker is Scott Yar.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Dan Turner.

On this issue, the city must get out of the business as usual business.

And our next speaker is David McKnight.

Say that.

Andre Corbin and Monica Smith.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Carrick Sarbecker.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Carol Becker.

I'm a union member, not theirs, but government has not given its raises to people anywhere near what inflation has been, so thank you very much.

Our next speaker, number nine, is Andrea Corbin.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is number 10, Monica Smith.

Thank you.

Good evening, AJ.

Unfortunately, we're also often overlooked and most impactful when inadequate raises are met with high inflation.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you for your time.

Our next speaker is Saeed Wadi.

Thank you.

The next speaker is Rod Adams.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you so much.

Our next speaker is Veronica Mendezmar.

and I say that because I think that the work that we do like that amount of money shows the impact but also that doesn't even count the thousands and thousands and probably hundreds of thousands of dollars that we have prevented from being stolen out of workers pockets because workers now have the tools to say hey I'm not okay with you not paying me minimum wage or I'm not okay with you not paying me and have the courage and the tools to stand up.

So our next speaker is 16 through 20, Brian Kroenke, Ishman Ahmed, Alex Elio, Hannah Murrell, and John Wertz.

Thank you.

Good evening, everyone.

I want the same trajectory for everyone who is growing up and will continue to grow up in this resilient, beautiful, and enterprising city, and I hope you do too.

Our next speaker, number 18, Alex Aliyo.

Thank you.

Speaker number 19, Hannah Murrell.

Awesome, thank you.

Speaker number 20, John Wertz.

Again, thank you for your time, Mayor, Council.

So our next five speakers are Maria Vasquez, Felice Castine, Randy Segal, Kawhi Washburn, and Russell Brown.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Hi, my name is Maria Vasquez.

I am a member of CITUL and I'm a member of the Board of CITUL.

And I didn't know who to talk to when it happened until I met Setul.

At CITUL, I learned that I could do something about it and that as a worker I had rights.

And that's why this relationship between the city and Cetul is so important.

It's important that workers are trained and given capacity in order to train others in their workplace.

and know what to do if there are problems at work.

co-enforcement work in 2024.

Thank you.

Is that you, sir?

No, I'm Randy Siegel.

Oh, our next speaker is number 23, Randy Siegel.

Thank you for your time.

I was just gonna check if you were Felice, but you are Kawhi.

Thank you so much.

Speaker number 25, Russell Brown.

Thank you so much.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Alice Snow or Shaw, I'm not sure.

Alice Shaw.

Shaw?

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Ulla Nielsen.

Thank you so much.

Speaker number 30, Omari Thomas.

Thank you.

If they do appear, we'll move to the next speaker, LaTisha N. Can we add an extra minute for interpretation, please?

We have met our boss.

But he still has not yet returned our jobs.

Because as workers, we need more information of how to defend our rights.

Thank you.

Speaker number 33, Estela.

My name is Estela.

My son's name is Freddie.

Hello, Senor Freddie.

I'm here to give my testimony tonight.

And one restaurante donde me estaba no bando mis oras de salario y no me estaba un pagando ni el minimo a fortuna de mente conocía está organización y amado se túl y ellos me ayudaron conocer mis derechos

Fortunately, I was able to meet the organization CETUL.

Por ese es que hemos venido el día de hoy para pedir apoyo que nos apoy en comas dinero para la organizaciones como se tule para los trabajadores para que puedamos continuar y nos ayuden como trabajadores.

Thank you very much.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Michael Johnson.

Thanks.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Sorry, Howie.

Please save lives.

Our next speaker, number 39, Sue Goodstar.

Good evening, Council.

Since asking for her back pay, she's been fired because she...

We'll make sure we get them into the public record.

Thank you so much.

And our next speaker is Jamali Kling, Jamal Kling.

I deeply apologize.

Please approach the...

Thank you so much.

And I'm not going to go for the last name, even though it seems pretty phonetically easy to pronounce.

Thank you.

Good evening.

And I can interpret for myself.

Good evening, Council President Jenkins.

Can we add more time, please?

Thank you.

Good evening.

But I don't feel like, oh, that was two minutes?

The next speaker then is Carmen Hernandez.

Thank you so much.

Our next speaker is Osman Mumtaz.

Taking our Parkings away.

Nope.

Thank you, Mr. Willie.

And without objection, I will adjourn this meeting.