City Council January 08, 2024   1/8/2024

1. Roll Call.

2. Adoption of the agenda.

1. Election of City Council Officers for the 2024-2025 Term

• Electing Elliott Payne President of Council.

  • 2024A-0001.pdf
  • Passed 10-3-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

• Electing Aisha Chughtai Vice-President of Council.

  • 2024A-0002.pdf
  • Passed 8-5-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

1. Succession plan

• Succession Plan Resolution
• 2024R-001.pdf

• Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

2. City Council Standing Committees and membership

• Standing and Special Committees Resolution
• Standing and Special Committees Resolution (Revised Sep 9, 2025)
• Standing and Special Committees Resolution: Motion by Vetaw (Sep 9, 2025)
• Standing and Special Committees Resolution: Motion by Vetaw (Sep 11, 2025)
• Public Comment: City Council Standing Committees and membership
• Standing and Special Committees Resolution: Motion by Chughtai (Sep 11, 2025)

• Passage of Resolution amending Resolution 2024R-002 by revising the memberships of various committees; and directing the Clerk to update the City Council's Rules of Order to reflect these amendments.

  • 2025R-292.pdf
  • Passed 11-1-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature
  • Passed 7-5-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

• Passage of Resolution designating Standing Committees, including committee membership and leadership, quorums, and dates and times for regular meetings for the 2024-2025 Term.

  • 2024R-002.pdf
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

3. 2024-2025 Calendar of regular meetings

• 2024 Council and Committee Calendar
• 2025 Council and Committee Calendar

• Confirming the 2025 calendar of regular meetings for the City Council and its committees.

  • 2024A-0820.pdf
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

• Authorizing the City Clerk to post the confirmed 2025 calendar in appropriate places as notice of regular meetings and to incorporate changes to the calendar, as necessary, to accommodate the work of the City Council.

  • 2024A-0820.pdf
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

• Passage of Resolution adopting a 2024 and 2025 calendar of regular meetings for the City Council and its Committees and directing the City Clerk to publish and post the calendars, in final form, in appropriate places as notice of regular meetings.

  • 2024R-003.pdf
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

4. City Council Rules of Order (2024 revision)

• Rules of Order Resolution (Jan 8, 2024)
• 2024 Organizational Issues Follow-up Presentation (Jan 23, 2024)
• 2024 Guide to Council Structure & Operations (April 2024 Revision)

• Passage of Resolution adopting The Rules of Order of the City Council; and directing the City Clerk to update the Rules of Order to reflect the Council's adopted committee and organizational structure.

  • 2024R-004.pdf
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

• Passage of Resolution ratifying the 2024 revision of The Rules of Order of the City Council.

  • 2024R-013.pdf
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

• Receiving and filing the 2024-2025 Guide to City Council Structure & Operations.

  • Passed 13-0-0 Received and Filed

5. Audit Committee membership

• Audit Committee Appointees

6. Appointment of Council Members to various boards, commissions, and committees

• 2024 Council Appointments
• 2024 Organizational Issues Follow-up Presentation (Jan 23, 2024)

• Passage of Resolution appointing Council Members to various boards, commissions, and committees for the 2024-2025 Term.

  • 2024R-012.pdf
  • Passed 12-1-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature
  • Passed 13-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

• Passage of Resolution amending Resolution 2024R-012 entitled “Approving appointments of Council Members to various Boards and Commissions,” passed January 25, 2024, by revising and adding appointments related to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Family Housing Fund and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed Policy Steering Committee.

  • 2024R-140.pdf
  • Passed 10-0-0 Approved, does not require Mayor's signature

1. Wages and salaries ordinance

• Passed 13-0-0 Referred to Staff

2. Traffic Zones ordinance

• Passed 13-0-0 Referred to Staff

3. Zoning maps ordinance

• Passed 13-0-0 Referred to Staff

1. Support of permanent ceasefire and preventing loss of human life in the Middle East

• Support of Ceasefire Resolution: Motion by Chughtai (January 8, 2024)
• Ceasefire Resolution and Proposed Amendments (January 23, 2024)
• Ceasefire Resolution with Proposed Amendments: Mark-up Version (January 23, 2024)
• Ceasefire Resolution: Substitute Motion by Palmisano (January 25, 2024)
• 2024R-014 Veto Letter (January 31, 2024)
• Public Comment: Support of permanent ceasefire and preventing loss of human life in the Middle East (January 25, 2024)
• Ceasefire Resolution: Adopted as Amended (January 25, 2024)
• Public Comment: Support of permanent ceasefire and preventing loss of human life in the Middle East (January 23, 2024)
• 2024R-014.pdf

• Passed 10-2-1 Veto Overridden
• Passed 9-3-1 Veto Overridden
• Passed 9-3-1 Veto Overridden
• Passed 9-3-1 Veto Overridden