Metropolitan Council Meeting

Regular Meeting
August 27, 2025 | 4:00 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan Council Chambers, 390 Robert St. N., Saint Paul, MN 55101 – Directions

Agenda

Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment

The Metropolitan Council acknowledges that the land we currently call Minnesota and specifically the seven-county region is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota Oyate who are present and active contributors to our thriving region. As part of the Metropolitan Council’s commitment to address the unresolved legacy of genocide, dispossession, and settler colonialism and the fact that government institutions, including the Metropolitan Council, benefitted economically, politically, and institutionally after the forceable removal of the Dakota Oyate, the Metropolitan Council is dedicated to instilling Land, Water, and People Commitments in regional policy. These commitments support the Dakota Oyate, the eleven federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota, Ho-Chunk Nation, and the American Indian Communities representing over 150 diverse Tribal Nations that call the seven-county region home.


Call to order

  1. Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
  2. Approval of the agenda
  3. Approval of August 13, 2025, Metropolitan Council minutes

Public invitation

Interested persons may address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Pre-register at [email protected]. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.
 

Other business:

  1. 2025-169: Preliminary 2026 Budget & Property Tax Levies; Resolutions 2025-14, 2025-15, 2025-16, 2025-17, 2025-18, 2025-19, 2025-20 (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, 651-602-1162) Roll-Call Vote

Consent business

  1. 2025-190: Labor Arbitration Advocacy and Consulting Services; Contracts 25P226A and 25P226B (Valerie Darling, 651-602-1431)
  2. 2025-191: Oracle Annual Renewal (Brandt Vettel, Chief Data Officer, 651-602-1810)
  3. 2025-192: Airport Long Term Comprehensive Plan (Flying Cloud LTCP) (Joe Widing 651-602-1822)
  4. 2025-198 SW: Approval for amendment to Contract 24P055 (Judy Sventek, 651-602-1156)
  5. 2025-199: Revised Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Drug and Alcohol Policy (Melissa Haas, 651-602-1795)
  6. 2025-200: Federal Railroad Authority (FTA) Drug and Alcohol Policy (Melissa Haas, 651-602-1795)
  7. 2025-208: Signature Authorization UMN Washington Ave. Bridge Suicide Prevention Barriers Grant (Nicole Clapp 651-602-1723)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

  1. No reports.

Environment

  1. No reports.

Management

  1. No reports.

Transportation

  1. 2025-168: Metro Transit Supplemental Security and TRIP Agent Services, Contract 24P301 (Matt Broughton 612-349-7472)
  2. 2025-178: Northstar Commuter Rail Suspension and Replacement Service Plan (Adam Harrington 612-349-7797)
  3. 2025-180: 2025 Transit Information Modernization, Contract 24P213 (Bre Grand 612-349-7355)

Information

  1. INFO: Update on the Regional Climate Action Plan (Gillian Greenberg, Peter Wilfahrt)
    • Presentation
  2. INFO: 2025 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Update (Baris Gumas-Dawes)
    • Presentation

Reports

  1. Chair
  2. Council Members
  3. Regional Administrator
  4. General Counsel

Adjournment

Additional notes:
Items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion with no separate discussion. If discussion on an item is desired, the item could be removed from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration.

Key:
SW:      Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Council contact:
Ginger Fride, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1842

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]