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
- Dakota Land, Water, and People Acknowledgment
- Approval of the agenda
- Approval of November 12, 2025, Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees
- 2025-277 JT: Loan Agreement with MnDOT for Coordinated Corridor Projects, Contract 25R012 (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer, 651-602-1162, Katie Roth, Director of Arterial BRT Projects, 612-349-7772, Kristin Prescott, Director, Finance, 612-373-3812)
- 2025-292: 2026 Non-Represented Plan Changes (Cassy Fogale, Assistant Director, Labor Relations, 763-215-1244)
- 2025-306: Award Wastewater, Parks and Transit Bonds within established financial parameters. Resolutions; 2025-37, 2025-38, 2025-39 (Mark Thompson, Director Treasury, 651-602-1629)
- 2025-312: Management of Regional Assets Policy, FM 8-1 Update (Larry Phillips, Acting Controller, 651-602-1025)
Information
- Quarterly Financial Report (Larry Phillips, Acting Controller/Accounting Manager, 651-602-1025; Kristin Prescott, Director, Finance, 612-373-3812; Heather Giesel, Director, CD and MTS Admin, 651-602-1715; Christine Dwyer, Director, Finance & Admin)
Adjournment
Additional notes:
Key:
JT: Joint business item; presented at two or more committees prior to being presented at Council
SW: Action taken by the Council and Committee the same week
* Agenda item changed following initial publication