Metropolitan Council Meeting

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 July 22, 2026, Metropolitan Council minutes

Public invitation

Interested persons may address the Council on matters not on the agenda. Pre-register at public.info@metc.state.mn.us. Each speaker is limited to a three-minute presentation.  
 

Consent business

1. 2026-96 Revised: Suburban Provider Fleet Transfer (Jodi Janssen)
   • Additional materials: Exhibit A
2. 2026-119: Voluntary Vision Plan Services, Contract 26P032 (Michelle Murray, Senior Manager - Benefits)
3. 2026-132: Joint Powers Cooperative Agreement with Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (Jody Jacoby, Chief Procurement Officer)

Non-consent business – Reports of standing committees

 

Community Development

1. 2026-130: Funding Recommendation for 2026 Livable Communities Round One Grants (Suzanne Schefcik, Livable Communities Advisory Committee Member; Olivia Boerschinger, Senior Planner; Marcus Martin, Senior Planner; Andrew Tran, Senior Planner)

Environment

1. 2026-131 SW: Adoption of Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (ES) Wastewater Rates and Charges (Christine Dwyer)

Management

1. No reports.

Transportation

1. 2026-129: METRO Bronze Line Bus Rapid Transit – Engineering Phase Capital Grant Agreement with Ramsey County (Craig Lamothe)

Joint reports

1. No reports.

Other business

1. 2026-111: Livable Communities Advisory Committee Appointments for 2026-2028 (Emily Seddon, Andrew Tran)

Information

1. 2027 Divisional Level Operating Budget (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer)
   • 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:
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

Council contact:

Mee Cheng, Recording Secretary
RAOffice@metc.state.mn.us
651-602-1222

Committee information

Metropolitan Council

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]