Committee of the Whole 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 September 2, 2026, Metropolitan Council’s Committee of the Whole minutes, and October 7, 2026, Metropolitan Council’s Special Committee of the Whole minutes 

Information

1. Open Meeting Safety and Security Training and Discussion (closed session) (Sam O'Connell, Phil Walljasper, Axtell Group)

Adjournment

Key:
*           Agenda item changed following initial publication

Notice: A portion of this meeting may be closed to the public pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05, subd. 3(d), to receive briefings or reports, and to discuss, issues related to security matters and open meeting safety and security.

Council contact:
Mee Cheng, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
651-602-1222

Committee information

Committee of the Whole

Committee contact:

Ryan O'Connor, Regional Administrator
[email protected]