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 August 12, 2026 Special Management Committee minutes
Non-consent business
- 2026-124 JT: 2026 Third Quarter Budget Amendment (Stewart McMullan, Director - Budget)
- 2026-158: 2026 Non-Represented Plan Changes (Becky Grams, Nathan Smith)
Information
- 2026 Quarterly Procurement & MCUB Spend (Rob Carey, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer; Ashanti Payne, Director, Office of Civil Rights & Small Business Programs)
- Q2 2026 Financial Report (Larry Phillips, Controller; Heather Giesel, Director of CD/MTS Administration; Christine Dwyer, Director - Budget & Revenue, ES; April Snyder, Accounting Manager - Metro Transit)
- Medical and Dental Insurance Rates 2027 (Ned Smith, Chief Financial Officer; Michelle Murray, Senior Manager - Benefits)
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