I know that you don't love attention um David, but every single whereas clause is hundreds of workers, thousands of residents. I just want to express that that you know we wanted to take the time to to just do a a short in some ways um understanding of the robustness of your contribution to Henipin and to Minnesota.

The language in the commendation is illustrative of who we are as an organization, but more importantly memorializes the commitment and accomplishments of thousands of Henipin County employees who work diligently to help improve the lives of the nearly 1.3 million residents who call Henipin County home. Team Henipin is responsible for the work and accomplishments in the accommodation resolution.

We are unique in our role as a government organization. We don't just ch talk but we do. We are not slow and bureaucratic but we are innovative, courageous and serve with integrity, compassion and respect. we actually get things done in a fiscally responsible manner.

Since HHS was formed in 2007, the county has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to support the systems operations, plus tens of millions of dollars has been provided for capital investments and supplemental Medicaid payments. Despite significant efforts at HHS and additional financial support from the county, HHS's financial condition is now unsustainable with operating net losses for several years.

Right now, this is about stabilizing our only safety net, trauma 1 center, our only hospital, HCMC in the region needs to be stabilized immediately. And that's exactly what this bar does. I don't think we need to put dates in here because what I think is this resolving clause gives us that. It may not say August of 2026 or July 2026. I want to make room for this team of experts to be able to determine that, right? We don't know how long it will take us to get to financial stability for this hospital.

I don't know how to build a bridge, but I know people who do. I don't know how to uh tackle disparities, but I know people who do. I may not know how to do embedded social workers. I may not know how to do mental health services, but I have people that know how to do that. Uh I believe our job as commissioners is not to act like we are the experts because I can give you t thing after thing after thing but within our staff and with the people that we can bring to bear. We have people that fit those roles.

To the first item, the ongoing financial viability of the hospital is in question. Um the hospital leadership has publicly projected a significant budget shortfall and we're all acutely aware of looming federal cuts. As the bar said when it was being read, I starred. Um HHS faces a real risk of financial failure which would have a devastating impact on health care access for Henipin County residents and regional and statewide health systems. For us as commissioners, the buck stops here.

It's really hard if you don't have a goal po post to work towards a goal. So yes 100% I we all agree we have to financially stabilize the hospital but do what I worry about is in that financially stabilizing the hospital that's critical we all agree clearly you heard from everybody that we want to save the hospital agreed what we governance might look different now reestablishing the the corporate board might look different in a year from now because maybe we will bring in a we're going to bring in a consultant we're going to have this transition team that transition team might request some things that are different.

This action before us for me is a necessary step in this moment. There is never one specific moment that kind of crosses over. Um but for me it was on June 12th when we learned of an operational risk of closure inside this year. And as my colleagues have said up here, as people have expressed over and over again, HHS must remain open.

Now, I grew up in rural Minnesota. My mom's a nurse, and we have all seen what happens when hospitals close, when care gets further away, when emergencies become tragedies and communities lose their lifeline to support and services. And we cannot let that happen here.

This is a bar for the new roof project at Madina Public Works. It's a almost a 30-year-old roof and uh it's time to replace it uh to stop some of the leaks we have there.

Henipin County and other metropolitan jurisdictions established the fair housing implementation council in 2002 in order in order to take a regional approach to addressing uh barriers to fair housing. Together the council undertakes regional analyses of impediments to fair housing. Uh we develop action plans for enforcement, education and outreach and then we monitor trends and impacts.