Minneapolis City Council — Transcript
Monday, June 15, 2026
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Modernization (Project Evolve)
Minneapolis Ethical Practices Board Annual Report
Routine Legal Settlements and Appointments
Votes (3)
Consent Agenda Approval
Moved by Linnea Palmisano/Chair Palmisano [0:02:46]
The committee reviewed and approved six items on the consent agenda without any discussion. These items included two legal settlements, appointments for election judges and deputy city clerks, a hearing date for a mayoral nomination, gift acceptances for two council members, and various workplace advisory committee appointments.
Contract Authorization for Project Evolve (ERP System Implementation)
Moved by Linnea Palmisano/Chair Palmisano [0:09:59]
CIO Paul Cameron presented Project Evolve, detailing it as a citywide modernization to unify HR, finance, and payroll systems on a Workday platform with Guidehouse as the implementation partner. The project aims to resolve issues from disconnected systems, such as difficulties in generating vacancy reports. HR is slated to go live in late 2027 and finance in 2028. Council members expressed strong support, recognizing it as a long-needed solution.
Minneapolis Ethical Practices Board 2025 Annual Report (Receive and File)
Moved by Linnea Palmisano/Chair Palmisano [0:24:28]
Ethics Officer Kuma Blake presented the 2025 annual report, explaining the city's ethics program pillars: defined standards, education, advisory opinions, and accountability. The report detailed a 93.4% employee compliance rate for ethics education, 166 ethics inquiries handled by the ethics officer, and 16 complaints reviewed by the Ethical Practices Board, with no recommendations for discipline. Chair Palmisano inquired about recourse for non-compliant employees and the typical breakdown of complaint categories.
Notable Quotes (5)
Project Evolve is a citywide modernization initiative that will replace multiple disconnected systems with a single Workday platform supporting HR, finance, and payroll business processes across the city enterprise including the park board. Our goal is to strengthen our workforce operations and ability to better serve Minneapolis residents.
I know this might seem mundane, but it actually is really exciting for the city enterprise agenda setting. It was called the sexiest un- sexy project happening around here. We've needed this kind of a software platform for years. I've been hearing about it for over a decade.
The purpose of the program is to promote high ethical standards and conduct and to foster a healthy ethical culture within city government.
I challenge us to be exceptional and not just good. Meaning do we have the highest standards established in our code of ethics? Do we have a strong system that supports those ethical standards?
I want us to take it seriously. Um, on slide eight for the categories of complaints, is that a pretty typical breakdown?
Ordinances & Resolutions (8)
Item number one on the consent agenda, a legal settlement.
Item number two on the consent agenda, a resolution of a legal settlement.
Item number three on the consent agenda, for the August primary.
Item number four on the consent agenda, setting a hearing for July 6th.
Item number five on the consent agenda, for Council President Payne and Council Member Chavez.
Item number six on the consent agenda, approving various appointments.
Foundation of the Minneapolis City Government Ethics Program.
Reference to a file containing slides for Project Evolve presentation.