Remarks by Elliott Payne
126 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 6
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City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Next up, we will recognize welcome week with Councilmember Chavez.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Mayor and City Council do hereby recognize Welcoming Week 2026, September 10th through 19th, and reaffirms Minneapolis' commitment to being a city where every resident can experience safety, dignity, connection, opportunity, and belonging. Further, the City of Minneapolis encourages community recognition of Welcoming Week through strengthening connections and partnerships, expanding equitable access to services, and supporting community-driven efforts that foster trust and inclusion throughout the city. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“At this time, I'm going to call this regular meeting of the City Council for August 27th to order. The clerk will call the roll.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Let the record reflect that we have a quorum. Before we begin the meeting, let me remind all members and staff that this meeting is broadcast live to enable greater public participation. The broadcast includes real time captioning as a means to increase the accessibility of our proceedings to the community. Therefore, all speakers need to be mindful of the rate of their speech so that our captioners can fully capture and transcribe all comments for the broadcast. We ask all speakers to moderate the speed and clarity of their comments. With that, the agenda for today's meeting is before us.…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That carries and the agenda is adopted. The next item is acceptance of minutes from our regular meeting of August 13th. May I have a motion to accept those minutes, please?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That carries, and the minutes have been accepted. Finally, we have the referral of petitions, communications, and reports to proper committees. May I have that motion, please?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That carries and those matters have been referred. The next order of business is the presentation of reports from our standing committees which are taken in alphabetical order. We'll begin with the report of our business housing and zoning committee given by that committee's chair, Vice President Osman.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Vice President Osman has moved approval of the committee's report. And before I look to the queue, I'll recognize that we've been joined by Councilmember Wansley. Is there any discussion on the biz report? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That carries, and the report is adopted. The next report is from our Climate and Infrastructure Committee, which will be presented by that committee's chair, Councilmember Wansley. Or actually, should we have Councilmember Stevenson?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'll move approval of the full report. Council Member Stevenson has moved approval of the committee's report. I added myself to queue to note that I have brought an amendment for item number one, so we can take that up on a separate vote. Is there any discussion on the remainder of the report? I'll recognize Council Member Renville.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, we'll take that up once we get there. Council Member Chaudhry.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Seeing no one else left in queue, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the C&I report minus item number one.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'LL PUT MYSELF IN CUE. I WORKED WITH STAFF TO DEVELOP THIS. I ANNOUNCED IT AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. I DON'T RECALL IF YOU WERE THERE THAT I WOULD BE WORKING WITH STAFF TO BRING AN AMENDMENT. THIS WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE. I WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT STRENGTHENING THIS IF WE WANTED TO TABLE THIS FOR THE REMAINDER. And pick it up?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, without objection, let's table this and see if we can't get our staff to draft something up, maybe working together with our offices. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“No, we're tabling it until we get to later in the agenda today. Yeah.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And I'm going to shoot a note to my staff. With that, we're going to table that and move on to our next committee report, which is the Committee of the Whole by that committee's chair, Councilmember Chaudhry.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Councilmember Chaudhry has moved approval of the committee's report. Is there any discussion? Councilmember Whiting.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Seeing no one else left in the queue, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the Cowell Report.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That carries. Next is the report of our Enterprise and Labor Relations Committee, which will be presented by its chair, Council Member Palmisano.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Council member Paul Massano has moved approval of the committee report. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“That carries, and that report is adopted. Finally, we have the Public Health Safety and Equity Committee, which will be presented by that committee's chair, Council Member Chavez.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I'll move approval of these items. Councilmember Chavez has moved approval of the committee's report. Is there any discussion? Councilmember Vita.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Councilmember Vita has pulled item one. We'll take that up after the remainder of the items. Councilmember Wansley.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Councilmember Wansley has pulled item number two. Any discussion on the remainder of the report? Seeing none, I'll ask the clerk to call the roll on the PHSE report minus items one and two.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026