Remarks by Ginny Welsch
6 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 2:00:16
“Thank you, Vice Mayor. I'd like to open the public hearing.”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 2:36:19
“Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have quite a lot of concerns about... This piece of this resolution, I don't think there is the necessary level of clarity that we need. And I would like to actually move a two meeting deferral so that we can pull the old contract and compare language in our old contract and the new contract and get the questions that we have about this particular piece of legislation answered. My fear is...”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 2:36:56
“I heard that second in my head. I feel like there are too many unanswered questions. And my fear is that this is actually backdoor surveillance. I really would like it spelled out if the use for some of this computer aided Information is actually fuses So I think that a deferral will help us get those questions asked and again I would like to see the old contracts that under this make sure Compare the language and see what's changed so that we can put the community's mind at ease that this does not have actually a nefarious purpose and I feel like the administration has not been totally…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 2:43:00
“I would like to ask the legal department, I suppose, if I could, if they could actually produce the contract that supposedly expired on June 30th. I understand a community member asked the interim director of DEC and they said they didn't have the contract and they couldn't produce it. I would really like to see that contract to see what the language was. And I also have a bit of a concern because this yet again is another, if we don't do this, everything's going to go to hell in a handbasket. This seems to be the way we do a lot of things with the administration, especially in terms of…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 2:47:18
“Thank you, Vice Mayor. I have two questions. One is why the existing contract is not on the government website. And my understanding is that the existing contract that expired in June did not have CAD in it. So we were told that was a separate thing. So again, I would like to really see these contracts. and know what's going on and make sure that we know exactly what it is we're getting into. Motorola is not the best partner in the world. They were major supporters of Project 2025. And as one of our public commenters spoke earlier about, They also support ICE and Border Patrol. So they're not…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026
- Play at 4:23:22
“Thank you, Vice Mayor. I want to reiterate many of the comments that my colleague CM Evans made. I am in support of this first substitute. I think that one of the biggest problems that we have in Metro is that I hear from Metro workers is that they have a fundamental sense of distrust with HR. and they don't feel comfortable going to HR directly. And one of the problems I see with the second substitute is that it puts more power into HR itself in having control over this process. And the first substitute relies on a third party whose expertise is in doing this type of surveys. That's what we…”
Metropolitan Council · Oct 6, 2026