Remarks by Michael Rainville
15 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you. I wish to speak about the proposed resolution.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“vice president boston i president by there are thirteen months those items carry next will take up item number one and all recognize comes member rainbow thank you say i i just wanted to uh... i saw this resolution i sat down and i read it uh... but perhaps in the future when something uh... affects my war i could get the knowledge ahead of time so i just asked for that courtesy my objection had i been allowed to comment on this i would have spoke that it's not strong enough for the arts district to get them at the table they have a very good idea about how to reduce central avenue and i feel…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I moved the table so we can get this ironed out, thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“So Kelly, is there any way this language can be reworked? Do you have any ideas? I hear long clear, and I raised this in committee, and you had a good answer. I wasn't satisfied with it. And as you can see today, some of us are not satisfied either. Do you have any thoughts in your professional opinion how we could manage this issue?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“OKAY. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO DELAY ONE CYCLE. SECOND.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yes, and I want to thank you for allowing me to have input on that. And I do appreciate that the community is so involved. MnDOT is a great organization, but they develop highways. And this could be the densest part of Northeast Minneapolis, at least up in Ward 1. And they just have to think differently and for sure listen to the community in this. So I appreciate the opportunity for input, Mr. President.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Oh, what a nice surprise. Congratulations on turning 40 Councilmember Warner. So I on this very solemn anniversary of the Annunciation Catholic school shooting, I just want to thank all the responders not only that they but are watching us all the time, whether it's fire, police 911 operators, ambulance drivers, mutual aid agencies who helped out. Unfortunately, we had to have something like that for us to really see front and center how important they are. And I was drawn to do the shout out today. Channel 11 ran a very brief episode this morning interviewing six of our officers, including…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you. I have a question for the clerk. What is the typical process when the council is faced with nomination? Is there a discussion that we're allowed to have before we get up here on the dais?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Great, thank you very much. So I will not be voting for this, excuse me, I will be voting for the delay because I do think the full body should be here. Council Member Schaffer.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“I too want to address the crowd here as well as Council Member Warren. Council Member, thank you so much for just, this is consuming your life, this problem. And every time I drive by Heritage Park and I see those boarded up buildings, I wonder how the heck did it get this bad? Like what happened? This is years and years and years of neglect. And you're suffering for that. You should not have to live in those conditions. I appreciate you coming down here today. I want to echo what Councilmember Vita said. We are all accessible to you, including the mayor. We want to help you all. We want to…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you. Director, you have a very, very hard job, but yet your professionalism shines through all the time. I feel your relations with your staff are exemplary and I will not be second guessing your management decisions. I really appreciate the dignity that you bring to the homeless encampment situation is horrible. There are people who are addicted. We have sex trafficking. We have crime killings, shootings, but yet your approach to that. I'm very, very grateful for your approach is because your approach is very, very dignified. So thank you so much for serving the citizens of…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“thank you i'll be i'll be brief i i just want to uh give my appreciation to council members chowdhury and chavez for working with the community on this compromise and at the same time keeping the long-term goals of the city of mine with equally with the local business community i'll be voting for this”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“uh seeing no one else left in queue i see vp in the queue but i don't see him in the chamber so um councilmember rainville thank you so commander brown i i don't want to put you on the spot here uh but it's my knowledge that this overtime cost is driven by the lack of 911 responders that we have to pay 911 responders to answer emergency calls is that true”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENCE AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENCE AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENCE HERE TODAY FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS HERE TODAY FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS HERE TODAY FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION. UNION. UNION. When I first met with the chief, I was very literally because this is the first outside chief that this department has had. And I have to admit, he did not impress me at all. And especially his resume where he goes from department to department, that's troubling to me because I truly believe a fire chief should come from within the department. I think…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“uh thank you i have two announcements uh the first one it dawned on me this last week i've been doing a lot of community outreach uh with our police department as we all know public safety is such an important issue and for the first time ever in ward three and and perhaps in the city of minneapolis uh the inspectors are both women so both the first precinct and the second precinct the top cops are women, so that just shows how far we've advanced in public safety. And the second announcement is, I'll let Latricia Vitock carry forth on it, but I did want to announce the passing of a past city…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026