15 West Kellogg Blvd.

Saint Paul, MN 55102

651-266-9200

Board of Commissioners

Agenda

December 2, 2025 - 9 a.m.

Council Chambers - Courthouse Room 300

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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Agenda of December 2, 2025 is Presented for Approval

Sponsors: County Manager's Office

Approve the agenda of December 2, 2025.

Minutes from November 25, 2025 are Presented for Approval

Sponsors: County Manager's Office

Approve the November 25, 2025 Minutes.

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

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Gift Acceptance for the 2025 Commissioner Travel Expenses

Sponsors: Board of Commissioners

Accept the monetary gift of the approximate total amount of $5069.66 for 2025 travel related

expenses for Commissioner Garrison McMurtrey and Commissioner Rena Moran.

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Property Tax Abatements

Sponsors: County Assessor's Office

Approve the property tax abatements, and any penalty and interest, with a reduction of $10,000

or more for:

06-28-22-21-0006, 489 St Peter Street, Saint Paul, MN

06-28-22-21-0007, 485 St Peter Street, Saint Paul, MN

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Ramsey County Economic Development Authority Implementation

Sponsors: Community & Economic Development

1. Create the Ramsey County Economic Development Authority.

2. Direct the Chief Clerk to execute the certificate and file a copy with the Minnesota

Secretary of State.

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Agreement with Hennepin County for CEO Next Business Institute and

CEO Now Programming

Sponsors: Community & Economic Development

1. Authorize the County Manager to execut an agreement with Hennepin County for CEO

Next Business Institute and CEO Now Programming for the period of December 2025

through December 2026 in accordance with the rates established in the agreement.

2. Authorize the County Manager to execute amendments to the agreement in accordance

with the county’s procurement policies and procedures in a form approved by the

County Attorney’s Office.

3. Authorize the County Manager to establish a project budget of $95,000 for the and CEO

Now Programming in the Community and Economic Development budget.

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Appointment to the Workforce Innovation Board of Ramsey County

Sponsors: Workforce Solutions

Appoint the following individual to serve on the Workforce Innovation Board of Ramsey County

for a term beginning December 2, 2025, and ending July 31, 2027:

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Sharon Blomgren Education

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Appointments to the Ramsey County Library Advisory Board

Sponsors: Library

Appoint the following individuals to the Ramsey County Library Advisory Board for a three-year

term beginning January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028.

1. Marissa Kirbey-Stofferahn

2. Kami Miller

3. Andrea West

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Memorandum of Understanding, and Perpetual and Temporary

Construction Easements with the City of Saint Paul for 402 University

Avenue East Road Improvements

Sponsors: Property Management

1. Approve the easements and memorandum of understanding with the city of Saint Paul,

15 West Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102, for a perpetual right-of-way, sidewalk,

drainage and utility easement, and temporary construction easement, at 402 University

Avenue East, for an amount of $35,000.

2. Authorize the Chair and Chief Clerk to execute the easements and memorandum of

understanding.

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Sale of Vacant Lot to Capital Real Estate Inc.

Sponsors: Property Management, Public Works

1. Approve the sale of and purchase agreement with Capital Real Estate, Inc., 7650

Edinborough Way, Suite 200, Edina, MN 55435, for the disposition of Parcel

#363023410006, in the amount of $57,510.

2. Authorize the County Manager to approve and execute settlements, closing documents,

and other related real estate documentation associated with the disposition of Parcel

#363023410006, in a form approved by the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.

3. Authorize the County Manager to execute amendments that do not have a financial

impact on the disposition of Parcel #363023410006.

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11.

Right of Entry Agreement and Amendment to Existing Permanent

Easement with Xcel Energy for Battle Creek Regional Park

Sponsors: Parks & Recreation

1. Approve a Right of Entry Agreement with the Northern States Power Company, d/b/a

Xcel Energy located at 414 Nicolette Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401 for the Pig’s Eye

section of Battle Creek Regional Park to maintain its existing infrastructure.

2. Approve the Temporary Construction easement with Xcel Energy for the proposed

construction project.

3. Authorize the Chair and Chief Clerk to execute the temporary construction easement.

4. Approve the amendment of the permanent easement for the Xcel Energy infrastructure

maintenance.

5. Authorize the County Manager to enter into agreements and amendments in

accordance with the county's procurement policies and procedures, provided the

amounts are consistent with compensation requirements within the compensation

section of the Right of Entry Agreement.

6. Authorize the County Manager to accept compensation funds from Xcel Energy to be

given to the Parks & Recreation department to complete work identified within the

compensation section of the Right of Entry Agreement.

7. Authorize the County Manager to establish a project budget of $$66,108 for Pig’s Eye

Restoration in the Parks budget.

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Use of Solid Waste Fund for Seven County-Operated Yard Waste Sites

Sponsors: Public Health

Authorize the County Manager to establish a project budget of $4,000,000 for the Capital

Improvements at the County Yard Waste sites in the Solid Waste Fund.

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Use of Solid Waste Fund for Capital Equipment Purchase

Sponsors: Public Health

Authorize the County Manager to establish a project budget of $2,000,000 in the Solid Waste

Fund for wood processing equipment.

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Social Services Department Annual Authority for Procurement Requests

Sponsors: Social Services

Authorize the County Manager, subject to review by the County Attorney’s Office and Finance

to do the following:

1. Enter into the following expenditure agreements without solicitation through

December 31, 2026, and execute future amendments to the agreements in accordance

with the county’s procurement policies and procedures, provided the amounts are within

the budget for the services listed below:

A. Contracts in which the county currently provides services and receives

payments from external sources, such as health plans, the Courts, other

counties, and other parties, including payments for services already provided.

B. Community support programs, culturally specific African American community

support programs and culturally specific American Indian / Indigenous

community support programs if there is an urgent need for specific services for a

target population that was not previously identified through a prior competitive

solicitation process.

C. Providers of psychiatric, psychosexual, and psychological services; to conduct

evaluations, consultations, therapy and treatment, as long as funds are available,

the need exceeds the supply of providers, and the providers are registered or

licensed.

D. Providers when the Minnesota Department of Human Services or the

Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families has issued the

solicitation for an existing service in the county and selected the contractor or

when the Minnesota Department of Human Services has approved the

contractor through a certification process.

E. Providers of foster care emergency shelter, respite care, and emergency

shelter; as long as funds are available, the need exceeds the supply of providers,

and the providers are registered or licensed.

F. Providers of adult day services, individualized home support services,

prevocational services, day support services, employment services, and semi-

independent living skills services, when that service has been selected by the

consumer, or his or her guardian, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section

256B.49.

G. Providers of out-of-state residential treatment for children, as long as funds

are available, no in- state treatment provider can be identified that meets the

needs of the children to be placed, the selected provider is licensed by a state

authority and accredited by the Joint Commission, the Commission on

Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, or the Council on Accreditation.

H. Medical directors for Social Services detoxification services, the Mental Health

Center, and for Social Services in county correctional programs, as long as

funds are available, the need exceeds the supply of providers, and the providers

are licensed.

I. Providers of intensive residential treatment services when the Minnesota

Department of Human Services has approved the contractor through a

certification process.

J. Providers of accreditation training services for mental health professionals in

accordance with Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic requirements.

K. Culturally specific liaisons to prevent education neglect and child protection

involvement, culturally specific services for American Indian families involved in

child protection, culturally specific services to prevent out of home placement,

culturally specific guardianship and culturally specific parent mentoring by peers

if there is an urgent need for specific services for a target population that was not

previously identified through a prior competitive solicitation process.

2. Approve actions deemed necessary for the orderly administration of expenditure

agreements through December 31, 2026:

A. Acceptance of supplementary awards or rate adjustments the county may receive from

funding sources other than county levy; and execute amendments with funders and

contractors.

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Community Corrections Department Annual Authority for Procurement

Requests

Sponsors: Community Corrections

Authorize the County Manager, subject to review by the County Attorney’s Office and the

Finance Department, to do the following:

1. Enter into the following expenditure agreements without solicitation through December

31, 2026, and execute future amendments to the agreements and contracts in

accordance with the county's procurement policies and procedures, provided the

amounts are within the budget for the services listed below:

A. Contracts in which the county currently provides services and receives payments

from external sources, such as health plans, the Courts, other counties, and

other parties, including payments for services already provided.

B. Community support programs, culturally specific African American community

support programs and culturally specific American Indian / Indigenous

community support programs if there is an urgent need for specific services for a

target population that was not previously identified through a prior competitive

solicitation process.

C. Providers of psychiatric, psychosexual, and psychological services; to conduct

evaluations, consultations, therapy, and treatment, as long as the need exceeds

the supply of providers, and the providers are registered or licensed.

2. Approve actions deemed necessary for the orderly administration of expenditure

agreements through December 31, 2026:

A. Acceptance of supplementary awards or rate adjustments the county may receive

from funding sources other than county levy; and approve related county budget

adjustments and execute amendments with funders and contractors.

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Financial Assistance Services Annual Authority for Procurement Requests

Sponsors: Financial Assistance Services

Authorize the County Manager, subject to review by the County Attorney’s Office and Finance

to do the following:

1. Enter into the following expenditure agreements without solicitation through

December 31, 2026, and execute future amendments to the agreements in accordance

with the county’s procurement policies and procedures, provided the amounts are within

the budget for the services listed below:

A. Contracts in which the county currently provides services and receives

payments from external sources, such as health plans, the Courts, other

counties, and other parties, including payments for services already provided.

B. Community support programs, culturally specific African American community

support programs and culturally specific American Indian / Indigenous

community support programs if there is an urgent need for specific services for a

target population that was not previously identified through a prior competitive

solicitation process.

C. Providers when the Minnesota Department of Human Services or the

Minnesota Department of Children, Youth and Families has issued the

solicitation for an existing service in the county and selected the contractor or

when the Minnesota Department of Human Services has approved the

contractor through a certification process.

2. Approve actions deemed necessary for the orderly administration of expenditure

agreements through December 31, 2026:

A. Acceptance of supplementary awards or rate adjustments the county may receive from

funding sources other than county levy; and execute amendments with funders and

contractors.

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2025 Budget Adjustment for the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office

Sponsors: Sheriff's Office

1. Authorize the County Manager to transfer up to $1,500,000 from the 2025 General

Contingent Account to the Sheriff’s Office 2025 operating budget for increased overtime

costs associated with the Adult Detention Center and other personnel services deficits.

2. Authorize the County Manager to transfer up to $2,400,000 from the general fund fund

balance to the Sheriff’s Office 2025 operating budget for increased overtime costs

associated with the Adult Detention Center.

PROCLAMATION

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18.

Proclamation: Johanna Berg’s Retirement

Sponsors: County Manager's Office

COUNTY CONNECTIONS

OUTSIDE BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

BOARD CHAIR UPDATE

ADJOURNMENT

Following County Board Meeting:

Housing and Redevelopment Authority Meeting

Council Chambers – Courthouse Room 300

10:15 a.m. (est.)

Closed Meeting *Closed to the Public*

Re: Kirchman v. Ramsey County

Courthouse Room 220, Large Conference Room

10:30 a.m. (est.)