The Minneapolis City Council recorded several committee reports, ordinances, resolutions, grant acceptances and contract actions on Oct. 23. Below are the principal motions and their outcomes as reflected in the meeting record.
- Administration & Enterprise Oversight committee report (16 items): adopted (roll call recorded 13 ayes). Item 1 (professional services ordinance) was taken up and adopted separately (13–0).
- Business, Housing & Zoning committee report (9 items): adopted (13–0); notable actions included conditional approval of the Cedar Inn liquor license (conditions and delayed full liquor licensing for eight months) and approval of an Ownership and Opportunity Fund loan to Vital Print Press (ownership and opportunity loan) to support a commercial property purchase.
- Climate & Infrastructure committee report (6 items): adopted with item 1 (municipal consent for MnDOT University Avenue NE improvement project) taken separately; item 1 carried with 10 ayes and 3 nos on the roll call.
- Committee of the Whole: adopted items 1 and 3; item 2 (Legislative directive requesting Guidehouse compensation study) adopted by roll call (13–0).
- Public Health & Safety committee report (5 items): adopted (13–0); items included grant acceptances for maternal and child health and other public-health initiatives.
- Individual introductions and notices: multiple ordinance introductions were given and referred for committee review, including the enterprise risk management ordinance introduced for first reading.
Several items were handled as separate votes with roll-call tallies noted on the record. The meeting also recessed for a closed-session attorney‑client briefing under Minnesota open‑meeting law and reconvened in public before adjournment.
For full roll call and itemized approvals, see the committee reports and the clerk’s record from the Oct. 23 meeting; this roundup lists the main formal outcomes recorded on the council floor.