The City Council meets Monday, Oct. 12, and one of the items it will vote on covers security at the building it meets in. Item 3.10 on the consent agenda, "Approve Contract – Civic Plaza Security Upgrades," deals with the city hall campus at 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers. As of Thursday, the agenda still lists the title and nothing more. It names no contractor and no dollar amount, and it doesn't say whether the work involves cameras, door access, entrance changes or something else.
That kind of detail usually shows up in the staff report in the full council packet. The agenda says those documents are available at the entrance to the council chambers and online at blm.mn/meetings. Until the report is posted, all anyone outside City Hall can say is that the council will vote on a security contract for the building.
Consent items are approved together in a single motion with no separate discussion, unless a council member pulls one for its own debate. Most go through without a word. If you want the council to hear from you first, the city takes public testimony in person, by phone at 1-415-655-0001 (access code 2633 336 6420, password 101226), or ahead of time by voicemail at 952-563-8782 or email to [email protected]. Advance comments are due by 2 p.m. on the day of the meeting. The meeting airs on BTV (Comcast channels 859 or 14) and streams on the city's YouTube channel.
2 items right after it may look related, but the agenda lists each as its own vote. Item 3.11 is an "RT Vision Agreement," and item 3.12 is an agreement with Axon Enterprise, Inc., identified as Q-943460. Neither listing gives more detail, and the agenda doesn't connect either one to the Civic Plaza contract.
The security contract is 1 of 12 consent items. The others include ordering a feasibility report for the 2027 street reconstruction program, an amended Kimley-Horn engineering agreement for the 84th Street pedestrian bridge and the 106th Street bridge, and a resolution to pay off 4 bond series early. There are also several grant applications: 3 to the National Recreation and Parks Association, 1 to the National Association of City and County Health Officials and 1 to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime.
Next step: the council votes Oct. 12. If nobody pulls the item, it passes with the rest of the consent agenda. If a member pulls it, the contract gets its own discussion and vote that night. We'll update this story with the vendor, cost and scope once the staff report or the vote makes them public.
