The Public Health and Safety Committee on Oct. 29 voted to forward to full council a legislative directive that seeks options to enforce the Minneapolis City Charter after the Office of Community Safety (OCS) and Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) did not present an internal review of the shooting of resident Davis Matori as council authors had requested.

Vice Chair Wansley, who introduced the walk-on directive, said the motion responded to a refusal by the Fry administration and OCS to release an internal MPD review that the council had asked for in a legislative directive passed Oct. 9 and signed by the mayor Oct. 15. Wansley said the city auditor'led after-action review does not preclude MPD or OCS from releasing their internal findings and asserted that withholding the report has delayed the auditor'led work.

The motion'and the debate around it'centered on two separate issues: (1) whether OCS/MPD complied with the Oct. 9 directive to present their internal review to this committee by Oct. 29, and (2) whether the committee should expand tools to address charter noncompliance more broadly. Council Member Palmisano and Council Member Rainville raised concerns about the timing of a walk-on item and whether releasing an internal MPD report might compromise an independent auditor after-action review, and they said they would defer to the auditor and OCS on those process questions. Council President Payne described the directive as an oversight measure to explore remedies for potential charter violations.

After discussion, Council Member Palmisano moved to forward the directive to full council without a recommendation. That motion failed by roll call (2 ayes, 4 nays). A subsequent motion to forward the directive with approval passed by roll call (4 ayes, 2 nays). The clerk recorded the roll-call results during committee votes.

The directive as discussed would explore enforcement options available under the city charter and other institutional reforms the committee could recommend if the legislative branch'executive branch relationship results in withheld information. Committee members who supported the directive framed it as an oversight tool to ensure future councils can obtain information they are legally entitled to; those opposed or skeptical urged caution, saying an auditor after-action process and pending legal considerations should guide any release of investigatory material.

The committee did not adopt any immediate sanction against OCS, MPD or named officials during the Oct. 29 meeting. The committee voted only to forward the legislative directive to full council for additional consideration and next steps.

Provenance: topicintro: "I would like to and I think I might have to move 1 more copy down to the left. But I and council member and chair Chavez, are bringing forward a motion to amend the agenda today to include, legislative staff direction titled Charter Compliance and Enforcement" (Vice Chair Wansley, 01:26). topfinish: "Aye. We have 4 ayes and 2 nays. And that motion carries. Colleagues, next up we have the behavioral crisis response presentation." (Clerk, 32:24).

Speakers

- Vice Chair Wansley — vice chair, Minneapolis Public Health and Safety Committee (government) — first referenced 01:26
- Chair Jason Chavez — chair, Minneapolis Public Health and Safety Committee (government) — first referenced 00:15
- Council Member Palmisano — council member (government) — first referenced 12:53
- Council Member Rainville — council member (government) — first referenced 01:26
- Council President Payne — council president (government) — first referenced 20:17
- Council Member Chaudhury — council member (government) — first referenced 04:34

Authorities

- type: "other", name/description: "Minneapolis City Charter (as referenced in committee discussion)", referenced_by: ["charter_compliance_enforcement_directive"]

Actions

- {"kind":"other","motion":"Amend agenda to add legislative staff direction titled 'Charter Compliance and Enforcement' as item 5","mover":"Vice Chair Wansley","second":"not specified","tally":{"yes":-1,"no":-1},"notes":"added to agenda by voice vote; exact voice tally not recorded in transcript","outcome":"approved"}

- {"kind":"other","motion":"Forward legislative directive regarding Charter Compliance and Enforcement to full council without recommendation","mover":"Council Member Palmisano","second":"not specified","vote_record":[{"member":"various","vote":"see tally below"}],"tally":{"yes":2,"no":4,"abstain":0},"outcome":"failed","notes":"roll call recorded in transcript: 2 ayes, 4 nays"}

- {"kind":"other","motion":"Forward legislative directive regarding Charter Compliance and Enforcement to full council with approval","mover":"not specified","second":"not specified","vote_record":[{"member":"Council President Payne","vote":"aye"},{"member":"Council Member Rainville","vote":"nay"},{"member":"Council Member Chaudhury","vote":"aye"},{"member":"Council Member Palmisano","vote":"no"},{"member":"Vice Chair Wansley","vote":"aye"},{"member":"Chair Chavez","vote":"no"}],"tally":{"yes":4,"no":2},"outcome":"approved","notes":"roll call recorded in transcript; clerk announced result"}

Clarifying details

- "legislative_directive_dates": {"requested_on":"2025-10-09","mayor_signed":"2025-10-15","requested_report_to_be_presented_no_later_than":"2025-10-29"}
- "subject_of_internal_review":"shooting of Davis Matori; requester referenced a neighbor John Sawchuk" (source speaker: Vice Chair Wansley)

Searchable_tags:["charter","oversight","MPD","Davis Matori","legislative directive","agenda"]