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Council fails to override mayor's veto of humane encampment response ordinance
Summary
The City Council failed to override the mayor's veto of the humane encampment response ordinance; the clerk explained an override requires nine votes and the roll call returned 7–6 in favor of the council's prior decision, which was insufficient to adopt the ordinance.
The Minneapolis City Council considered automatic reconsideration of its prior passage of a "humane encampment response" ordinance after the mayor returned the ordinance with objections. The city clerk explained that an override requires two-thirds of the council (at least nine affirmative votes) under the city charter and council rules.
On the roll call to decide whether the council's decision should stand notwithstanding the mayor's veto, the clerk recorded seven ayes and six nays. Because that total fell short of the nine votes required to override the mayor, the motion failed and the mayor's veto was sustained. The clerk read the charter and rule citations explaining the process.
Clerk comments made clear that the reconsidered act is placed before the body "in the same form, without debate and without amendment," and that the immediate question is whether the council's decision should stand despite the veto. The council's result means the ordinance will not be adopted unless the council later brings it back and secures the necessary supermajority.
