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Committee approves Violence Prevention Services master contract pool to allow on‑demand work orders

Committee of the Whole, Minneapolis City Council · September 12, 2025
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Summary

The Committee of the Whole approved a batch of Violence Prevention Services master contracts that create a pre‑approved pool of community organizations to be activated by work orders for neighborhood needs; Somali Youth Link already has an executed contract and pending work orders for several northeast and central areas.

The Committee of the Whole unanimously approved a batch of Violence Prevention Services master contracts on Tuesday, establishing a pre‑qualified pool of community organizations the city can activate with work orders as needs arise.

A staff presenter said the approach allows greater flexibility than issuing narrowly tailored RFPs for each site. “Instead of doing RFPs for very specific contracts, we issued an RFP that would pre‑approve a…

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