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Council fails to override mayoral veto of Community Safety Commissioner nomination
Summary
The council failed to override the mayor’s veto of its prior rejection of Todd(rick) Barnette’s reappointment as Community Safety Commissioner. The veto was sustained after the council did not reach the nine‑vote threshold required to overturn it, and members then debated whether a memo from the council president should remain in the legislative file.
On April 23 the Minneapolis City Council considered the mayor’s veto related to the council’s prior action on the mayoral nomination of Todd(rick) Barnette for Community Safety Commissioner. Under charter procedure the mayor’s written objections required automatic reconsideration at the next meeting and the council took a roll call vote to determine whether to stand by its prior rejection.
The clerk explained that a two‑thirds majority (nine votes) was required to override a mayoral…
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