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Saint Paul City Council (Nov 12, 2025) — Action minutes: budgets, grants, zoning, public safety, election canvass

Saint PaulNov 12, 20253 min read

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The Council met at 3:30 PM and adopted the consent agenda and multiple resolutions and ordinances. Major actions included accepting grants for rooftop solar and library reconstruction, authorizing grant applications for forestry and a DOJ violence-prevention program, amending project and water utility budgets, approving zoning and firearms-related code changes, appointing special counsel in pending litigation, and canvassing and certifying the Nov. 4, 2025 city general election results. Several ordinances and fee-setting public hearings were laid over for further consideration. Meeting adjourned at 4:56 PM.

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Consent Agenda adopted (unanimous).
RES 25-1674 adopted: accept $59,270.40 Minnesota Dept. of Commerce Solar on Public Buildings Grant for rooftop solar at Hamline Midway Library.
RES PH 25-255 adopted: accept $500,000 Minnesota Department of Education grant and amend Library’s 2025 financing and spending plans for Hamline Midway Library reconstruction.
RES 25-1680 adopted: authorize Parks & Recreation to apply for DNR ReLeaf Community Forestry grant funding.
AO 25-66 and AO 25-67 received and filed: amendments to 2025 Saint Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS) spending/financing plans.
RES 25-1721 adopted: amend project budgets to align with spending needs.
RES 25-1734 adopted: authorize Police Department to apply for FY25 Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI) grant (U.S. Dept. of Justice).
RES 25-1738 adopted: approve ordinance permit 20240020604 for sanitary sewer infrastructure installed by the Saint Paul Port Authority on The Heights project.
RES 25-1746 adopted: canvassed and declared results of the Nov. 4, 2025 City General Election.
RES 25-1780 (suspension item) adopted: appoint Jacobson Lawyers Group as special counsel for Saint Paul et al. v. Christopher Wright et al.
Ord 25-59 adopted (final): amend Legislative Code chapters per Traditional Neighborhood (T) District Zoning Study; RES 25-113 adopted: initiate T District Follow-Up and Transit Corridor Zoning Study.
Ord 25-65 adopted (final): create Chapter 225A (Firearms Regulations) addressing assault weapons, binary triggers, ghost guns, and signage.
Multiple ordinance items (including garbage rates, cannabis registration, event-related temporary rules, virtual currency kiosks) and fee-setting public hearings were laid over for second reading or later action (e.g., Solid Waste Service Fee and recycling grant items laid over to Dec. 3, 2025).
Various legislative hearing appeals and assessments were adopted, amended, or referred (including multiple summary abatement and correction appeals).

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