Hennepin County Board 10/20/2026

The Hennepin County Board and Hennepin County Regional Rail Authority met on October 20, 2026. The Board approved Amendment 1 to the waste delivery agreement, extending it through December 31, 2027, at a tipping fee of $88 per ton. It also approved a Minnesota Department of Health MOU for donated congenital-syphilis testing and treatment supplies for the period August 26, 2026–February 28, 2027. The Board established a Child Wellbeing Committee and adopted a Native American Heritage Month proclamation; no dollar amounts were stated for those actions.

The Regional Rail Authority accepted the conveyance of surplus county properties and approved two lobbying agreements. It amended the Messerli and Kramer state lobbying agreement, extending it through December 31, 2027, and increasing its not-to-exceed amount by $44,000 to $88,000. It also approved a federal lobbying agreement with Cardinal Infrastructure, with discussion of a Met Council cost share and an estimated $122,500 receivable; the transcript is unclear about the agreement’s total amount. Commissioners discussed the need for an adaptive strategy to pursue federal transit funding. All cited actions were approved by vote.