November 4, 2026 - City Council Meeting

At its November 4, 2026 meeting, the Saint Paul City Council approved a final ordinance allowing federal residential prevailing-wage rates for carpenters on certain city-financed wood-frame construction projects, a change relevant to future construction contracting. It also approved a $150,000 budget allocation for a 2027 clean-energy tax-credit preparation contract; no contractor was identified. The council discussed supporting a Midway-area development with STAR funds, but the transcript does not specify the amount. An ordinance proposing a new process for setting Police Civilian Internal Affairs Review Commission stipends—including a proposed $27,000 allocation—received a first reading and was laid over for a public hearing, not finally adopted.

Several 2027 service-fee matters were also heard but deferred for later action. The proposed annual recycling fee for one-to-four-unit homes would rise by $8.64 to $181.39, with $829,100 in county SCORE funding cited for recycling efforts. The city proposed keeping the annual solid-waste fee at $43.50 and adding a $111 fee for residential properties with five or more units. These fee items were laid over rather than finally approved; the base garbage-service and water-fee matters were also continued.