New concerns about decisions on financing the prevention of Minneapolis violence

Minneapolis (Fox 9) – The members of the Minneapolis Municipal Council raises new questions about a proposed contract of $ 643,632 for the reverence of Jerry McAFEE Interrupting violence Organization, Salem Inc., after McAfee threw the council at a recent public meeting. Some members of the Council have felt threatened and now they want to know why the administration of Mayor Jacob Frey has selected the Nonprofit McAfee for a new contract to interrupt violence.

Financing the prevention of Minneapolis violence

What do we know:

The city of Minneapolis has revealed the latest beneficiaries of over $ 4 million in financing violence prevention services.

The work that goes beyond the traditional police involves the implementation of the interruption groups and information workers in the hot crime points and other potentially volatile areas to maintain peace using non-physical conflicts and other means, so conflicts do not escalate.

Rev. Jerry Mcafee Nonprofit, Salem Inc., is in line for a contract of US 643,632, with options to expand the financing for up to two years. But some members of the Municipal Council have raised serious concerns about the financing of McAfee’s group, after the leader of the long -lasting Northsipolis church and the community activist attended a meeting of the Local Council in February.

City worried about who receives funding

What do they say:

The director of the Minneapolis Municipal Council, Robin Wonsley, asked why Frey administration would select an organization to prevent violence led by someone who believes that the violence threatened against the members of the Council at a recent meeting.

“What message do we give to the public, giving a contract to a person who has made public threats of violence in terms of disagreement?” Wonsley asked. “What do we signal to our communities when we contract with organizations who have had a leader to make public opinions about homophobia? This endangers the public confidence in us, because the public should trust that the city manages services that will keep all residents safe.”

In a written statement to Fox 9, Minneapolis Safety Commissioner, Todd Barnette, said:

“Although they cannot comment on the individual contracts before their revision by the Council, the sellers who go to the Council on Monday were selected after receiving the highest scores in several impartial categories, in accordance with the updated standards of the security department. This is a process that the members of the Council have been informed in the past and will receive another information in the past. Comments on elected or appointed officials do not consider rigorous review.

Remove contracts to prevent violence

By numbers:

The breakdown of the contracts for the interruption of violence in 2025 for Minneapolis services the following year, which will begin April 1. The city received a total of 13 proposals, selecting six suppliers, including Salem Inc. The contracts must continue to be ratified by the Local Council:

• Salem Inc., $ 643,632,
• Restoration Inc., $ 708,000
• Tap Outreach, $ 708,400
• Sabathani Community Center, $ 708,400
• Daddy Dads in Minneapolis, $ 619.394
• The love initiative of a mother, $ 671.155

Total Financing = $ 4.058.981

What follows:

The contracts are to go before a committee of the Municipal Council to start the debate on Monday. But Wonsley, the chairman of the commission, says Fox 9 that he intends to move the discussion to a separate committee next week.

The contracts impose the approval of the Council before the safety department of the neighborhood of the city can be registered on them.

Outfront Minnesota, the largest LGBTQ Advocy organization, has already reported the intention to talk about the MCAFEE contract, given the public comments he directed to the Council during his outbreak.

Mcafee sent a Fox 9 message that he is not worried “at all” that he eventually received the financing.

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