The Brief
- The Minneapolis City Council is likely to deny the appointment of the Graduate Hotel’s general manager to a city advisory board.
- Council Member Robin Wonsley expressed concerns over the hotel’s reported housing of ICE officers and response to protests in recent weeks.
- The council’s Committee of the Whole voted against recommending the appointment on Tuesday.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Minneapolis City Council is poised to deny the general manager of the Graduate Hotel a seat on a city advisory board due to the hotel’s rooming of ICE officers.
Committee recommends against appointment
What we know:
The Minneapolis Committee of the Whole voted Tuesday to recommend against appointing Michael Berk to a seat on the Stadium Village Special Service District Advisory Board.
The appointment was on the committee’s consent agenda but was pulled at the request of Council Member Robin Wonsley, who later raised issues with Berk’s employment as general manager of the Graduate by Hilton Hotel in Dinkytown.…