Week 1: Wednesday, March 13

Property assessing, budget, Hennepin County Library (session held in Minnetonka)

• Hennepin County budgets
• About the Hennepin County Library
• Hennepin County organization chart (PDF)
• Commissioner districts
• Why counties matter (YouTube)
• Operations (PDF)

Property tax fact sheets

• Understanding property taxes (PDF)
• How the assessor estimates your market value (PDF)
• How to appeal your value and classification (PDF)

Week 2: Wednesday, March 20

Community Works, Environment and Energy (session held in Minneapolis)

• Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
• Target Field Station information
• Target Field Station construction video (YouTube)
• STS Homes and Summit Academy OIC Build Camper Cabin (YouTube)
• 20 years of community works (YouTube)
• Bottineau Transitway virtual tour (YouTube)
• Open to Business (YouTube)
• Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) (YouTube)
• Community Works, Environment and Energy (PDF)
• Making the Connection (YouTube)

Week 3: Wednesday, March 27

Public Defender's Office, County Attorney's Office, Hennepin County District Court (session held in Minneapolis)

• Hennepin County Attorney article on second-degree assault
• Hennepin County Public Defender
• Hennepin County District Court
• Courts (PDF)

Week 4: Wednesday, April 3

Human Services (session held in Brooklyn Center) 

• Child Protection Staff Describe Their Work in Their Own Words (YouTube)
• Plan to end homelessness (YouTube)
• Human Services (PDF)

Week 5: Wednesday, April 10

Community Corrections and Rehabilitation, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (session held in Plymouth)

• Adult Corrections Facility
• Run Hide Fight (YouTube)
• Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Citizen Law Enforcement Academy (contact Sgt. Jennifer Johnson at 612-596-9818)

Week 6: Wednesday, April 17

Health and Medical Services (session held in Minneapolis) 

• Public health department description (PDF)
• About Hennepin Healthcare
• Medical Examiner's Office
• Step-To-It video (WMV)
• Health and Medical Services (PDF)
• Your Stories Public Health (YouTube)

No session April 24

Week 7: Wednesday, May 1

Transportation, Emergency Management (session held in Medina)

• Transportation/construction projects
• Snow and ice removal
• Adopt-a-highway
• Ride Hennepin
• Long Lake County Road 112 construction update 2017 (YouTube)

Week 8: Wednesday, May 8

Elections, County Administration, Hennepin County Board (session held in Minneapolis)

• My Hennepin County (YouTube)
• Overarching Goals (YouTube)

Hennepin County 1852 - 2002

This booklet was created to provide some of the historical highlights of Hennepin County's 150 years, as well as an overview of Hennepin County government. Reference copies of the booklet are available at Hennepin County Library. Search the site for "Hennepin County 1852 - 2002."