Week 1: Wednesday, September 18

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 presentation (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, September 25

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)
• Public Works/Emergency Management (PDF)

Week 3: Wednesday, October 2

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)
• Hennepin County Sheriff's Office presentation (PDF)
• 911 Dispatch Center (PDF)

No session October 9

Week 4: Wednesday, October 16

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 Presentation (PDF)

Week 5: Wednesday, October 23

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
• Public Safety - Courts (PDF)

Week 6: Wednesday, October 30

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

• Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
• Target Field Station information
• Target Field Station construction video (YouTube)
• 20 years of community works (YouTube)
• Bottineau Transitway virtual tour (YouTube)
• Open to Business (YouTube)
• Hennepin Energy Recovery Center (HERC) (YouTube)
• Making the Connection (YouTube)
• Community Works and Environment and Energy (PDF)

Week 7: Wednesday, November 6

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)
• Your Stories Public Health (YouTube)
• Health and Medical Services (PDF)

Week 8: Wednesday, November 13

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

• My Hennepin County (YouTube)
• Overarching Goals (YouTube)
• Elections, Overarching Goals, County Board (PDF)

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."