We're taking a look back at the top news stories of the year of 2024 in WCCO's "Year in Review."
On Monday, WCCO's Taylor Rivera looks back on the historic veto of Minneapolis' $1.8 billion city budget by Mayor Jacob Frey.
It wasn't Frey's only veto of City Council resolutions. Five other veto's this year were against proposals like the city's Uber and Lyft pay resolution, and a new labor standard's board.
Mayor Frey has vetoed 16 actions since he took office in 2018. That’s more than the two previous mayors combined.
This increase comes amid a changing dynamic and what seems to be building animosity between the mayor and the city council in 2024. Mayor Frey had this to say about the city council's latest budget proposal.
"This budget is incredibly problematic. It is reckless. It is irresponsible," he said during his veto.
In the wake of the mayor's budget veto, Ward 2 council member Robin Wonsley responded after the council overrode the mayor's veto and passed the budget anyway.
"The mayor's proposed budget was completely out of touch with the most pressing needs of our residents," says Wonsley.
The back-and-forth continued, with Frey accusing the council of only caring about their specific wards and needs, and not the city as a whole entity.
"These council members are trying to create 13 different cities rather than one, with 13 different budgets with 13 different wards, with their own pet projects," Frey said on WCCO Radio's Adam and Jordana. "We need to be looking out for the overarching service of the city."
As for what the future will bring in Minneapolis, 2025 will be a big year. All 13 city council members along with the mayor will face reelection which could mean the start of a new dynamic in city politics.