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Your daily Minnesota news roundup starts … NOW. A memo in early September from Mayor Jacob Frey said that his department heads and staffers would only be present at City Council meetings for presentations and not to answer regular questions. The City Council was none too fond of that and Council President Elliott Payne met with Frey to work out a solution, but Frey was none too keen on that. Now, the council is exploring whether they can subpoena Frey and members of his staff to compel them to appear at meetings. In other Minneapolis government news, the City Council failed to overturn Frey’s veto of their ordinance calling for human monitors in robotaxis like those run by Waymo. The ordinance originally passed on a 7-to-6 vote in September, but the 7-to-5 vote this week did not meet the nine-vote threshold to override the veto. Summit Brewing in St. Paul was on the cusp of foreclosure after failing to meet payments to BMO Bank, but a new lender has stepped in to help the 40