Mayor Frey’s re-appointee to the position, FEMA Executive Institute Emergency Management graduate 2017, overseer of the current Minneapolis Emergency Operations Plan, the city employee “directly responsible” for emergency coordination of federal, state, county and local forces, OEM Director Barret Lane said:
Nothing. Director Lane was absent from the press conference and the public record for the duration. He emerged in June 2022 to say ‘his department did what they were supposed to do but “we simply were not engaged“. Star Tribune June 30 2020
Mayor Frey re-appointed Director Lane as a “proactive leader dedicated to the safety of our city” in June 2022. City Council approved his re-hiring to OEM Director Oct 2022.
