City Council Confirms Margaret Anderson Kelliher as Director of City’s Public Works Department
Saturday, February 12, 2022 at 2:25PMVia a recent e-newsletter from the City of Minneapolis:
The City Council has approved Mayor Jacob Frey’s nomination of Margaret Anderson Kelliher as the new director of the Public Works Department for a four-year term. Anderson Kelliher has served as the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) since 2019.
Anderson Kelliher will begin her new role with Public Works on March 2, overseeing a department with approximately 1,100 employees that build, operate and maintain the City’s public infrastructure and deliver critical services, such as solid waste and recycling collection, safe drinking water, street maintenance and emergency sewer and road repairs.
In addition to serving as MnDOT commissioner, Anderson Kelliher served 12 years in the Minnesota House of Representatives, including as the Minnesota House Speaker for four years. While House Speaker, she oversaw passage of the transportation and transit funding package in 2008 – a groundbreaking investment in the state’s multimodal transportation and transit system.
