Mayor's Command Center
One screen, the whole city: today's meetings, the state of the big projects, what residents are raising, and the watches a river town keeps. Built as a preview for the Mayor's office, modeled on how real city operations centers and mayoral dashboards are organized.
Open Jimmy's Hub: the Mayor's workspace preview →
Council Ahead Verified
The council's regular rhythm: first and third Mondays, 7:00 p.m., Council Chambers. Agendas live in the city's Agenda Center.
| Mon, Oct 19, 2026 | City Council regular meeting | 7:00 p.m. |
| Mon, Nov 2, 2026 | City Council regular meeting | 7:00 p.m. |
| Tue, Nov 3, 2026 | Election Day: three council seats + school board | All day |
| Mon, Nov 16, 2026 | City Council regular meeting | 7:00 p.m. |
| Mon, Dec 7, 2026 | City Council regular meeting | 7:00 p.m. |
Capital Projects Tracker Verified list
The city's published 2026 capital work, one line each. Statuses summarize the city's own project descriptions on the hub.
| Marie Avenue Reconstruction, Phase 2 | Underway |
| Verderosa Ave Extension & Central Maintenance Facility | Underway |
| Lead Service Line Replacement (~1,000 lines) | Multi-year program |
| Northview Park Aquatic Facility | Under construction |
| Regrowing Shade, Phase II | Planting underway |
| Parks & Arena Improvements | Rolling |
Constituent Issues Sample data
A 311-style queue, grouped the way the Share Your Idea front door would sort it. All counts below are sample data showing the format only.
Concept: submissions from Share Your Idea would land here by category and topic. An AI assistant drafting first responses from verified city content is a Phase 2 idea, not live. A human in the Mayor's office reviews before anything official is sent, and emergencies are never queued as routine: they get "call 911."
Share Your Idea Queue Concept
The front door and this board are two ends of the same system.
Live submissions: none. The Share Your Idea page is a concept demo in this phase: the form shows residents the acknowledgment they would receive, and transmits and stores nothing.
When built (Phase 2): ideas, questions, and concerns arrive here by lane, staff draft replies with AI help from verified hub content, a human approves every outgoing message, and response times become a tile on this board.
Public Safety Snapshot Official links
No invented statistics: this panel points at the people who publish the real numbers.
- Police: South St. Paul Police Department, 125 3rd Ave N · non-emergency 651-554-3300 · via the city website →
- Fire & EMS first response: South Metro Fire Department (joint powers, South + West St. Paul) · admin 651-552-4176 · smfdmn.org →
- Ambulance: M Health Fairview EMS, the area's licensed provider, in the dual-response arrangement with South Metro Fire · EMS page →
- Household readiness: Community Connect lets residents share details that help first responders · Sign up →
- Calls for service & reports: published by the departments themselves (police records via the city, fire board packets via South Metro Fire). This board links out rather than restating figures, so the numbers you read are the official ones, in context.
Grants Watch Starter list
Funding categories that map to South St. Paul's capital plan. This is a starter list: verify every deadline and eligibility rule at the source before acting.
| Streets & water infrastructure Federal and state infrastructure programs fit Marie Ave, Verderosa, and the lead line program. | Grants.gov → |
| Fire & public safety FEMA fire service and preparedness grants (staffing, equipment, prevention). | FEMA Grants → |
| Parks, trails & trees State natural-resources and outdoor recreation grants fit the aquatic facility, park renewals, and Regrowing Shade. | Grants.gov → |
Starter list only, deadlines change every cycle. The official portals are the source of truth.
River & Weather Watch Official links
A river town watches the water. Live values live at the official gauges, so this panel links straight to them instead of caching a number that goes stale.
- Mississippi River at St. Paul: stage and flow from the National Weather Service gauge (STPM5), the reference gauge for South St. Paul's levee and Kaposia Landing. Open the gauge →
- Forecast: National Weather Service, Twin Cities office forecast for the metro. Open the forecast →
- Why it is on the board: river level drives levee checks, landing and trail conditions, and spring planning; weather drives snow emergencies and outdoor event calls.
Network Verified
The relationships behind the work.
51 regional connections on the Mayor's roster: neighboring cities, Dakota County, regional and state partners, and state and federal offices, organized by tier on the hub.
Budget Snapshot Verified
From the City of South St. Paul's published 2026 budget book. The full Budget & Finance module, with the budget book, ACFR, and finance page links, lives in Jimmy's Hub.
| 2026 total levy | $18,530,136 | +8.36% |
| 2026 General Fund | $23,205,932 | Budget book |
| Finance Director | Clara Hilger | As published |
| City Administrator | Ryan Garcia | As published |
Jimmy's Hub Preview live
The Mayor's workspace that pairs with this board: the same city, organized as a working desk.
- Today Board: next council meeting, queue, projects, river and weather, budget tiles
- Working modules: Meetings, Mayor's Updates composer, Budget & Finance, Idea & Concern Queue, Projects Tracker, Public Safety Desk, Grants Desk, Network, Events & Packers, Links & Documents
- Preview rules: everything saves on the device only, sample data is labeled, nothing is transmitted or published
Comms Corner From the blog
What residents are seeing on the Around Town blog right now.
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