The Minneapolis City Council is expected to decide Monday whether to approve an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require major reforms within the city’s police department under long-term court supervision.

With only two weeks left in the Biden administration, officials hurried to finalize a plan in the city where George Floyd was murdered.

Minneapolis' City Council voted on Monday to agree to systemic reforms to its police department and to submit the department to outside oversight after a U.S. federal investigation spurred by the 2020 murder of George Floyd uncovered a pattern of civil rights abuses.

City Council members are reviewing the 170-page document during a closed session with attorneys Monday morning, before voting on whether to approve it.

Minneapolis and the Justice Department are expected to announce a consent decree mandating extensive police reforms tied to longterm racial discrimination.

The Minneapolis City Council has voted to approve a proposed federal consent decree that, if finalized, will enact sweeping police reform. The city council spent hours in a closed session Monday reviewing the proposed agreement between the city and the United States Department of Justice.

The federal consent decree puts numerous policies in place to dictate how Minneapolis police officers must act during investigations and arrests, and how they must intervene to prevent police wrongdoings.

Minneapolis has approved an agreement with the federal government in response to the murder of George Floyd that would require reforms within the city’s police department under long-term court supervision.

The Minneapolis City Council has agreed to a federal consent decree to implement major reforms within the Minneapolis Police Department.

Minneapolis representatives will discuss and vote on the 140-page agreement in a behind-closed-doors meeting Monday.