# Resolution 21-77 *Saint Paul City Council resolution of January 13, 2021 apologizing for institutional and structural racism* Resolution 21-77 is a resolution of the [[Saint Paul City Council]]. The council passed it on January 13, 2021. In it, the city apologizes for "the City's role in institutional and structural racism."[^1][^2] On February 13, 2023, the city followed the apology with an ordinance establishing a [[Reparations Commission]].[^1] The commission's role is advisory: it recommends, evaluates, and writes work plans.[^1] The city's own reparations page states no amount of city funds appropriated.[^1] A St. Paul city record summarized in a source dated June 18, 2026 describes the harm report as still unwritten.[^3] ## What Resolution 21-77 is an apology. It is not an appropriation.[^1] The records reviewed for this article show no amendment, repeal, or dollar figure attached to the resolution.[^1][^3] The city's later reparations structure is a commission established by ordinance. That commission recommends and evaluates. The city's published reparations page names no funds.[^1] ## When - **January 13, 2021**: The Saint Paul City Council passes Resolution 21-77.[^1][^2] - **February 13, 2023**: The city establishes a Reparations Commission by ordinance.[^1] A separate source records the commission as seated in 2023.[^3] - **As of June 18, 2026**: The harm report is recorded as still unwritten.[^3] ## In the at-issue record At-issue pair AI-Ramsey-045, in the Ramsey package, compares the city's own words with its documented outputs. The city's words are the 2021 apology for "the City's role in institutional and structural racism."[^1] Its outputs are an ordinance, an advisory commission, and a reparations page that states no appropriated amount, all published by the city itself.[^1] The pair is anchored to a January 2025 presidential action published by the White House.[^4] The record shows an apology, an advisory commission, and no published line item.[^1] It also shows the harm report unwritten as of mid-2026.[^3] It does not establish why no appropriation is listed.[^1] ## In the Minnesota record ### What - The resolution apologizes for "the City's role in institutional and structural racism."[^1] - The Reparations Commission is advisory. The city's reparations page states no amount of city funds appropriated.[^1] ### When - January 13, 2021: the resolution passes.[^1][^2] - February 13, 2023: the Reparations Commission is established by ordinance.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: City of Saint Paul (stpaul.gov), *Resolution 21-77 and Reparations Commission materials* (2021–2023), as summarized in at-issue pair AI-Ramsey-045. This source establishes four points: the apology passed January 13, 2021; the Reparations Commission was established by ordinance on February 13, 2023; the commission's function is advisory only; and the city's reparations page states no amount of city funds appropriated. The stpaul.gov URLs are not in the pack's allowed list. [^2]: Ramsey County history, companion table to *Ramsey County Complete History* (2026-09-02), row HE-0234 (Jan 13, 2021). The row reads: "Council Resolution 21-77 apologizes for structural racism." [^3]: *The Instrument No One Will Name* (densified, 2026-06-18), note 40, citing the St. Paul city record (marked primary-confirmed). This source records that the apology passed in January 2021, that the reparations commission was seated in 2023, and that the harm report was still unwritten. [^4]: The White House, presidential action (January 2025), anchor of at-issue pair AI-Ramsey-045. It is the federal document the pair is set against. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-and-wasteful-government-dei-programs-and-preferencing/