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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br /> RESOLUTION 97-023 <br /> A RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM LEAGUE <br /> OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST FOR APPEAL <br /> WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony is a defendant along with the Minnesota Police <br /> Recruitment System, a Minnesota joint powers organization ("MPRS"), and <br /> 35 other Minnesota cities in two companion civil actions in Hennepin <br /> County District court entitled Fields v. MPRS et al, and Starks v. MPRS, et <br /> al, District Court File Numbers EM 93-218 and EM 93-219 (collectively <br /> referred to as the "Action"); and <br /> WHEREAS, by Ordered dated October 5, 1994, the court found that the entry level <br /> police officer selection procedures used by the defendants violated the <br /> Minnesota Human Rights Act; and <br /> WHEREAS, by Order dated November 7, 1996, the court made the defendants subject to <br /> the continuing jurisdiction of the court until January 1, 2004; and <br /> WHEREAS, said orders establish standards for review of employee selection procedures <br /> • which will be extraordinarily difficult to satisfy; and <br /> WHEREAS, said orders may be cited as precedent in future challenges to employee <br /> selection procedures of Minnesota cities which will be defended by the <br /> League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT); and <br /> WHEREAS, the City and other defendant cities may have future employment practices <br /> challenged in the context of the Action under the continuing jurisdiction of <br /> the court, which will be defended by the LMCIT; and <br /> WHEREAS, it would be advantageous to the City, the defendant cities in the Action and <br /> all other cities in Minnesota if the Action could be successfully challenged <br /> on appeal. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Anthony <br /> that: <br /> 1. The City hereby requests the LMCIT to appeal the Action to the <br /> Minnesota Court of Appeals of behalf of the City. <br /> 2. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the <br /> • LMCIT as soon as possible and to take such other actions as are <br />