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Document: CC RES 97-023 RESOLUTION REQUESTING
REPRESENTATION FROM LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE
TRUST FOR APPEAL
CITY OF ST. ANTHONY
RESOLUTION 97-023
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM LEAGUE
OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST FOR APPEAL
WHEREAS, the City of St. Anthony is a defendant along with the Minnesota Police
Recruitment System, a Minnesota joint powers organization ("MPRS"), and
35 other Minnesota cities in two companion civil actions in Hennepin
County District court entitled Fields v. MPRS et al, and Starks v. MPRS, et
al, District Court File Numbers EM 93-218 and EM 93-219 (collectively
referred to as the "Action"); and
WHEREAS, by Ordered dated October 5, 1994, the court found that the entry level
police officer selection procedures used by the defendants violated the
Minnesota Human Rights Act; and
WHEREAS, by Order dated November 7, 1996, the court made the defendants subject to
the continuing jurisdiction of the court until January 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, said orders establish standards for review of employee selection procedures
• which will be extraordinarily difficult to satisfy; and
WHEREAS, said orders may be cited as precedent in future challenges to employee
selection procedures of Minnesota cities which will be defended by the
League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT); and
WHEREAS, the City and other defendant cities may have future employment practices
challenged in the context of the Action under the continuing jurisdiction of
the court, which will be defended by the LMCIT; and
WHEREAS, it would be advantageous to the City, the defendant cities in the Action and
all other cities in Minnesota if the Action could be successfully challenged
on appeal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Anthony
that:
1. The City hereby requests the LMCIT to appeal the Action to the
Minnesota Court of Appeals of behalf of the City.
2. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the
• LMCIT as soon as possible and to take such other actions as are
• Resolution 97-023
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necessary or expedient to secure the assistance of the LMCIT and to
prosecute the appeal in the event the LMCIT agrees to represent the
City.
Adopted this Z.5 th day of Fir u_cc__r y , 1997.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Reviewed for administration:
ty anager
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