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RESOLUTION NO. 97-12
RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM LEAGUE OF
MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST FOR APPEAL
WHEREAS, the City of Prior Lake 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 Order 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 Prior
Lake that:
The City hereby requests the LMCIT to appeal the Action to the Minnesota Court of
Appeals on behalf of the City.
The City Manager is directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the LMCIT as
soon as possible and to take such other actions as are necessary or expedient to
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16200 Eagle Creek Ave. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
secure the assistance of the LMCIT and to prosecute the appeal in the event the
LMCIT agrees to represent the City.
MOTION BY MADER SECOND BY KEDROWSKI TO APPROVE RESOLUTION
97-12 REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM THE LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA
CITIES INSURANCE TRUST FOR APPEAL.
Adopted this 3rd day of March, 1997.
YES NO
Andren absent Andren
Greenfield absent Greenfield
Kedrowski X Kedrowski
Mader X Mader
henck X Schenck
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