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4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 17-048
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LOCAL DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY AND
INCORPORATING THE CONCEPTS OF AUTONOMY AND CASCADING FROM FEDERAL TO
STATE AND STATE TO LOCAL
Motion By: Burkart Second By: Thompson
WHEREAS, local elected decision-makers are in the best position to determine what
health, safety and welfare regulations best serve their constituents; and
WHEREAS, just like state legislative leaders, local elected officials are held accountable
through Minnesota’s robust elections process; and
WHEREAS,
ordinances at the local level are enacted only after a comprehensive, legal
and open process; and
WHEREAS, local units of government are required to publish notices about meetings
where policies will be discussed and decisions will be made; and
WHEREAS, under the state’s Open Meeting Law, public policy discussions and decisions
must occur in meetings that are accessible to members of the public; and
WHEREAS, cities are often laboratories for determining public policy approaches to the
challenges that face residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, preservation of local control in Minnesota has yielded statewide benefits such
as the 2007 Freedom to Breathe Act, an amendment to the Minnesota Clean
Indoor Air Act; and
WHEREAS, more than two dozen bills that restrict local decision-making have been
introduced in 2017 to date.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
MINNESOTA that this City Council supports local decision-making authority and opposes
legislation that removes the ability for local elected officials to respond to the needs of their
businesses and constituents
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 10th DAY OF APRIL 2017.
VOTE Briggs McGuire Thompson Burkart Braid
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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Frank Boyles, City Manager