HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 97-21CITY OF COLUIqBIA HEIGHTS
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 97-21
RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM
LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST
FOR APPEAL
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heishts is a defendant along with the
Minnesota Police Recruitment System, a Minnesota joint powers organization CMPRS"), 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 Columbia He±ghts
that:
1. The City hereby requests the LMCIT to appeal the Action to the Minnesota Court
of Appeals on behalf of the City.
2. The City C 1 e r k
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 secure the
assistance of the LMCIT and to prosecute the appeal in the event the LMCIT agrees to represent
Adopted this 2 ~4 t h
the City.
Offered by: Sturdevant
Seconded by: Peterson
Roll call: All ayes
__day of
February , 1997.
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