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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
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Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was held on the 11th day of
February, 1974. The following members were present: Mayor Hilde, Council-
men Neils and Seibold. The following members were absent: Councilmen Hunt
and Spaeth.
Mayor Hilde introduced the following Resolution and moved its
adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 74-89
POLITICAL CAUSUSES TO BE HELD IN
PLYMOUTH ON FEBRUARY 26, 1974
WHEREAS, our representative form of government is based upon the
active participation and involvement of all citizens at the grass roots
level in determining policy proposals and candidates who would be
supported for elective office, and
WHEREAS, precinct caucuses are held as a means of providing quali-
fied voters an opportunity to express their desires in the selection
of political parties' officers, the endorsement of candidates for various
State and National offices and policy position, and
WHEREAS, it is vital that our democratic institutions be supported
by concerned citizens who are informed as to the candidates and the
party policies, and such precinct caucuses afford the most direct and
democratic means of achieving this objective, and
WHEREAS, the precinct caucus provides the most direct input for
the individual citizen in the selection of political candidates who
will subsequently be running for elective office, and
WHEREAS, the activities of the past year surrounding the Watergate
affair have created a deep concern regarding the entire political process,
thereby making it even more important for individual citizens to become
involved in the political affairs which govern the destiny of our lives,
as well as the future of our democratic institutions,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PLYMOUTH that all qualified voters of Plymouth and those who
rill be qualified by the next general election be encouraged to parti-
cipate in the political causus of their choice to be held in Plymouth
on Tuesday, February 26, 1974.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded
by Councilman Seibold, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted
in favor thereof: Mayor Hilde, Councilmen Neils and Seibold. The following
voted against or abstained: None. Whereupon the Resolution was declared duly
passed and adopted.