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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 97-164
RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM
LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST
FOR APPEAL
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth is a defendant, along with the Mimlesots Police
Recruitment System, a Minnesota joint powero organisation ("MFRS'), ad 35 other Minnesota
cities in two companion civil actions in Hennepin County District Court entitled Fift V. he
gAL and cis v. MFRS_ et al., District Court File Numbers EM 93-211 04 93-219
(eol wd-* ely referred to as the "Action'); and
WHEREAS, by Order dated October S. 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. 1996s 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 sati*; and
WHERF,AS, said orders may be cited as precedent in future challenges to employee
selection procedures o. Minnesota cities which will be defended by the League of Minaesota
Cities insurance Trust (LMCrI); and
WHEREAS, the City and other defendant cities may have f atwe employment practices
challenged in the contact 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 HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, that:
1. The City hereby requests the LMCIT to apped the Action to the Minnesota Court of
Appeals on behalf of the City.
2. The C►.y 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 necessary or expedient to secure the assistance of
the LMCIT and to prosecute the appeal in the event the LMCIT agrees to represwt the City -
Adopted by the City Council on March S, 1997,