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<br />. .~ <br /> <br />," <br /> <br />'! <br /> <br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 97-011 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM <br />LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST <br />FOR APPEAL <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of New Brighton is a defendant along with the Minnesota Police <br /> <br />Recruitment System, a Minnesota joint powers organization ("MPRS"), and 35 other Minnesota <br /> <br />cities in two companion civil actions in Hennepin County District Court entitled Fields v. MPRS. <br /> <br />et al. and Starks v. MPRS. et aI., District Court File Numbers EM 93-218 and EM 93-219 <br /> <br />(collectively referred to as the "Action"); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by Order dated October 5, 1994, the court found that the entry level police <br /> <br />officer selection procedures used by the defendants violated the Minnesota Human Rights Act; <br /> <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, by Order dated November 7, 1996, the court made the defendants subject to <br /> <br />the continuing jurisdiction of the court until January 1, 2004; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said orders establish standards for review of employee selection procedures <br /> <br />which will be extraordinarily difficult to satisfy; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, said orders may be cited as precedent in future challenges to employee <br /> <br />selection procedures of Minnesota cities which will be defended by the League of Minnesota <br /> <br />Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT); and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City and other defendant cities may have future employment practices <br /> <br />challenged in the context ofthe Action under the continuing jurisdiction of the court, which will <br /> <br />be defended by the LMCIT; and <br />