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CITY OF STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST FOR APPEAL WHEREAS, the City of is a defendant along with the Minnesota Police Recruitment System, a Minnesota joint powers organization ("MPRS"), 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, sa/d 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 CLLl17524 MPllO-2 I I I I I I I I i~ I I I I I I I I I