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I I I C;ity of Ramsey 15153 NOWTHEN BOULEVARD N.W., RAMSEY, MINNESOTA 55303 PHONE (612) 427-1410 FAX (612) 427-5543 TDD (612) 427-8591 February 12, 1996 ','- Mr. Charles LeFevere Kennedy and Graven 470 Pillsbury Center Minneapolis, MN 55402 Dear Mr. LeFevere: I am in receipt of your correspondence, dated February 9, 1996, regarding an MPRS update. Within your transmittal you are requesting each City Council to pass upon a resolution agreeing to cost share lawsuit fees and costs. Finding #2.2 uAthin the proposed resolution you are presenting states that we f'md that the proposed cost share formula is fair and reasonable. We currently have no way of knowing if this is the case in that we have not been informed of any other potential formula impacts. I have enclosed for your review a letter from the City of Ramsey dated November 28,1995. I raise the issue of cost sharing in this letter. I have never received a response to this letter. I asked ff it would not be more fair to cost share based upon the size of the police department rather than population. The teffect of this would be that those cities that were more active recruiters of police officers would share in lawsuit costs representative of their activity. It is also probably the case that larger police~departrnents reflect a greater revenue raising ability on the part of the city than that of cities with the opposite situation. I never received a response to my earlier correspondence regarding cost sharing. However, prior to requesting Rarnsey City Council approval of your suggested resolution, it would indeed be helpful to have a considered response from the MPRS or your f'urn. I also request a written response as to the rationale for not cost sharing these expenses with the fi.ma re. sponsible for assuring lawsuits like this one don't happen in the first place. I look forward to your prompt reply. Sincerely, RRS/jmt