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<br />Councilmember Riley introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION #25-177 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY ACCEPTING AND RATIFYING THE <br />SETTLEMENT TERMS NEGOTIATED IN THE MATTER OF <br />KAREN MURRAY V. CITY OF RAMSEY POLICE DEPARTMENT <br />(Minnesota District Court File No.: 02-CV-24-6078) <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey is a Minnesota Charter City organized under the law of <br />that State and its own Charter; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey has and maintains its own Police Department for the <br />public safety and well-being of its citizens; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Karen Murray brought a lawsuit against the Ramsey Police Department <br />alleging that it improperly allowed the disposition and sale of her truck and claimed damages in <br />the amount of $7,078.00; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Ramsey Police Department denied in all respects Ms. Murray’s <br />allegations and documented its full compliance with all procedures related to the handling of Ms. <br />Murray’s truck while in its possession, including notification of the possibility of sale of the <br />vehicle; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, notwithstanding the Police Department’s documented position fully contrary <br />to Ms. Murray’s claim, Ms. Murray successfully obtained a Conciliation Court decision in her <br />favor; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City immediately removed the decision from Conciliation Court and <br />scheduled the matter for a full trial in District Court. The City determined that allowing a claim <br />such as the one brought by Ms. Murray in the face of a clear absence of fault by the City set an <br />unacceptable precedent; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the matter was set to be tried in August 2025; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the cost of salaries of the police department employees for the expected two- <br />day trial was calculated by the Police Department to be approximately $3,000, not including <br />additional time in testimony preparation; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Court ordered the parties to mediate the issue to see if the matter could <br />be resolved short of trial; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the matter was mediated on July 16, 2025, and an agreement, subject to City <br />Council approval and ratification, was reached in which: 1) the case against the City would be <br />dismissed with prejudice; and 2) the parties agreed to a non-disclosure agreement in which the <br />details of the case beyond the fact that it had been resolved could be disclosed; and 3) the City <br />would pay $2500 to Ms. Murray; and <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />