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CITY OF GEM LAKE <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MN <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2018-06 <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LOCAL DECISION -MAKING AUTHORITY <br />WHEREAS, local elected decision -makers are in the best position to determine what <br />health, safety and welfare regulations best serve their constituents, and <br />WHEREAS, just like state legislative leaders, local elected officials are held accountable <br />through Minnesota's robust elections process, and <br />WHEREAS, ordinances at the local level are enacted only after a comprehensive, legal <br />and open process; and <br />WHEREAS, local units of government are required to publish notices about meetings <br />where policies will be discussed and decisions will be made, and <br />WHEREAS, under the state's Open Meeting Law. public policy discussions and <br />decisions must occur in meetings that are accessible to members of the public, and <br />WHEREAS, cities are often laboratories for determining public policy approaches to the <br />challenges that face residents and businesses: and <br />WHEREAS, preservation of local control in Minnesota has yielded statewide benefits <br />such as the 2007 Freedom to Breathe Act, an amendment to the Minnesota Clean <br />Indoor Air Act; and <br />WHEREAS, more than two dozen bills that restrict local decision -making have been <br />introduced in 2017 to date. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />GEM LAKE that this Council supports local decision -making authority and opposes <br />legislation that removes the ability for local elected officials to respond to the needs of <br />their businesses and constituents. <br />ADOPTED by the Gem Lake City Council this 1711 day of April, 2018. <br />Tori Leonhardt, City Clerk <br />