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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE * * * * * * * * * * * Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 10th day of March, 1997, at 6:30 p.m. The following members were present: Mastel, Wiski, and Wall, and the following were absent: Goedeke and Maschka. Member Wiski introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 9386 RESOLUTION REQUESTING REPRESENTATION FROM LEAGUE OF MINNESOTA CITIES INSURANCE TRUST FOR APPEAL WHEREAS, the City of Roseville 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. aI., 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, said 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