00-32 - 05-16 - Dissolution of MN Policy Recruitment System Resolution 00-32 May 16, 2000
Member Bakken introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION REQUESTING DISSOLUTION OF
THE MINNESOTA POLICE RECRUITMENT SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the City is a member of a joint powers organization known as the
Minnesota Police Recruitment System (MPRS) created by a joint powers agreement (the
"Agreement") pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59; and
WHEREAS, the MPRS no longer serves the purpose for which it was formed, and
the MPRS Executive Committee has recommended to MPRS members that the
organization be dissolved; and
WHEREAS, Section XIV of the Agreement provides that the MPRS shall be
dissolved when its Secretary-Treasurer has received certified copies of resolutions adopted
by the governing bodies of two-thirds of its members requesting such dissolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that dissolution of the MPRS is in the
best interest of the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Golden
Valley that the City hereby requests dissolution of the Minnesota Police Recruitment
System (MPRS) in accordance with the Agreement and that the City Clerk hereby is
authorized and directed to transmit forthwith a certified copy of this resolution to the MPRS
Secretary-Treasurer in care of Daniel Donahue, City Manager, City of New Hope,
Minnesota.
Mary E. Vderson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Shirley J. on, City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by Member Johnson
and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Anderson,
Bakken, Johnson, LeSuer and Micks; and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor
and her signature attested by the City Clerk.