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�� <br /> ..� '°�•_ �' <br /> � � �. <br /> � O 'V <br /> • O O . <br /> b. - CITY of ORONO <br /> � � <br /> ��� �G'� RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> � �kESH�4 NO. 3 6 8 8 <br /> . _ ` ,, ;`.''. �tE�OL?UT��l`� A]PPROVIle1G ��-4.LLO�A'�ION O]E DAMA(:UES <br /> f' r,�'.. a ... <br /> . .. •::. � -'E:�'AND.'.�U'I`�T�RILING.I'A:YiVIENT THE�2EOF <br /> ` BE IT IYESOLVED by the Lity t'.ouncil of the City of Orono, Minnesota (Ciry) as <br /> , follows: <br /> Section l. Back�round <br /> 1.1. ��The G'=ty�of O.ron.o°{here�nafter referre� to°as the C.ity.} is a de�en.dant i.rt fk�e.cases <br /> • of Starlcs�v. �A�1in1,P,�ptilis.Police°°Recruitment:'Syste�n, °t �L::'Hennepin Counr.y District �,ourt <br /> ' File'No:`EN1�3-219, a:id Field, =✓.'�VSi:nnesota=Aolice.�Reciuitment Sy.stem, et al.; District C�ou�t <br /> File No. Eiv193.218. <br /> • i.2.' The Court has concluded in°sa,id actinns tnat the�.defendants viol��ted Ivlinneso� <br /> .: :Sta.tutes, Chapter.363, the,Minneseta�?�uman Rights Act, in the administration of the I�inri�:sata <br /> Police Recniitment System (MPRS) testii�g�process for exitiy level police officers em�loym.ent <br /> screening and that defendants are ohli�ated to pay certa;�� damages and penalties. <br /> 1.3. In its order dated November 6, 1:995, the Court determined that the defendant citit�s <br /> are obligated to pay $156,688 in damages for lost wages and emotional distress. <br /> 1.4. The Court has also detennined that the MPRS; a joint powers �rganization of which <br /> the City is a member, or was a member at the time the actions were commenced, is obligated <br /> to pay each of the two plaintiffs punitive damages in the amount of $8,SOQ. <br /> 1.5. The Court has not yet made a determination as to the award of plaintiffs' costs, <br /> disbursements, and attorneys' fees. <br /> 1.6. The Court also determined that the unlawful discrimination by the defendants can <br /> reasonably be remedied in part by payin� a statutory penalty in the amount of �300,OG0 to the <br /> state of IVlinnesota, or in lieu of such� penalty establishing a reasonable minority race hirin; <br /> commitme�t satisfac�ory to the Court. In the event a hiring coinmitment is submitted to the <br /> Court which is found to be satisfactoy, it may'be that the pay�ilen� of a statutory penalty will <br /> not be required. <br /> • 1 <br /> , <br />