HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1146 ' Extract of Minutes of Meeting
of City Council
� City of Orono , Henn. County, Minnesota
' May 12 , 19 8 0
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the
C i ty Counci l of the C i ty of Orono , Hennepin County,
Minnesota, was duly held at the Civic Center, (address) 12 75 Brown Rnad S.
in said City on the 12 day of May , 198Q at 7 • pp p.m.
The fol lowi ng members were present: May�r Van Nest, Councilmembe�rs
Butler, Hurr, and Paurus
and the following were absent: none � -
� Member Hurr introduced and read the following
written resolution and moved its adoption:
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WHEREAS, a single city or county rarely has adequate staff or
� other resources to conduct the thorough and prompt investigation
required for the expedient solution of very complicated and time
consuming major crimes; and
WHEREAS, perpetrators of major crimes often flee to, and take
refuge in, cities or counties other than those in which the crimes
have been committed; and
WHEREAS, witnesses and other pieces of evidence of a major
crime are often found in more than one city or county; and
WHEREAS, the commission of a major crime in any city or county
poses a threat to the safety, health and welfare of the residents
of the entire surrounding area; and
WHEREAS, a pooling of investigative resources 1n a combined
. investigative action by neighboring cities and counties can result
in the expedient solution of major crimes; and
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WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes � Section 412.221 and Section 387.03
' grants to cities and counties the separate power to provide for the
� government and good order of their cities and counties for the
prevention of crime, for the protection of public and private property,
and for the promotion of the health, safety and welfare of their
- residents; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Powers Act, Minnesota Statutes Section 471 .59,
permits cities and counties to jointly and cooperatively exercise
any powers common to each, including those powers which are the same
except for the territorial limits in which they may be exercised.
� NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Orono that the Joint Powers Agreement for Inter-Agency Special
Investigation Squad attached hereto is approved and adopted hereby and
the Mayor of the City of Orono is authorized and empowered
hereby to enter into it.
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, Mayor
ATTE5T:
' � ,. City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution seconded by
Member Butler and upon vote being taken thereon the following
voted in favor thereof: Mayor Van Nest, Councilmembers Butler, Hurr,
- and Paurus
and the following voted agair�st the same: none
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by
the Mayor and his signature attested by the Clerk.
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