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PINK - FINANCE G I TY O F SA I NT PA LT L
CANARV - DEPARTMENT
BLUE - MAVOR File NO•
Co�ncil Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, Section 74 .13 (D) of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code provides that hearings before the Human Rights Commission
on charges of discriminatory practices shall be presided over
by an attorney who is not a member of the Commission, to rule
on legal questions and chair the hearing; and
WHEREAS , The Office of the City Attorney represents the
Director of the Department of Human Rights in presenting the
charges of discrimination to the panel, as an advocate for the
position of the Director; and
WHEREAS, therefore, the Office of the City Attorney cannot
by reason of conflict of interest provide an attorney to the
Commission to serve as hearing officer; and
WHEREAS, Section 5.02 of the Charter of the City of Saint
Paul, and Section 2 .06 of the Administrative Code, empower the
Council, upon the request of the City Attorney, to appoint
special counsel and provide compensation therefor, in cases
where the City Attorney cannot by reason of conflict of interest
brovide representation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED,, that the Council hereby, upon the request of the
City Attorney, appoints Charles J. Brady as special counsel to
act as hearing officer in a discrimination case entitled
Lewis ex rel. Leonard Garcia v. Fisher Nut Co. and fixes the
compensation at $40 .00 per hour, such �compensation to be paid
out of the budget of the Department of Human Rights .
COUNC[LMEN
Yeas M�A��� Nays � Requested by Department of:
�r [n Favor
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Hunt
Levine __ Against BY
Maddox
; Showalt
Te o MAR 18 1980 Form App v d by City or
Adopt y Counci . Date ' '
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• fApproved y avor: Da � Approve Mayor for Submission to Council
gy � BY
. _ � � pU�tS�p MAR 2 9 1980