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PINK - FINANCE C I TY OF SA I NT PA U L Council ����'� �
CANARV - DEPARTME
BLUE - MAVOR File NO.
- il Resolution
Presented By
Referred o Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
t�THEREAS, Section 74.13(D) of the Saint Paul Legislative
Code provides that hearings before the Huma.n 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
4JHEREAS, Section 5.02 of the Charter of the City of Saint
Paul� and Section 2.05 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
provide representation; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Council hereby, upon the request of the
City Attorney, appoints Carolyn F. Rusch as special counsel to
act as hearing officer in a discrimination case entitled
"Donald Lewis, Director, Department of Human Rights ex rel.
George R. Welles v. Metropolitan Transit Commission", and fixes
the compensation at $40.00 per hour; such compensation to be
paid out of the budget of the Depaxtment of Huma.n Rights.
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Ted. JUN 2 6 1979 Form App o ed by City or y
Adopted . y Council: Date
Ce ied Passe Cou .il Secretary BY
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I#pproved lNavor: Date __�.�� Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
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�8,�1SNED J U L 7 1979