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� ORIGINAL TO CITY CLERK 3381g
� CITY OF ST. PAUL FILENCIL NO. _
• OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
COU C RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM
PRESENTED BY
COMMISSIONE DATF
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RESOLVED� That the Conncil of the City of Saint Panl hereby ;
accepts� authorizes approve�, adopts and ratifies the settlement
and Release of all G�laims outlined in the accompanying letter of ;
June 13� 1967� from the Corporation Counsel d3rected to the
Honorable Mayor� and Members of the Council of the City of Saint �
Paul regarding:
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� Seth R. Phillips� Plaix�tiff
vs. �
' St. Paul Human and Ci�il Rights �
Commission and St. Paul City Cot�cil, �
Defendants� . '
a copy of said letter� together with a copy of the document
referred to therein as Release of all Claims being attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference as fully and completely as
if set forth herein verbatim; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED� That the proper Cit�r officers are hereby
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authorized and directed to make disbursements as set forth in the �
aforesaid letter of the Corporat3.on Counsel and said Release of �
all Claims. ; �
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COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19—
Yeas Nays ,
4 Carlson
Dalglish , � ��� �` � �9�
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Meredith In Favor
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Peterson �� Mayor
Tedesco A gainst
Mr. President, Byrne
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�Ana Cod�612 °�TY °p GERALD A.ALFVEBY
• ' 223.5�2� R�a �>� PAUL J. KELLY
• 6 .xi THOMAS J.STEARNS
' � a� ��� �b JON R. DUCKST/1D
�� �= �Q ARTHUR M. NELSON
JEROME J. SEGAL
ROBERT E.O'CONNELL THOMAS M. MOONEY
First Assistant CITY OF SAINT PAUL ��MES W. KENNEY
KENNETH J. FITZPATRICK
DANIEL A.KLAS GEWILD H.SWANSON I
Sp�etalAsstitant LEGAL DHPARTMENT
316 City Hall, St. Paal, Mineesota b5102
JOSEPH P. SUMMERS JUI1e 13� 196rJ
Corporation Counsel
To the Honorable Mayor and Members
of the Council of the City of Saint Paul
Re: Seth R. Phillips v. St. Paul Human
and Civil Rights Commission and St. .
Paul Citv Council. _ _
Gentlemen:
With respe�t to the above captioned matter, member.s of the
staff of the Corporation Counsel met with Mr. Phillips and his
counsel, Joseph Perry, relative to settlement and disposition of
matters concerning or relating to the sub�ect matter.
The Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota having upheld
a decision of the Ramsey County District Court by the Honorable -
Arthur J. Stewart determining that Mr. Phillips was improperly
separated from employment with the City, it was recognized prior
to the commencement of the aforesaid negotiations of the staff
of the Corporation. Counsel �and Mr. Phillips and his counsel that
Mr. Phillips was entitled to reinstatement in City employment,
�which has been effected and to certain amounts as back pay; a
check in the amount of �4,429.41 has been heretofore paid to
Mr. Phillips.
In addition thereto, Mr. Phillips , through counsel, contended
and alleged that he was �entitled to damages including� but not
necessarily limited to, items such as interest on lost wages,
accumulated unpaid and lost vacation time� damage to reputation
because of publicity attendant to the matters in litigation,
attorney's fees, and other damages and costs sustained by Mr.
Phillips relative to the aforesaid separation and ensuing litiga-
tione
All matters involved in the aforementioned liti'gation are
' sub�ect to settlement and disposition and embodied in a �elease
of all Claims execu�ed the 7th day of June� 1967, by Mr. Seth R.
Phillips and his attorney, Joseph Perry� a copy of which is hereto
attached and incorporated herein by reference. Upon approval,
ratification and adoption of said settlement and release of claims
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To the Honorable Mayor and Members
of the Council of the City of Saint Paul -2- June 13� 1967
by your honorable body� pursuant to said Release of all Claims and
the settlement reflective thereof, it is the recommendation of this
office that payments consistent with said Release of all Glaims
and settlement be made on the following basis and from the
following funds;
` That the sum of �129.50 representing court
costs and the sum of �3�500 representing damage
item which, for convenience of reference, is
, referred to in the aforesaid Release of all
Claims as attorney's fees to Joseph Perry or a _
combination of the aforesaid amounts being in -
the sum of $3,629.50 to be paid by the City to
, Mr. Phillips and his attorney out of Judgment
and Compromise Fund, Activity 0910-421� and
that remaining amounts papable directly to
, Mr. Phillips or to others on his behalf as is
� more fully o�tlined in said Release of all
Claims be paid out of Human and Civil Rights
Commission funds, Activity 0027.
' Yours very truly,
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� � Robert E. 0'Conne 1
� First Assistant
. Corporation Counsel
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• CITY OF ST. PAUL COUNCIL � ` ,,,8 �
- OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK FILE NO.
COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM
PRESENTED BY
COMMISSIONER DATF
RESOi,VED� That the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby
accepts� authorizes approves� adopts and ratifies the settlement
and Release of all �laims outlined in the accompanying letter of
June 13 1967� from the Corporetion Counsel directed to the
Honorab�e Mayor and Members of the Council of the City of Saint
Paul regardings
Seth R. Phillips� Plaintiff
vs.
St. Paul Human and Civil Rights
Commission and St. Paul City Council�
Defendants�
a copy of said letter� together with a copy of the doaument
referred to therein as Release of all Claims being attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference as fully and completely as
if set forth herein verbatim; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED� That the proper City officers are hereby
authorized and directed to make disbursements as set forth in. the
aforesaid letter of the Corporation Counsel and said Release of
all Claims.
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COUNCILMEN Adopted by the Council 19—
Yeas Nays
Carlson ��� � � ��5�
Dalglish � Approved 19—
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Meredith In Favor
Peterson (b Mayor
Tedesco A gainst
Mr. President, Byrne
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STATE OF MINNESOTA : DISTRICT COURT
r COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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' St. Paul Human and Civil Rights
Commission and St. Paul City Council, ,
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That the undersigned, being of lawful age, for sole consideration
of Four Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-ni.ne and 41/100 Dollars ($4,429.41)
salary due, One Hundred Twenty-nine and 50/100 Dollars ($129.50) Court
cost�,.One Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,000.00) ,in "lieu of accumulated C
vacation, and Three Thousand Five Hunared and no/100 Dollars ($3,500.00) i
attorney�s fees due Joseph Perry, for a total consideration of Ni.ne Thousand I
Fifty-eight and 91/100 Dollars ($9,058.91) plus federal and state taxes due, �
P.E.R:A. payments due, amount due the City and County Employees Cred.it
Union and unemployment compensation payments, to the undersigned upon �
payment duE, do hereby and for my heirs, executors, admi.nistrators,
successors and assigns release, acquit and forever discharge the City of �
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-� Saint Paul, a municipal corporation, and the Saint Paul Hwnan and Civil '
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Rights Commission, the agents, servants, appointed or elected officials, j
past or present, of either the City or said Commission, and all vther. persons,
firms, corporations, associations or partnerships from any and all claims, �
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� actions, causes of action, demands, rights, damages, costs, loss of service, il
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' expenses and compensation �uhatsoever, which the undersigned now has or �
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. ;which may hereafter accrue on account of or in any way growing out of any �
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�` and all k�iown �id unknown, foreseen and unforeseen damage and the consequences
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County District Court File Nos. 349197 and 349479, and Minnesota Supxeme
Court File No. 40725. ,
� It is understood and agreed that this settlemcnt is the comproinise
' th a ent made is not to be �
of a doubtful and disputed claim, and that a p ym
construed as an admission of liability on the part of the party or parties
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' � The undersigned further declares that by reason of his resignation . �
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as Executive Secretary of the Saint Paul Human and Civil Rights Commission �
� effective the 15th day of July, 1967, the above consideration includes k
full settlement o£ all claims for vacation time accrui.ng since his �
employment as Executive Secretary of the Saint Paul Hwnan and Civil Rights t
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Comraission. (
The undersigned �urther declares and represents that no promise, '
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inducement or agreement not herein expressed has been made to the undersigned, ,
and that this release contai.ns the entire agreement between the parties
hereto, and that the terms of this release are contractua�l and not a mere
recital.
' Signed, sealed and delivered this 7�`i� day of .
1967.
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On the seven�th day of_ �
before me personally appeared Sc tli !t. Pliillips } ,
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kr,own to be the p �
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named herein and who executed the foregoing release and ' ;
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acknowledged to me that he voluntarily executed the same. ; �
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before me personally appeared Joseph Perry, to me known t
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the ersori nan�ed hez•ein and s,�ho executed the �
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Rights Commission. �
,' Affiant says ; thai; bc L��ccii t1�c "i L1� d<<�� or October, 1966, �
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Seth R. Phillips and Lear Sic�lci-, Tiic . of Ol:lalioma City, '
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Oklahoma, for investigation ot Lhe �►ro�r.lms of the Of�ice of ;
Economic Opportunity, saiQ a�reemen t; IIII�'lll� bceii en�L-ered into �
prior to October 27, �966.
! 2. Payments recei�rGd rrom �tiic Dep�ri;n�eni; of Employment
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Security for the State of �Il.I1t1CSOt�i. �
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Subscribed and sworn to before me '
this 7t�� day of June , 1967 . f
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COiJNTY OF RAl�4SEY � SECOND JiJDICIAL DISTRICT
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Seth R. Phillips,
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� vs. � RELEASE OF ALL CLAISfS
5t.� Paul Human and Civil Rights
Couunission and St. Paul City Council,
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• That the undersigned, being of L�wful age, for sole consideration
o£ Faur Thousand Four Hundred T��enty-nine and 41/100 Dollaxs ($4,429.41}
salary due, One Hundred T�venty�nine and 50/200 Dollars ($129.50) Caurt
cost�, One Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,000.00) in lieu of accumulated
vacation, and Three Thousand Five Hundred and no/1Q0 Bollars ($3,SQ0.00)
att�rney's fees due Joseph Perry, for a total consideration c►f Nine Thousand
Fif�y-eight ar;d 91/100 Dollars ($9,058.91) plus �ederal and state taxes due,
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P.E.R.A. paymen�s due, amount due the City and County E-nployees Credit
Union and unemployment compensation payments, to the undersigned upan
payment due, do hereby and ior my heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns release, acquit and forever discharge the City of
Saint Pat;l, a municipal corporation, and the Saint Paul Human and Civil �
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Rights Commission, the agents, servants, appointed or elected officials,
pas� ox present, of either the City or said Commission, and all other p�rsons,
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fixms, corporations, associations or partnerships from any and all clairis,
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�actions, causes of action, demands, rights, damages, costs, l��s af service,
� expenses and compensation whatsoever, which the undersigned now has or
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It is understood and agreed that this settlement is the compromise
� of a doubtful and disputed claim, and that the payment made is not to Ue
construed as an admission of liability on the part of the par�y or parties �
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hereby released. . �
The undersigned further declares that by reason of his resignation �
as Executive Secretary of the Saint Paul Human and Civil Rights Commission f
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effective the lSth day of July, 1967, the above consideration includes _ i
fu1L settl�men� of all claims for vacation time accruing since his i
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cmployment as Executive Secretary of the Saint Paul Human and Civil Rights �
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Commission. �
The undersigned further declaxes and rzpresents that no promise, �
inducement or agreement not herein expressed has been made to the undersigned, �
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and that this release contains the entire agreement between the parties �
hereto, and that the terms of this release are contractual and not a mere
recital.
� Signed, sealed .and delivered this 7�`t day of .
1967.
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named herein and who executed the foregoing release and �
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Notnry Public, Ramsey County, Minn.
JV1y Commission Expires April 8, 1972 �
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' a eared Joseph Perry, to me knoj� ` ,
befo�re me personally pP �
to be the person named herein un d who e�ecuted the �
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FIUNIAN ANll CIVIL RIGII`i'S Cu�I�iISSION �
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� S�TH R. YIIILLIPS, bc i�i�; f f �•:� t clul�' s�ti'orn� upon oath �
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deposes ancl says tliai; Eie cloes i•�.�� i,l�� It1 ttie City of Saint i
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Paul, County of Ramsey ancl S t.i t,c c� f �(i�u�cso ta, and that he s �
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is the Executive Secretary or thc �:� int, P<<ul IItiman and Civil �
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Rights Commission. p
� Affiaizt says that bct�;cc�► t.1�a: "i tli cl��y of OctoUer, 1966, fi
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and the 19th day of r1ay, 19G� , 1��: �1 i cl ��o t i•cce ive income from �
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employment with the� follo��in� c�ce;i►� ions : �
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, 1. Payments receivccl or �►ccr�ilri� irom a contract bets�*een
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Seth R. Phillips and Lear Sic�lcr, Jiic . of Ol:lahouia City, �
Oklahoma, for investigation oi' the ��ro�r.�ms of the Office of ' �
, Econo�mic Opportunity, saicl a�rcemen L ha�•ii�g bcen entered into
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prior to October 27, 1966,
� 2. Payments rece ived trom tlic Dr_I�tirtinent of Employment �
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Security for the State o� �Iiii►iesota. �
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Subscribed and sworn to before me '
this � 7t� day of June , 1967 .
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Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minn.
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