1965-3404rk~
RESOLUTION N0. 3404
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RESOLUTION OPPOSII~'G CHANGE IN THE.
ADMINISTRATION OP DIRECT RELIEF IN HENNBPIN COUNTY
WHEREAS, since Hennepin County was fir organized, direct relief has been
administered under what is known as the "Township System,
WHEREAS, since at least 1938 thirty-eight of the municipalities located in
rural Hennepin County have administered direct relief under a system of contract
whereby these municipalities have employed and maintained two central offices•
with trained personnel which conducts thorough investigations and administers
relief according to standards approved by the State of Minnesota, and
WHEREAS, under this system in rural Hennepin County, direct relief has been
administered ably, well and satisfactorily and at a cost which is far less than
that which would have been necessarily expanded under a County System, and
WHEREAS, the administration of such relief in Hennepin County is not frag-
mented and has been at ail times administered in a humane, efficient and intelli-
gent manner, and
WHEREAS, it is now proposed that the legislature of the State of Minnesota
enact legislation abolishing the above system of administration of relief and
institute and establish a County System, and
WHEREAS, such a change is unnecessary, undesirable and costly and expensive.
NSF THBRBFORB, BB IT HEREBY RB~LVBA by the city council of the City of
Richf ieid that said City of Richf ieid is opposed to the enactment of any legis-
lation which will change the present system of administration of direct relief
~.nd establish or impose a County System therefor,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
the State Senators and the Memb ers of the House of Representatives of the Legis-
lature of the State of Minnesota, who are elected from and represent rural
Hennepin County,
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 12th day of
April, 1965.
ATTEST; ~ /~ 5t nley W. Olson, Mayor
Edward J. Moline, Clerk-Treas.