OUR POSITIONS

Positions of LWV Roseville Area

GOVERNMENT

• Support ADA compliant opportunities for resident participation in city government, including early public participation in the decision-making process, and open appointment for advisory committees. (1988, 2021, 2022)

• Support City Manager form of government for Maplewood and Roseville (Plan B). (1960s)

• Recommend community police departments improve data collection of police activity to ensure ac-countability for avoiding racial profiling and track that officers dispatched to domestic violence and mental health crisis situations have appropriate training. (2016)

• Recommend that all cities periodically evaluate police cost-analysis and service delivery. (2016)

• Support the Memphis Model, or a substantial equivalent Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), for police officers dealing with mental health crises. (2016)

• Support the St. Paul Blueprint for Safety, or a substantial equivalent training, for police officers dealing with domestic violence. (2016)

• Support diversity training for all police officers. (2016)

• LWV of Roseville Area recommends that, over time, our Cities’ boards and commissions broadly reflect the diversity of their population, including race, ethnicity, gender, income, age, and other aspects of diversity. (2022)

• Support city government compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements in administrative policy and access to and use of city owned and leased buildings, voting precincts, and recreational locations and facilities. (2022)

• Support compliance by city governments with ADA requirements for identification of an ADA Coordinator and grievance process and ease of access to these on city websites. (2022)

SOCIAL POLICY

• Support emergency medical services in Roseville with user fees. (1978, 1981, 2003)

• Support volunteer fire fighters with appropriate wages and benefits; oppose fees for fire department services. (2003)

• Support transportation options that serve the needs of the area. (1983)

• Support ADA compliant safe non-motorized pathways with costs assessed areawide. (1983, 2022)

• Support equal opportunity for all students in public schools with use of unbiased educational materials free of gender stereotypes. (1984-88, 2000)

• Support electing School Board members at-large for Districts 621, 622, 623. (1985, updated 1988)

NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT

• Support organized refuse collection contracted with haulers by the city. (1985, 2010)

• Support action to remove yard waste, newspaper, glass, metal munity composting. (1982)