Resolutions

Resolutions address something of a temporary or special character. They often indicate the strength of a local opinion or a directive for action (Garner 2014, 1504). Resolutions have less legal authority than ordinances or EOs because they are intended to formally express an opinion or view rather than constitute a permanent legislative action. Resolutions must gain the majority of votes from the governing body to be adopted or passed (League of Minnesota Cities 2023). A subsequent resolution can rescind the content of an earlier one.

You can peruse the collection of Resolutions by scrolling through the policies below or using the filters to sort them by issue date, author, title, or subject. Please note that some of the filters, such as department and graduation year, are not applicable to this project. Also, the title filter only captures the first few letters of a title and the policy titles all begin with the designation of the type of policy so searching within this filter will not be as illustrative as the other filters. Once you click on a filter, you can search within that filter by entering in a place name or a few letters of an author, for instance, and then clicking the browse button.

There are 121 resolutions in our archive. Please note that in the case of San Francisco, the resolutions were put forth by the city and county of San Francisco. We include these policies in our tally for cities that passed policies.

References: Garner, B., ed. 2014. Black’s Law Dictionary, Tenth Edition. St. Paul, Minn.: Thomson Reuters.

League of Minnesota Cities. 2023. Handbook for Minnesota Cities. https://www.lmc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/Meetings-Motions-Resolutions-and-Ordinances.pdf

This page was last updated in May 2024.