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Strong city support

To the Editor:

The Sentinel’s Dec. 12, front page article titled, “City seeks citizen involvement” was excellent. It is good to see the mayor, city council members and the City Administrator strongly advocating Fairmont residents to work with the city by volunteering their time to fill positions on city boards and commissions.

The Fairmont Human Rights Commission is an old commission, created in 1998 by the city. Unfortunately, for a few years, no one has volunteered to be on the commission. But that has changed in the last year. And, with the strong and positive support from the city, I am sure the revitalized Fairmont Human Rights Commission will be successful and a positive addition to the city.

Area citizens, including high school students and teachers, have met for the past months to develop ideas to restart the Human Rights Commission. Working closely with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the over thirty commissions statewide, Fairmont’s Human Rights Commission is set to go.

A few positions are still open on the Fairimont Human Rights Commission. Volunteers need to fill out an application which is found on the city website as state by City Administrator Cathy Reynolds. Thanks again to the city personnel for the strong support all the commissions and boards. It is just wonderful.

Peter Engstrom

Fairmont

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