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SEMLM

Summer

Meeting

 

 

 

Host: City of Albert Lea

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

5:00 to 8:30pm

at Wedgewood Golf and Restaurant

Registration link: 

https://SEMLMSummerEventAlbertLeaJuly29.eventbrite.com

 

Afternoon golf tee times can be reserved by calling 1-507-373-2007  

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5pm - Social time 

6pm - Dinner  

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7pm - Presentations 

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Safety for Local Government Officials - Recent shootings of lawmakers have heightened concerns about political violence and its impact on public officials.

• An increasingly volatile political environment and a rise in threats and harassment against elected officials

• Examples of incidents in SE MN affecting local officials and their families

• Protocols and precautionary safety measures for local government officials - a time for re-evaluation of safety and security measures, with an overview of ideas for communities of all sizes, because small cities are not immune

• Impact on public service and volunteerism, reducing willingness to serve in local government

• New MN laws to protect election workers

• 2026 legislative policy discussion on safety/security at the local level of government

If you or someone at your city has experienced threatening or violent behavior in your role as a city official, please attend this event. 

 Sharing these experiences can be a learning tool for officials across the region. We can look at past experiences, and frame them in today's context to consider new ways to prevent or deal with them. Withhold the names or other identifying information as needed. We understand that, and can still learn from the description of the experience.

 

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