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Reasons to Participate: Domestic Partners, Diversity and Dollars

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Join in the domestic partner discussion: Hopkins Graduate Peter Boisclair in July to create a domestic partner registry that would allow unmarried couples to certify their relationships with the city, including same-sex couples. Council members will discuss the proposal at Tuesday’s council work session.

Learn about more changes to the city budget: Residents in July. Just a few weeks later, that budget is already in for some changes, including an uptick in expenditures and a decrease in the levy as staff fine-tune next year’s numbers. Find out all the details at Tuesday’s council work session.

Discuss diversity: Hopkins is an increasingly diverse community, as backed up by the . Neighbors will get together Wednesday to learn about Hopkins’ growing refugee and immigrant population and discuss ways to forge a strong community. Join in at Wednesday’s Neighbors United event. 

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Meeting schedules

Hopkins City Council

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  • 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
  • Raspberry Room, 

  • 7 p.m. Wednesday
  •  Fellowship Hall (715 Minnetonka Mills Road)

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