(A) Open meetings. All Council meetings, including special and adjourned meetings and meetings of Council committees, shall be open to the public.
(B) Open Meeting Law exceptions. Meetings exempted from the requirements of the Open Meeting Law, M.S. § 471.705, as it may be amended from time to time, shall not be open to the public.
(C) Other exceptions. The following meetings shall not be open to the public:
(1) Litigation. Meetings between the Council or any of its members and its attorney to discuss pending or threatened litigation. This exception is based on M.S. §§ 13D.05, Subd. 3(b), 595.02(1)(b), and 481.06(5), as they may be amended from time to time; and State Supreme Court Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.6, as it may be amended from time to time;
(2) Government Data Practices Act. Meetings to discuss information required to be kept confidential or private by the State Government Data Practices Act, M.S. Ch. 13, as it may be amended from time to time, or the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time;
(3) Disciplinary proceedings. Meetings to consider possible disciplinary proceedings against an employee;
(4) Collective bargaining. Collective bargaining sessions with union representatives if provided for by the director of mediation services; or
(5) Other exceptions. Any meeting exempted from the Open Meeting Law by operation of state statute or by operation of law.
(1997 Code, § 4.05) (Am. Ord. passed 3-13-2000)
Statutory reference:
Meetings having data classified as not public, see M.S. § 471.705(1d), as it may be amended from time to time
Public employment labor relations, see M.S. §§ 179A.01 through 179A.25 and 471.705(1a), as they may be amended from time to time