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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/10/2019 <br />Newspaper Publication Page 9 <br /> 1. Minutes <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, subd. <br />3. Minn. Stat. § 331A.08, <br />subd. 3. Minn. Stat. § <br />331A.01, subd. 10. <br />Statutory cities with populations of 1,000 or more are required to publish <br />the meeting minutes or a summary of the minutes unless the city <br />alternatively chooses to mail (at city cost) a copy of the minutes upon <br />request. If publishing, the publication must generally occur within 30 days <br />of the meeting. If the city council does not meet more than once every 30 <br />days, however, it does not need to publish the minutes until 10 days after <br />the city council formally approves them. And again, as an alternative to <br />publishing, cities may choose to mail a copy of the minutes (at city cost) if <br />requested. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, subd. <br />3. Statutory cities with populations under 1,000 are not required to publish <br />the minutes of their meetings or mail a copy on request, but nothing <br />prevents a city from doing so anyway. <br /> Home rule charter cities should check their city charters for publication <br />requirements of minutes. <br /> 2. Ordinances <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, subd. <br />4. Statutory cities must publish all ordinances in order for them to take effect. <br />The council may opt to publish the title and summary of the ordinance <br />under either of the following conditions: <br /> • The ordinance is lengthy. <br />• The ordinance includes charts or maps. <br /> If the council determines that publication of the title and summary of an <br />ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of the <br />ordinance, the title and summary of the ordinance may be published <br />instead of the entire ordinance. However, the council must approve <br />summary publication by a four-fifths vote. <br />See Part II -section D <br />Summary Publication. The summary must clearly indicate that the published material is only a <br />summary and must contain a notice that the full text of the ordinance is <br />available for inspection during regular office hours at the city office and <br />any other location that the council designates or by means of standard or <br />electronic mail. <br /> 3. Resolutions <br /> Resolutions are not generally required to be published, although some <br />home rule charter cities have charter provisions that require publication. <br />Sometimes, there are specific publication requirements for certain types of <br />resolutions, such as the enabling resolutions of some Housing and <br />Redevelopment Authorities and Economic Development Authorities.