FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 08-133 - Laserfiche WebLink

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(E) Special meetings. Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) Council members filing a written notice with the city administrator. At least three (3) days prior to the date of the special meeting, the city administrator shall provide notice to all members of the Council and to each person who has filed a written request for notice of special meetings, and shall post the notice on the city bulletin board and at the main entrance to City Hall. The notice shall indicate the date, time, place, and purpose of the special meeting. If matters not directly related to the purpose of the special meeting are discussed or acted upon at the special meeting, the minutes of the special meeting shall include a specific description of the matters. Days shall be counted as provided in paragraph (D)(3) above. Notice to the public of special meetings must be given pursuant to Minn. Stat. 13D.04, subd. 2. (1) Closed Meetings. The OML allows or requires some meetings to be closed to the public for certain defined purposes. When a meeting is closed, the presiding officer at the meeting shall state for the record the reason for closing the meeting and cite the specific provision of law allowing or requiring the meeting to be closed. The presiding officer shall also ensure that meetings are recorded, if required by law. (F) Emergency meetings. An emergency meeting is a special meeting called by the Mayor or any two (2) Council members because of circumstances that in the judgment of the Mayor or any two (2) Council members require immediate consideration by the Council. The person or persons who call the emergency meeting shall make a good faith effort to contact all Council members and, as soon as reasonably practicable after notice has been given to Council members, all members of the news media who have filed a written request for notice of emergency meetings if the request includes the news media's telephone number. The notice shall include the date, time, place, and purpose of the emergency meeting. If matters not directly related to the emergency meeting are discussed at an emergency meeting, the minutes of the emergency meeting shall include a specific description of the matters. (G) Business conducted at special or emergency meetings. No business shall be transacted at special or emergency meetings unless the business shall have been specified, in the notice, without the consent of all of the members of the Council present. Any member present at any special or emergency meeting who fails to object and have their objections entered in the minutes of the special or emergency meeting will be conclusively presumed to have consented to the transaction of all business transacted at the special or emergency meeting and no objection may thereafter be raised by a Council member that the notice of the special or emergency meeting was defective. (H) Initial meeting. At the first regular Council meeting in January of each year, the Council shall: (1) Appoint an acting mayor, who shall act as mayor in the mayor's absence, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 412.121; (2) Select one official newspaper pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 412.831;