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. . . RESOLt:TIO~ NO. 5557 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTy' OF RAMSE'{ STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION REQUIRING CABLE BROADCASTING OF CITY BUSI~ESS CONDUCTED AT OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS AT :VIOUNDS VIE\V CITY HALL \VHEREAS, the City of Mounds View desires its citizens to be fully apprised of all city business conducted on their behalf; and \VHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.705, Subdivision I, the Minnesota Open Meeting LaY\', requires that "[e]xcept as otherwise expressly provided by statute, all meetings, including executive sessions, of. . . the gO\'erning body of a . . . statutory or home rule city. . . or other public body. and of any committee. subcommittee, board, department, or commission of a public body must be open to the publie;" and \VHEREAS, the City Council desires that. except for meetings o[thc Human Resources Committee, and as otherwise expressly provided by statute. meetings of the City held at Mounds View City Hall subject to the above-referenced Open Meeting Law are also subjcct to the requirement. in furtherance of keeping the citizens of the City of Mounds View informed, o[ eable broadcasting whcn staff members are available; and \VHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5501. which set forth as a policy of the City the cable broadcasting requirements [or open mcetings of the City; and \VHEREAS, the City Council desires to modi fy and replace the provisions of Resolution No. 5501 as to the cable broadcasting requirements lar open 111cctings of the City held at Mounds View City Hall. and as such, desires to rescind Resolution No. 5501 in its entirety; and \VHEREAS, the City Council desires that the cable broadcasting requirements for open llleetings of the City held at Mounds View City Hall. except for meetings of the Human Resources Committee. and as otherwise expressly provided by statute, apply to all entities ofthe City and that such dcsire be set larth as a policy of the City. NO''"', THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of the City of Mounds View rescinds Resolution No. 550 I in its entirety. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of the City of Mounds View establishes the policy that all meetings held at Mounds View City Hall by the City or any of its committees, subcolllmittees, boards, departments, or commissions which are subject to the Open Meeting Law, except for meetings of the Human Resources Committee, and as otherwise expressly provided by statute, are also subject to the rcquirement that the meeting be broadcast via cable television, when sufticient sta[[is available to facilitate the cable broadcasting of the meeting. S.I R-ll)(,L~(l\ I ~ 1l1125-ll