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/® (A/ <br /> J <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 5396 <br /> • CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION REQUIRING CABLE BROADCASTING OF CITY BUSINESS <br /> CONDUCTED AT OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View desires its citizens to be fully apprised of all city <br /> business conducted on their behalf; and <br /> WHEREAS,Minnesota Statutes Section 471.705, Subdivision 1, the Minnesota Open <br /> Meeting Law, requires that"[e]xcept as otherwise expressly provided by statute, all meetings, <br /> including executive sessions, of. . . the governing body of a . . . statutory or home rule city . . . or <br /> other public body, and of any committee, subcommittee, board, department, or commission of a <br /> public body must be open to the public;"and <br /> WHEREAS,the City Council desires that all meetings of the City subject to the above- <br /> referenced Open Meeting Law also be subject to the requirement, in furtherance of keeping the <br /> citizens of the City of Mounds View informed, of cable broadcasting when staff members are <br /> available; and <br /> WHEREAS,the City Council desires that the cable broadcasting requirements for open <br /> meetings of the City apply to all entities of the City and that such desire be set forth as a policy <br /> of the City. <br /> NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of the City of <br /> Mounds View establishes the policy that all meetings of the City or any of its committees, <br /> subcommittees,boards, departments, or commissions which are subject to the Open Meeting <br /> Law also be subject to the requirement that the meeting be broadcast via cable television,when <br /> sufficient staff is available to facilitate the cable broadcasting of the meeting. <br /> Adopted this 13th day of December, 1999. <br /> Attest: <br /> Dan Coughlin, Mayor <br /> (SEAL) <br /> Charles S. Whiting, City Clerk-Administrator <br /> 411 <br /> SJR-172639v2 <br /> MU125-11 <br />