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<br /> P, MUNICIPAL RIGHTS,POWERS,DUTIES 471.705
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<br /> =� �.:;;, On or before February first each year,it shall be the duty of the principal account-
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<br /> } • r.:.. ing officer of each municipality to report to the auditor of each county in which such
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<br /> ' municipality is situate, the total amount of outstanding obligations, and the purpose
<br /> i : •:z.''-"- for which issued as of December 31 of the preceding year. Such report shall be kept by 1 V.
<br /> " the auditor of each county in a suitable record.On March first each year,it shall be the ;. s„I
<br /> --4"-j:,_'..- duty of the auditor of each county to make report to the state auditor of such obligations
<br /> • `+ as reported to the county auditor by the principal accounting officer of the municipality,
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<br /> together with the amount and character of all outstanding obligations issued byte i •,'
<br /> county.
<br /> History': (1938-14, 1938-15) 1927 c 163 s 1.2; 1945 c 187 s 1; 1967 c 48 s 1; 1973 c 1 ,, ;
<br /> '• 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 7; 1986 c 444 .,�
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<br /> r;' 471.705 MEETINGS OF GOVERNING BODIES; OPEN TO PUBLIC; EXCE ;
<br /> TIONS.
<br /> Subdivision 1.Requirement.Except as otherwise expressly provided by statute,all ,-t;•
<br /> meetings, including executive sessions, of any state agency, board, commission or
<br /> c,1, department when required or permitted by law to transact public business in a meeting, t
<br /> d4- and the governing body of any school district however organized, unorganized tem- .
<br /> '``lid” , tory, county, city, town, or other public body, and of any committee, subcommittee. t
<br /> °' - board,department or commission thereof, shall be open to the public,except meetings i ,:-
<br /> of the commissioner of corrections. The votes of the members of such state agency,
<br /> board, commission or department or of such governing body, committee,subcommit- t r R`
<br /> tee,board,department or commission on any action taken in a meeting herein required 1
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<br /> to be open to the public shall be recorded in a journal kept for that purpose,which jour •
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<br /> nal shall be open to the public during all normal business hours where
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<br /> �..�:: _ kept. The vote of each member shall be recorded on eachappropriation
<br /> ' except for payments of judgments, claims and amounts fixed by statute. This section `r
<br /> :1applyto anystate agency, board, or commission when exercising quasi- t.,
<br /> ,_ shall not
<br /> '�' judicial functions involving disciplinary proceedings.
<br /> ."`' Subd. 1a.Labor negotiations;exception.Subdivision 1 does not apply to a meeting
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<br /> :.-....3..,_ held pursuant to the procedure in this subdivision. The governing body of a public o _
<br /> �,�, employer may by a majority vote in a public meeting decide to hold a closed meeting rq
<br /> Xiiii' to consider strategy for labor negotiations,including negotiation strategies or develop- <-
<br /> ments or discussion and review of labor negotiation proposals,conducted pursuant to
<br /> sections 179A.01 to 179A.25.The time of commencement and place of the closed meet- a -
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<br /> ing shall be announced at the public meeting. A written roll of members and all other
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<br /> persons present at the closed meeting shall be made available to the public after the ¢
<br /> closed meeting. The proceedings of a closed:meeting to discuss negotiation strategies
<br /> shall be tape recorded at the expense of the governing body and shall be preserved by
<br /> it for two years after the contract is signed and shall be made available to the public
<br /> . after all labor contracts are signed by the governing body for the current budget period.
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<br /> If an action is brought claiming that public business other than discussions of labor -
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<br /> negotiation strategies or developments or discussion and review of labor negotiation
<br /> proposals was transacted at a closed meeting held pursuant to this subdivision during : I
<br /> the court shall review the recording
<br /> � r~ the time when the tape is not available to the public, _.
<br /> f of the meeting in camera. If the court determines that no violation of this section is
<br /> found,the action shall be dismissed and the recording shall be preserved in the records
<br /> of the court until otherwise made available to the public pursuant to this section.If the
<br /> court determines that a violation of this section is found, the recording may be intro- i
<br /> duced at trial in its entirety subject to any protective orders as requested by either party
<br /> ;` and deemed appropriate by the court.
<br /> The prevailing party in an action brought before or after the tape is made available
<br /> to the public which establishes that a violation of this section has occurred shall recover
<br /> costs and reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court.
<br /> Subd. lb. Agenda materials. In any meeting which under subdivision 1 must be
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<br /> open to the public, at least one cop- Y P s, F
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