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SJR-196226v1 <br />MU125-11 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 5557 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION REQUIRING CABLE BROADCASTING OF CITY BUSINESS <br />CONDUCTED AT OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS AT MOUNDS VIEW CITY HALL <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council desires that, except for meetings of the Human Resources <br />Committee, meetings determined to be exempt from this policy by the City Council, and as <br />otherwise expressly provided by statute, meetings of the City held at Mounds View City Hall <br />subject to the above-referenced Open Meeting Law are also subject to the requirement, in <br />furtherance of keeping the citizens of the City of Mounds View informed, of cable broadcasting <br />when staff members are available; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5501, which set forth as a policy <br />of the City the cable broadcasting requirements for open meetings of the City; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to modify and replace the provisions of Resolution <br />No. 5501 as to the cable broadcasting requirements for open meetings of the City held at Mounds <br />View City Hall, and as such, desires to rescind Resolution No. 5501 in its entirety; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the cable broadcasting requirements for open <br />meetings of the City held at Mounds View City Hall, except for meetings of the Human <br />Resources Committee, meetings determined to be exempt from this policy by the City Council, <br />and as otherwise expressly provided by statute, apply to all entities of the City and that such <br />desire be set forth as a policy of the City. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of the City of <br />Mounds View rescinds Resolution No. 5501 in its entirety. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of <br />the City of Mounds View establishes the policy that all meetings held at Mounds View City Hall <br />by the City or any of its committees, subcommittees, boards, departments, or commissions which <br />are subject to the Open Meeting Law, except for meetings of the Human Resources Committee, <br />meetings determined to be exempt from this policy by the City Council, and as otherwise