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M:\MasterFiles\1999 thru 2010\2000\City Council\Council Packets\12-11-00\Item 07E--Res 5498 & 5501, Establishing A Human Resources Committee--Kathleen Miller.doc RESOLUTION NO. 5501 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION REQUIRING CABLE BROADCASTING OF CITY BUSINESS CONDUCTED AT OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View desires its citizens to be fully apprised of all city business conducted on their behalf; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.705, Subdivision 1, the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, requires that “[e]xcept as otherwise expressly provided by statute, all meetings, including executive sessions, of . . . the governing 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 public;” and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that, except for meetings of the Human Resources Committee and as otherwise expressly provided by statute, meetings of the City subject to the above-referenced Open Meeting Law also be subject to the requirement, in furtherance of keeping the citizens of the City of Mounds View informed, of cable broadcasting when staff members are available; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5396, which set forth as a policy of the City the cable broadcasting requirements for open meetings of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to modify and replace the provisions of Resolution No. 5396 as to the cable broadcasting requirements for open meetings of the City, and as such, desires to rescind Resolution No. 5396 in its entirety; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the cable broadcasting requirements for open meetings of the City, except for meetings of the Human Resources Committee and as otherwise expressly provided by statute, apply to all entities of the City and that such desire be set forth as a policy of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the City Council of the City of Mounds View rescinds Resolution No. 5396 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 of the City or any of its committees, subcommittees, 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, also be subject to the requirement that the meeting be broadcast via cable television, when sufficient staff is available to facilitate the cable broadcasting of the meeting. Adopted this 11th day of December, 2000.