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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />C. Emergency meetings <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. <br />An emergency meeting is a special meeting called by the council due to <br />3. DPO 06-027 (advising <br />that the city council <br />circumstances that, in its judgment, require immediate council <br />improperly held an <br />consideration. The procedure for notifying council members of emergency <br />emergency meeting to <br />consider complaints about <br />meetings is the same as that for special meetings. The public notice <br />the city's building <br />requirements, however, are different. The council must make good -faith <br />inspector). Slipy v. Rach, <br />No C5-06-3574 (9th Jud. <br />efforts to provide notice of the emergency meeting to all media that have <br />Dist. June 8, 2007) (after <br />filed a written request for notice. Notice must be by telephone or by any <br />the commissioner issued <br />the advisory opinion, the <br />other method used to notify council members. The notice must include the <br />district court held that the <br />subject of the meeting. A published or posted notice is not necessary. <br />city council's decision to <br />hold the emergency <br />meeting complied with the <br />open meeting law). <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. <br />If matters not directly related to the emergency are discussed or acted upon <br />3(f). <br />at an emergency meeting, the meeting minutes must include a specific <br />description of them. <br />D. Closed meetings <br />See section 11-F for more <br />A closed meeting is a meeting of a public body that the public is not <br />information about the <br />specific exceptions that <br />allowed to attend. A public meeting only may be closed if it meets the <br />authorize certain closed <br />requirements of one of the seven specific exceptions listed in the open <br />meetings. Minn. Stat. § <br />13D.04, subd. s. <br />meeting law. The same notice requirements that apply to open meetings <br />also apply to closed meetings. For example, if a closed meeting takes place <br />at a regular meeting, the notice requirements for a regular meeting apply. <br />Likewise, if a closed meeting takes place at a special meeting or an <br />emergency meeting, the notice requirements for a special meeting or <br />emergency meeting apply. <br />E. Annual meeting (first meeting of the year) <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.02, subd. <br />At its first meeting of the year, sometimes referred to as the annual meeting, <br />2. <br />Minn. Stat. § 205.07, subd. <br />the council must perform certain functions. State law does not set a date for <br />la. <br />the annual meeting, but council bylaws usually establish when it will occur. <br />The annual meeting usually takes place on or shortly after the first Monday <br />in January, which is when the terms of new council members begin. At this <br />first meeting, the council must: <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.831. <br />• Designate a newspaper of general circulation as its official newspaper <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.02. See <br />also LMC information <br />in which the city will publish ordinances and other matters as required <br />memo, Newspaper <br />by law. <br />Publication, for more <br />information. <br />• Select an official depository, by resolution, for city funds. This must be <br />done within 30 days of the start of the city's fiscal year. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 6 <br />