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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § § 427.01-.12. <br />• Elect an acting mayor from among the council members. The acting <br />Minn. Stat. § 118A.02, mayor shall perform the duties of the mayor during the mayor's <br />subd. 1. disability or absence from the city, or, if there is a vacancy, until a <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.121. successor has been appointed. <br />Councils should also, on at least an annual basis: <br />Minn. Stat. § 424A.04, • Review different council appointments to city boards and commissions. <br />subd. 1. <br />For example, the council must appoint one elected city official and one <br />elected or appointed city official to serve with the city's fire chief on the <br />board of trustees for a city fire department's volunteer relief association. <br />• Review the council's bylaws and rules of order, and make any <br />necessary changes. An ordinance amendment is necessary if the bylaws <br />are in ordinance form; otherwise a resolution or motion is sufficient. <br />• Assign committee duties to members. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.111. Approve official bonds that have been filed with the clerk. <br />F. Adjourned meetings <br />City officials often use the terms "adjourned," "continued," and "recessed" <br />interchangeably when referring to meetings that are postponed to a future <br />time for lack of a quorum, for convenience, or to complete pending <br />business from a regular meeting. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, Although a quorum (majority of a city council in statutory cities) is <br />subd. 1. <br />necessary to conduct business, less than a quorum may adjourn or postpone <br />a regularly organized meeting to a fixed, future time. When the council <br />calls an adjourned meeting to complete pending business, the adjournment <br />should be treated as a recess. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. If the date, time, and place of the adjourned, continued, or recessed meeting <br />4. <br />are announced at the previous meeting and the information is recorded in <br />the meeting minutes, no additional public notice is necessary. Otherwise, <br />the notice required for a special meeting is necessary. <br />G. Meetings conducted by interactive technology <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.02. A city council meeting may be conducted by interactive technology in <br />DPO 08-034. <br />compliance with the open meeting law if all of the following requirements <br />are met: <br />• At least one council member is physically present at the regular meeting <br />location. <br />• All council members must be able to hear and see each other and all <br />discussion and testimony presented at any location at which at least one <br />council member is present. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 7 <br />