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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />• All members of the public at the regular meeting location must be able <br />to hear and see all discussion, testimony, and votes of all council <br />members. <br />• All votes are conducted by roll call so each member's vote on each issue <br />can be identified and recorded; and <br />• Each location at which a council member is present is open and <br />accessible to the public. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.02 subd. <br />However, a meeting satisfies the requirements of the open meeting law <br />1(b). <br />even though a member of the public body participates from a location that <br />is not open to the public if the member has not participated more than three <br />times in a calendar year from a location that is not open or accessible to the <br />public, and: <br />• The member is serving in the military and is at a required drill, <br />deployed or on active duty; of <br />• The member has been advised by a health care professional against <br />being in a public place for personal or family medical reasons. This <br />clause only applies when a state of emergency has been declared under <br />section 12.31, and expires 60 days after the removal of the state of <br />emergency. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.001, <br />"Interactive technology" means a device, software program, or other <br />subd. 2. <br />application that allows individuals in different physical locations to see and <br />hear one another. Skype, Zoom, WebEx, and similar programs with an <br />audio and video connection satisfy this requirement. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.02, subd. <br />When conducting meetings via interactive technology, the public body <br />3. <br />shall, to the extent practical, allow a person to monitor the meeting <br />electronically from a remote location. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.02, subd. <br />If interactive technology is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency <br />4. <br />meeting, the public body shall provide notice of the regular meeting <br />Notice oflnteractive <br />location and notice of any site where a member of the public body will be <br />Technology Meeting, LMc <br />participating by interactive technology. The timing and method of <br />Model. <br />providing notice is the same as for regular, special, and emergency <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04. <br />meetings per Minnesota Statute 13D.04. The minutes for a meeting that <br />included members appearing via interactive technology must reflect the <br />names of any members appearing by interactive technology and state the <br />Minn. Stat. 13D.02, subd. <br />reason or reasons for the appearance by interactive technology. <br />6. <br />H. Meetings During Pandemic or Chapter 12 <br />Emergency <br />Meetings may be conducted by telephone or interactive technology if all of <br />the following conditions are met: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 8 <br />