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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />1. Labor negotiations <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.03, subd. <br />The city council may, by majority vote in a public meeting, decide to hold a <br />1 (b). <br />DPO 13-012. <br />closed meeting to consider its strategy for labor negotiations, including <br />Minn. Stat. §§ 179A.01-.25. <br />negotiation strategies or developments or discussion of labor -negotiation <br />proposals conducted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes sections 179A.01 to <br />179A.25. The council must announce the time and place of the closed <br />meeting at the public meeting. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.03, <br />After the closed meeting, a written record of all members of the city council <br />subds. 1(d), 2. <br />and all other people present must be available to the public. The council <br />See Closing a Meeting from <br />must record the proceedings at city expense and preserve the recording for <br />DPO. <br />two years after signing the contract. The tape-recording must be available <br />DPO 05-027. <br />to the public after all labor contracts are signed for the current budget <br />DPO 00-037. <br />period. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.03, subd. <br />If someone claims the council conducted public business other than labor <br />3. <br />negotiations at the closed meeting, a court must privately review the <br />recording of the meeting. <br />If the court finds the law was not violated, the action must be dismissed, <br />and the recording sealed and preserved. If the court determines a violation <br />of the open meeting law may exist, the recording may be introduced at trial <br />in its entirety, subject to any protective orders requested by either party and <br />deemed appropriate by the court. <br />2. Not public data under the Minnesota Government <br />Data Practices Act <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.05, subs. <br />The general rule is that meetings cannot be closed to discuss data that are <br />z. <br />not public under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. A meeting <br />must be closed, however, if certain not public data is discussed. <br />Any portion of a meeting must be closed if expressly required by law or if <br />any of the following types of not public data are discussed: <br />• Data that would identify victims or reporters of criminal sexual conduct, <br />domestic abuse, or maltreatment of minors or vulnerable adults. <br />• Active investigative data created by a law -enforcement agency, or <br />internal -affairs data relating to allegations of law -enforcement <br />personnel misconduct. <br />• Educational, health, medical, welfare, or mental -health data that are not <br />public data. <br />Minn. Stat. §§ 144.291- <br />• Certain medical records. <br />.298. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 15 <br />