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RESOLUTION NO. 5501 • CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION REQUIRING CABLE BROADCASTING OF CITY BUSINESS CONDUCTED AT OPEN PUBLIC XIE:ETINGS WHEREAS, tllc City of Mounds View desires its citizens to be fully apprised of all city blIS111CSS C011CILICICCi Oil their behalf; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.705. Subdivision 1, the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, requires that " [c]xcept as otherwise expressly provided by statute. all nlectill"s, including executive sessions, of ... the �,yoverning body of a ... statutory Or 110111C rule City ... Or other public body, and of any committee, SUbC011lllllttee, board, department, or commission of a public body must be Opcn to the public;" and WHEREAS, the C lty COl11161 desires that, except for meetings of the I I11111an Resources Committee and as othcr,�vise expressly provided by statute, meetings of the City subject to the above-l-c.ferenced 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 CO1111C11 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 Resoll.ltion No. 5396 in its entirety; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the Cable broadcasting requirements for open nlcetin.gs of the City, except 11or meetings of the Human Resources Conin.littce 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 COL111Cil of the City of Mounds View rescinds Resolution No. 5396 in its entirety. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the City COu11Cil Of the City of Mounds View establishes the policy that all mectnlos of the City or any Of its COnl111ittccs, subcommittees, boards, departments, or commissions which are subject to the Open Meeting Law, except for meeting=s 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. • S.I R-19 4211 % I NIl.:l'_5-11