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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, <br />Special meetings may be called by the mayor or by any two members of a <br />subd. 2. <br />five -member council or three members of a seven -member council. Special <br />meetings are called by filing a written statement with the city clerk. Home <br />rule charter cities may have different requirements for special meetings. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. <br />Unless otherwise expressly established by statute, the following notice <br />z. <br />requirements apply to all special meetings. <br />1. Notice to the council <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.191, <br />When a special meeting has been called, the clerk must mail a notice to all <br />subd. 2. <br />A.G. Op. 471-e (Jan. 22, <br />council members, at least one day before the meeting, stating the time and <br />1957). <br />place of the meeting. If all the council members attend and participate in <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. <br />7. <br />the meeting, the notice requirements will be considered to have been <br />satisfied. In addition, if a person receives actual notice of a meeting at least <br />24 hours before the meeting, all notice requirements under the open <br />meeting law are satisfied regardless of the method of receipt. <br />2. Notice to the public <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. <br />The clerk also must post written notice of the date, time, place, and purpose <br />z. <br />of the special meeting on the city's principal bulletin board at least three <br />Rupp v. Mayasich, 533 <br />days before the meeting. A principal bulletin board must be located in a <br />N.W.2d 893 (Minn. Ct. <br />App.1995). <br />place reasonably accessible to the public. If the city does not have a <br />principal bulletin board, the notice must be posted on the door of its usual <br />meeting room. <br />Minn. Stat. § 13D.04, subd. <br />In addition to posting notice, the city must also mail or deliver notice to <br />each person who has filed with the city a written request for notice of <br />special meetings. Notice to these individuals must be mailed or delivered at <br />See LMC information <br />memo, Newspaper <br />least three days before the meeting. As an alternative to mailing or <br />Publication, for more <br />delivering the notice, the city may publish the notice once in its official <br />information. <br />newspaper at least three days before the meeting. If there is no official <br />Minn. Stat. § 331A.05, <br />newspaper, notice must be published in a qualified newspaper of general <br />subd. 7. <br />circulation that covers the city. If, through no fault of the city, an error <br />occurs in the publication of a notice, the error generally does not impact the <br />validity of a public meeting. In cases where the error is the fault of the <br />newspaper, the political subdivision shall not be charged for the <br />publication. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 4 <br />