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RESOLUTION NO 539()
CITY or MOlJNDS VIEW
COUNTY or RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION REQUIRING CABLE BROADCASTING OF CITY BUSINESS
CONDLCTED AT OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS
\VHEREAS, the City of Mounds View desires its citizens to be fully apprised of all city
business conducted on their behalf; and
\VHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 471.705. Subdivision 1. the Minnesota Open
Meeting Law. requires that '.[eJxcept as otherwise expressly provided by statute. all meetings.
including executive sessions. of. . . the governing body of a . . . statutory or home rule city. . . or
other public body, and of any committee. subcommittee, board. department. or commission of a
public body must be open to the public;" and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that all meetings of the City subject to the abovc-
referenced 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 Council desires that the cable broadcasting requirements for opcn
meetings of the City appJy 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 Council of the City of
Mounds V iew establishes the policy that all meetings of the City or any of its committees.
subcommittees, boards. departments. or commissions which are subject to the Open Meeting
Law also be subject to the requirement that the meeting be broadcast via cable television, when
sufficient staff is available to t~lcilitate the cable broadcasting of the meeting.
Adopted this 13th day of December. 1999.
Attest:
J~]l Coughlin, Ma
(SEAL)
:ity Clerk-Administrator
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