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RELEVANT LINKS: <br /> See section II.G.6.for more 'I'he o en meetin law does not enera.11 a 1 m situations where less than <br /> � information about seriai p g g Y PP Y � <br /> m��. a quorum of the city council is involved. However,serial meetings in groups <br /> of less than a quorum that are held in order to avoid the requirements of the <br /> open meeting law may be found to violate the law,depending on the specific <br /> facts. <br /> F. Open meeting law exceptions <br /> Minn.Stat.§13D.01,s�t,a.3. '�ere are seven exceptions to the open meeting law that authorize the <br /> closure of ineetings to the public. Under these exceptions, some meetings <br /> Minn.Stat§ 13D.05,S�a. i may be closed and some meetings must be closed.Before a meeting is <br /> closed under any of the exceptions,the council must state on the record the <br /> specific grounds permitting the meeting to be closed and describe the subject <br /> to be discussed. <br /> ��i3-0°2. T'he commissioner of the Minnesota.Deparlment of Administra.tion has <br /> rnaD ia-o�a advised that a member of the public body(and not its attorney)must make <br /> the statement on the record. The open meeting law does not define the <br /> phrase"on the record"but the commissioner has advised that the phrase <br /> should be interpreted to mean a verbal statement in open session. <br /> The Free Press v.Catorty of �e commissioner has also advised that citin �le S C1f1C S�C1.tllt0 <br /> Blue Earth,677 N.W.2d 471 g � . � <br /> (Minn Ct.App.2004) authority that permits the closed meeting is the simplest way to satisfy the <br /> �no��"'g c�,�t a°°"R�y'S requirement for stating the specific grounds permitting the meeting to be <br /> stacea►enc d�it was��osing a <br /> m�g�,a��e aaam�y- closed.Both the commissioner and the Minnesota.Court of Appeals have <br /> client privilege to discuss concluded that something more specific than a general statement is needed <br /> �. "pending litigation"did aot <br /> serisfy the requirement of to satisfy the requirement of providing a description of the subject to be <br /> describing ihe subject to be d1SCUSSed. <br /> discussed at a closed <br /> meeting). ' , <br /> Minn.Stat§ 13D.05,subd.1 All closed meetings, except those closed as permitted by the attorney-client <br /> �a�. privilege,must be electronically recorded at the expense of the public body. <br /> Unless otherwise provided by law,the recordings must be preserved for at <br /> least three years after the da.te of the meeting. <br /> Minn.Stat.§ 13D.04,Suba.s. 'I'he same notice requirements that apply to open meetings also apply to <br /> closed meetings. For example, if a closed meeting takes place at a regulaz <br /> meeting,the notice requirernents for a regular meeting apply. Likewise, if a <br /> closed meeting takes place as a special meeting,the notice requirements for <br /> a special meeting apply. <br /> 1. Meetings that may be closed <br /> The public body may choose to close certain meetings. The following types <br /> of ineetings may be closed: <br /> �- <br /> League of Minnesota Cities Irrtormatlon Memo: 11/9/2015 <br /> Meetings of City Counciis Page 11 <br />