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RELEVANT LINKS: �- • Before closing the meering,the council must state on the record the specific grounds permitting the meeting to be closed and describe the subject to be discussed. � The meeting must be electronically recorded,and the recording must be preserved for at least three years after the meeting. IPAD 14-007and[PAp IS- • At the next open meeting,the public body must summarize its 002(discussing what rype of �►,m�y,g��;�t�. conclusions regarding the evaluation.The council should be careful not to release private or confidential data.in its summary. c. Attorney-client privilege Minn.Stat.§ 13D.05,�,a. M��gs 6etween the governing body and its attomey to discuss active, 3(b). Bruinerd Daily Dispatcie, �atened,or pending litigation may be closed when the balancing of the LLC v.Dehen,693 N.W.2d purposes served by the attorney-client privilege against those served by the a3s��.cc.nPp.zoos�. open meeting law dictates the need for absolute confidentiality.The ne,ed for �`°'�A�"�°. absolute confidentiali should relate to liti ation strate Mader,642 N.W.2d Tl9 tY S gy,and will usually (n't�.zoo2). arise only after a substantive decision on the underlying matter has been made. n+an�esr P,�r�Qao�,r,�. T'his privilege may not be abused to su ress ublic observations of the v.crry ofs�Pa�r,ass PP p rr.wza 6a�M�.cc.A�. decision-making process,and does not include situations where the council 1989).�rmerrpolis3tar& �11 be receiving general legal opinions and advice on the strengths and Tr�bwte v.Housing and Redevefopment Authority in weaknesses of a proposed action that may give rise to future litigation. mutjn,rhe crry oj MimreapoJis,251 N.W.2d 620(Mum.1976). � Minn Stat.§I3D.01,�,a.3. The following procedure mast be used to close a meeHng under this eaception: See The Free Press v.Cowuy . gefore closin the meetin the council must state on the record the of8[ue Earth,677 N.W.2d g �, 471(14linn.Ct App.2004) specific grounds permitting the meeting to be closed and describe the (holding that a general sub'ect to be discussed. stetemem that a meeting was � being closai under the . The council should also describe how a balancing of the purposes of the attomey-cliem privilege to �OIY16 -client a��a�g ue�,o„� y privilege against the purposes of the open meeting law did not satisfy the demonstrates the need for absolute confidentiality. requirement of describ�g the subject ro be discussed). • The council must actually communicate with its attorney at the meeting. d. Purchase or sale of properly A public body may close a meeting to: Minn.Stat.§ 13D.05,s�,a. . petermine the asking price for real or personal property to be sold by the 3(c).Vik v.GYild Rice WatershedDis�.No.A09- public body. 18�1(Minn.Ct.App.2010) (unpublished opinion). • Review confidentiai or nonpublic appraisal daxa. � Develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or personal property. � League of Minnesota Cities irrtormatlon Memo: 11/9/2015 Meetirtgs of City Councila Pege 13