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II <br /> RELEVANT LINKS: <br /> • New Year's Day(Jan. 1). <br /> • Martin Luther King's Birthday(the third Monday in January). <br /> • Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday(the third Monday in February). <br /> • Memorial Day(the last Monday in May). <br /> • Independence Day(July 4). <br /> • Labor Day(the first Monday in September). �� <br /> See Proclamat�on,Govemor i <br /> Mark Dayton,State of • Christopher Columbus Day(the second Monday in October). ; <br /> Minnesota,Oct.7,2016 . Veterans Da /-��OV. 1 11. <br /> (recognizing the second y�`` / � <br /> Monday in October as . Thanksgiving Day(the fourth T'hursday in November). ' <br /> Indigenous Peoples Day). � Christmas Da meC.251. <br /> Note:State statute refers to y`'-' 1 <br /> this holiday as Columbus <br /> Day. � <br /> M��.s�t.§�s.aa,suba.s. All cities have the option, however, of deciding whether Christopher <br /> Columbus Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving shall be holidays. If I, <br /> these days are not designated as holidays, public business may be <br /> conducted on them. <br /> M��.sc�t.§bas.aa,�ba.s. If a holiday falls on a Saturday,the preceding Friday is considered to be a <br /> holiday. If a holiday falls on a Sunday,the next Monday is considered to <br /> be a holiday. <br /> Minn.Stat§645.15.See Sta.te law does not prohibit meetings on weekends.However, state law <br /> Section I-B-2 for more ; <br /> information about notice for regulating how time is computed for the purpose of giving any required <br /> 3�01�"'�"'�. notice provides that if the last day of the notice falls on either a Saturday I <br /> or a Sunday,that day cannot be counted.For example, if notice for a �, <br /> special meeting to be held on a Saturday or Sunday is required,the third � <br /> day of that notice would need to be provided on the preceding Friday. ', <br /> M�nn.sc�c.§zoac o3.M�nn. Minnesota election law provides that meetings are prohibited between <br /> Stat.§202A.19. <br /> 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on any election day, including a local general or special <br /> election. ' <br /> Therefore, if a school district is holding a special election on a particular ', <br /> day, no other unit of government totally or partially within the school , <br /> district may hold a meeting between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.Meetings are also <br /> prohibited after 6 p.m. on the day of a major political precinct caucus. <br /> II. Open meeting law I <br /> See I.MC information memo, ', <br /> Meetings of City Councils, A. P u rpos e <br /> for more information about I <br /> the open meeting law. <br /> M��n.sr��.§�3D.oi.sl. The open meeting law requires that meetings ofpublic bodies must <br /> Cloud Newspapers,Inc.v. �i <br /> Dist.742 Commt�nity generally be open to the public. It serves three vita,l purposes: , <br /> Schools.332 N.W.2d 1 i <br /> (Minn.1983). I <br /> League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 10/16/2017 �� <br /> Meetings,Motions,Resolutions,and Ordinances Chapter 7�Page 11 � <br />