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RELEVANT LINKS: <br /> Vrk v.Wrld Rece Watershed 'I'he closed meeting must be tape-recorded. The recording must be <br /> Dist.,No.A09-1841(Minn. <br /> Ct.App.Aug.10,Zoio� preserved for eight years, and must be made available to the public only <br /> (unpublished opinion) after all real or personal property discussed at the meeting has been <br /> (holding that this exception <br /> authorizes closing a meeting purchased or sold,or after the public body has abandoned the purchase or <br /> to discuss the development or sale. T'he real or personal property that is being discussed must be <br /> considerafion of a property <br /> transaction and is not limited identified on the tape. A list of inembers and all other persons present at <br /> to the discussion of specific the closed meeting must be made available to the public after the closed <br /> terms of advanced <br /> negotiations).DPO OS-001. Tlleetlrig. The actual purchase or sale of the real or personal property must <br /> nro ia-o�a. be approved at an open meeting, and the purchase or sale price is public <br /> data. <br /> 7. Security reports <br /> Minn.Stat § 13D.05,subd 3 Meetings may be closed to receive security briefings and reports,to <br /> �d�� discuss issues related to security systems,to discuss emergency-response <br /> procedures,and to discuss security deficiencies in or recommendations <br /> regarding public services, infrastructure, and facilities, if disclosure of the <br /> information would pose a danger to public safety or compromise security <br /> procedures or responses. Financial issues related to security matters must ' <br /> be discussed and all related financial decisions must be made at an open <br /> meeting. Before closing a meeting under this exception,the public body <br /> must,when describing the subject to be discussed, refer to the facilities, <br /> systems, procedures, services or infrastructures to be considered during the <br /> closed meeting.The closed meeting must be tape-recorded,and the <br /> recording must be preserved for at least four years. <br /> G. Common issues <br /> 1. Interviews <br /> c�r ro.rR�.v.r�p. �e Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a school board must <br /> Sch.Dist.No.709,215 <br /> N.w.2a sia���a.i9�a�. interview prospective employees for administrative positions in open <br /> sessions. The court reasoned that the absence of a statutory exception <br /> indicated that the Legislature intended such sessions to be open. <br /> As a result, a city council should conduct any interviews of prospective <br /> officers and employees at an open meeting if a quorum or more of the <br /> council will be present. <br /> Mankato Free Press v.Ctty 'I'he Minnesota Court of Appeals considered a situation where individual <br /> ofNorth Mankato,s63 councilmembers conducted se arate, serial interviews of candidates for a <br /> N.W.2d291(Minn.Ct.App. p <br /> 199��. city position in one-on-one closed interviews. The district court found that <br /> no"meeting"of the council had occurred because there was never a <br /> quorum of the council present during the interviews. <br /> League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 10/16/2017 <br /> Meetings,Motions,Resolutions,and Ordinances Chapter 7�Page 17 <br />