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RELEVANT LINKS: 6. Purchase or sale of real or personal property Minn. Stat. § 13D.05, subd. 3 (c). A public body may close a meeting to: Minn. Stat. § 13.44, subd. 3. • Determine the asking price for real or personal property to be sold by the public body. • Review confidential or protected nonpublic appraisal data. • Develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or personal property. Minn. Stat. § 13D.05, subd. 3 (c). Vik v. Wild Rice Watershed Dist., No. A09- 1841 (Minn. Ct. App. Aug. 10, 2010) (unpublished decision) (holding that this exception authorizes closing a meeting to discuss the development or consideration of a property transaction and is not limited to the discussion of specific terms of advanced negotiations). IPAD 08-001. Before holding a closed meeting under this exception, the public body must identify on the record the particular real or personal property that is the subject of the closed meeting. The closed meeting must be tape-recorded. The recording must be preserved for eight years, and must be made available to the public after all real or personal property discussed at the meeting has been purchased or sold, or after the public body has abandoned the purchase or sale. The real or personal property that is being discussed must be identified on the tape. A list of members and all other persons present at the closed meeting must be made available to the public after the closed meeting. The actual purchase or sale of the real or personal property must be approved at an open meeting, and the purchase or sale price is public data. 7. Security reports Minn. Stat. § 13D.05, subd. 3 (d). Meetings may be closed to receive security briefings and reports, to discuss issues related to security systems, to discuss emergency-response procedures, and to discuss security deficiencies in or recommendations regarding public services, infrastructure, and facilities, if disclosure of the information would pose a danger to public safety or compromise security procedures or responses. Financial issues related to security matters must be discussed and all related financial decisions must be made at an open meeting. Before closing a meeting under this exception, the public body must when describing the subject to be discussed, refer to the facilities, systems, procedures, services or infrastructures to be considered during the closed meeting. The closed meeting must be tape-recorded, and the recording must be preserved for at least four years. G. Common issues 1. Interviews Channel 10, Inc. v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 709, 215 N.W.2d 814 (Minn. 1974). The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a school board must interview prospective employees for administrative positions in open sessions. The court reasoned that the absence of a statutory exception indicated that the Legislature intended such sessions to be open. League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 10/14/2013 Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 | Page 15