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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - NOVEMBER 27,2000 2 the sentence wherc Councilmember Rem states "inclusion of sales tax exemption and . Metropolitan Council authority as a priority item". Councilmember Larson requested the following change: on page 4 of the October 30, Regular Council Meeting minutes, in the motion replace the" following reasons" with the "following conditions". Councilmember Larson stated he was confused about page 9 of the October 30 Regular Council meeting minutes in that he remembered taking action with regard to the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities Policies, but that the Council agreed to leave off one policy which was not acted on, Mayor Probst concurred and stated in the minutes the last paragraph of page 9, which continues on page 10, should be amended to reflect that point. Councilmember Larson stated the October 30, Regular Council Meeting minutes should be changed as follows: on page 12, fourth paragraph from the bottom, "1.5 million in unrestricted net assets" should be replaced with "1,5 million in equipment replacement funds under the gcneral category of unrestricted assets", Councilmember Larson requested the following changes: on page 12 of the October 30 Regular Council Meeting minutes, in the first line of the second paragraph from the bottom of the page, . replace "interested" with "interest". Councilmember Rem stated the Closed Executive Session was held in the conference room and not in the City Council chambers. Mayor Probst stated he had the same comments as Councilmember Larson on pages 9 and 10 of the October 30, Regular Council Meeting minutes. He suggested deleting the last paragraph on page 9 and correcting the first paragraph on page 10 to reflect Councilmember Larson's comments. Councilmember Larson asked if the Council goes into a closed session and then reconvenes in open session as stated on page 13 of the October 30 minutes, does the Council have some responsibility to state that they took no action in the closed session, He noted in his previous experience if an action was taken that could be reported than it was reported, Mr. Filla stated it depends what has been discussed in the session, Mr. Lynch stated it was a closed session to discuss litigation, Mayor Probst asked if the Council needs to state why it went into a closed session, Mr. Filla stated the minutes should reflect the Council went into closed session to discuss litigation in court files related to the Lake Josephine and the Vaughan Tower litigation, He noted beyond that . they do not have to say what was discussed and whether or not they took action. He added there are some provisions under the open meeting laws, which may require them to make minutes or tapes public after the litigation is over.