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Driscoll,_ Margaret '7� -77 7 �777777, 77 To: Subject: Dennis Welsch S 41 2.1 91 Minnesota Statutes 200 2., Table of ChgpLters Fable of contents for Chapter 41 412.191 tears; powers, duties. Subdivision 1. Composition. The city council in a . standard plan city shall consist of the mayor, the clerk, and the three or five council members. In optional plan cities, except those cities having a larder council under repealed section 412.023, subdivision 4, the council shall consist of the mayor and the four council members. A majority of all the members shall constitute a quorum although a smaller number may adjourn from time e to time.. Subd.. 2. Meetings. Regular meetings of the council shall be held at such times and places as may be prescribed by its rules. Special meetings may be called by the mayor or by any two members of a five-member council or three members of a seven- member council by writing filed with the clerk who shall then mail a notice to all the members of the t irne _ and place of meeting at least one day before the meeting. The mayor or, in the mayor's absence, the acting mayor, shall preside. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public. The council may preserve order at its meetings, compel the attendance of members, and punish nonattendance and shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members. The council shall have power to regulate its own procedure. Subd . 3. Publication of proceedings. The council after every regular or special meeting shall publish the official council proceedings, a summary conforming to section 331A.01, subdivision lo, or a condensed version of the official minutes which shall include action on motions, resolutions, ordinances, and other official proceedings. As an alternative to publication, the city may mail, at city expense, a copy of the proceedings to any resident upon request. The publication shall occur within 30 days of the meeting to which the proceedings relate. cities with a population of less than 1,000 according to the latest federal census are nbt required to comply with this section, but may do so at their discretion. Subd. 4. ordinances. Every ordinance shall be enacted by a majority vote of all the members of the council except where a larger number is required by law. It shall be signed by the mayor, attested by the clerk and published once the official newspaper. In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances which include chars or maps, if the city counci determines that publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, the council may by a four - fifths vote of its members direct that only the title of the ordinance and in a Org�nav)(L b tnw„na,�f; , e S