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C!, I., the bulletin its meeting room if it doesWt have a buflefin bo rd. U notice is posted on a bulleUn board, board must be located in a place that is reasonably accessible to the public. The notice must give the date., time, place, and purpose of the meeting. It niust also ble.mailed to each individual who has filed a written request for notice of special ineetin gs- As, an alternative to posting the notice, the city can L publish notice in the official newspaper at least three days, before- the rneetincrl In statutory cities, the cleric must n-lail notice of special rneetings, to all council members at least one day before the nirctincr In calculating, the number of days for providing notice. do, not count the first day that the notice is given, but do count the last day. If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, that day is omitted from the calculation and the followilla day is considerod. the last day (unJess, of course, it happens to be a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday). 3. Emergency mia-stings An tcemericyericy meetincy" is a special meetin called because of circumstauces tha in the, dud went of 0 t) 9 j the public, body, require inu-nediate consideration by 'L'he public body. Posted or published notice of all emer,icrency mecting is not required, However, the city must make a food faith Q06A to notify each news outlet that has ftled a, written request for notice. Notice must be given by telephone or airy, other method to notify members of the public body. The -notice inust iniclude the subject of the meet i.119 L 4. , r continued meatings No additional notice, is needed for a recessed or continuied meeting if all of the following criteria are met: This mecting is a recessed or continued session of a PrevloLls Meeting. The time and place of the meeting was established during the previous Me-etincr The time and place of the meeting was recorded in the, nainutes of the previous meeting. C� 5. Closed meetings The same notice requirelaients apply to closed .meetigs as to open meetings. Additionally, advance notice to an individual who will be the subject of such a meeting is needed under certain circumstances (such as to einployees who are the subject of performance evaluations and disciplinary proceedings). I Data pracfices Generally, meetings, may not be closed to discuss data that is not public. However, the public body must -wst close any part of'a, meeting, at which certain types of not-public data are discussed (such as active law enforcement investigative data, police irate al affairs data, medical records data, and certain victim, health, medical or welfare data). A Good Start to Good G v,emance League of Minnesota Cities