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Advisory Opinion 26-002 26-002A member of the public asked whether a city responded appropriately to a request for documents that an individual gave to city council members during a council meeting. The city maintained that the data its council memb…
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Advisory Opinion 23-005 23-005A member of the public asked whether a city council violated the Open Meeting Law when it closed a meeting on the basis of attorney-client privilege to discuss a contract it had with a local school district and decide w…
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Advisory Opinion 17-003 17-003a member of the public asked whether a City Council properly closed a meeting pursuant to the attorney-client privilege exception to the Open Meeting Law. The Commissioner could not determine whether the Council made th…
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Advisory Opinion 16-003 16-003a newspaper reporter asked whether a city council properly closed a meeting pursuant to the attorney-client privilege exception to the Open Meeting Law (Minn. Stat. § 13D.05, subd. 3(b)). The Commissioner opined that th…
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Advisory Opinion 14-017 14-017A requester asked whether a public body properly closed two meetings on the basis of attorney-client privilege pursuant to section 13D.05, subdivision 2(b). In applying the balancing test required by the Minnesota Supre…
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Advisory Opinion 14-015 14-015A member of the public asked whether a city council’s conduct under the OML was proper on eight different occasions. The council’s “work sessions” were special, not regular meetings, but the Commissioner could not deter…
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Advisory Opinion 14-005 14-005Did the Houston County Board of Commissioners comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13D, at its April 8, 2014, meeting?
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Advisory Opinion 99-003 99-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of the Richfield properly deny access to a tape recording of a closed city council meeting?