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• <br /> LEONARD <br /> STREET <br /> AND <br /> Powers and Duties of HRAs DEINARD <br /> • 6. Electronic o c Meetings. The open meeting statute permits meetings from by <br /> video-conference if the following conditions are met: <br /> ■ all members of the board participating in the meeting must be able to hear and see <br /> one another and see all discussion and testimony presented at any location; <br /> • members of the public who are present at the regular meeting location must be <br /> able to hear and see all discussion,testimony and votes of members of the board; <br /> • at least one member of the board must be physically present at the regular meeting <br /> location; and <br /> • each location from which a member participates must be open and accessible to <br /> the public. <br /> Clearly, meetings are not permitted by conference call without the video component and <br /> compliance with the foregoing rules. <br /> Note that email correspondence is particularly susceptible to violate the open meeting <br /> law. Commissioners should be careful not to send emails regarding board business. <br /> Once such an email is sent, it is impossible to control who may receive it in violation of <br /> the open meeting law and they leave a clear trail of any violations. <br /> • B. DATA PRACTICES ACT: <br /> The default is that all government data is public unless it falls into specific exceptions that permit <br /> it to be classified as nonpublic. Nonpublic data includes things like individual educational <br /> records, employment records, security information, labor relations information and health data <br /> on individuals. <br /> C. CONFLICT OF INTEREST: <br /> Two separate Minnesota Statutes govern conflicts of interest for HRA commissioners, Section <br /> 469.009, which applies specifically to HRA commissioners and employees and Section 471.87, <br /> which applies more broadly to government officials. <br /> 1. Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.009 applies specifically to HRAs. It requires <br /> generally that a commissioner disclose potential conflicts and that he not take part in any <br /> discussions or actions regarding a matter as to which he has a conflict, and is summarized as <br /> follows: <br /> 2519777v1 7 <br />