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OPEN MEETING LAW <br />The open meeting law applies to "any committee, subcommittee, department, board, or <br />commission" of the city. With certain exceptions, all boards and commission meetings must be open <br />to the public. <br />A `meeting"is a gathering of a majority of the members of a board or commission at which official <br />business is discussed. It is not necessary that action be taken for a gathering to constitute a `meeting': <br />Serial meetings in groups of less than a quorum held in order to avoid open meeting law requirements <br />may also be found to be a violation, depending on the facts in the case. <br />Scheduling of meetings with the staff liaison will help prevent conflict with other groups over <br />meeting times when public participation is particularly desired. <br />Notice of special meetings other than regularly scheduled meetings must be posted by the chair ox <br />his/her designee at least three days before the meetings. The city's official bulletin board in the <br />entry way at City Hall has been designated fox this as well as other commission information. <br />Meetings may be closed only if closure is expressly authorized by statute or permitted by the <br />attorney-client privilege. <br />Intentional violations subject an individual to personal liability in the form of a civil penalty <br />up to $300, <br />S:\Public Bodies\Boards\Board and Commission Handbook\New Board and Commission folder\OPEN MEETING LAW.doc <br />