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B. Regular meetings.A schedule of regular meetings shall be kept on file with the City Manager. <br /> All regular City Council meetings held in City Council Chambers are video recorded and meeting <br /> minutes taken. <br /> C. Special meetings.A special meeting is a meeting that is held at a time or location different from <br /> that of a regular meeting. A special meeting may be called by the mayor or any two city <br /> councilmembers by filing a request for the meeting at least three days before the meeting. Days <br /> shall be counted as provided in III-C. Notice to the public of special meetings must be given <br /> pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 13D.04,subd. 2.All regular City Council meetings held in City Council <br /> Chambers must be recorded. <br /> D. Emergency meetings. An emergency meeting may be called by the mayor or any two city <br /> councilmembers. An emergency meeting is a special meeting called because of circumstances <br /> that, in the judgment of the public body require immediate consideration by the public body. <br /> Posted or published notice of an emergency meeting is not required. However,the city will <br /> make a good faith effort to notify each news outlet that has filed a written request for notice. <br /> Notice must be given by telephone or any other method to notify members of the public body. <br /> The notice must include the subject of the meeting. <br /> E. Closed meetings.The Minnesota Open Meeting Law allows some meetings to be closed to the <br /> public for defined purposes. When a meeting is closed,the presiding officer at the council <br /> meeting will state the reason for closing the meeting on the record and cite the state statute <br /> that permits closure. <br /> F. Recessed or continued meetings. When a meeting is recessed or continued,the presiding <br /> officer shall state the time and place for the next meeting to occur pursuant to Minn. Stat. § <br /> 13D.04, subd 4.The time and place shall be noted in the minutes. If the time and place is stated <br /> and noted in the minutes, no additional notice of the meeting is required. However, if the time <br /> and place is not stated,the notice procedures for special meeting shall be required. <br /> G. Organizational meetings. The council will conduct its organizational meeting concurrent with <br /> the first regular council meeting in January of each year to: <br /> 1. Appoint an acting mayor pursuant to Minn.Stat. §412.121. <br /> 2. Select an official newspaper pursuant to Minn. Stat. §412.831. <br /> 3. Select an official depository for city funds.This must be done within 30 days of the start of <br /> the city's fiscal year pursuant to Minn.Stat. §§427.01-.02; 118A.02,subd 1; 427.09. <br /> 4. Review council's bylaws and make any needed changes. <br /> 5. Assign commission duties to members. <br /> VI. PRESIDING OFFICER.The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the city council. <br /> A. Role of the presiding officer.The presiding officer shall preserve order, enforce the City Council <br /> Rules of Order and Procedure as adopted in VII, and determine, without debate,all questions of <br /> procedure and order,subject to the final decision of the council on appeal as provided in VI-D. <br /> The presiding officer shall determine the order in which each member may speak and may <br /> Page 5 <br />