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• All members of the council participating in the meeting,wherever their <br /> physical location,can hear and see one another and also hear and see all <br /> discussion and testimony presented at any location at which at least one <br /> councilmember is present. <br /> • Members of the public present at the council's regular meeting location <br /> can hear and see all discussion,testimony,and council votes. <br /> • At least one member of the council is physically present at the regular <br /> meeting location. <br /> • Each location at which a councilmember is present is open and accessible <br /> to the public. <br /> • In addition to the notice required for the meeting if it were not held via <br /> interactive television,the city must also post notice at the regular meeting <br /> site and also at each of the sites from where a councilmember will be <br /> participating in the meeting. <br /> If interactive television is used to conduct a meeting,the council must allow a <br /> person,to the extent practical,to monitor the meeting electronically from a <br /> remote location.The council may require the person to pay for the <br /> documented marginal costs that the city incurs as a result of the additional <br /> connection. <br /> H. Intentional violations of the open <br /> meeting law <br /> Minn.Stat.§13D.06,sunder 1,4 A public officer who intentionally violates the Open Meeting Law can be <br /> fined up to$300.This fine may not be paid by the public body.In addition,a <br /> court may also award reasonable costs,disbursements,and attomey's fees up <br /> to$13,000 to the person who brought the violation to court. <br /> Minn.Stat.§13D.06,suns.3 After three intentional violations of the Open Meeting Law,a public official <br /> must be removed from office and may not serve in any other capacity with that <br /> Qaude v.Coffins,518 N.W.2d public body for a period of time equal to the term of office the person was <br /> 836(Minn.199a) serving.However,removal is only <br /> y required if the conduct constitutes <br /> malfeasance or nonfeasance. <br /> Quast V.%Watson,276 MI■r.Sao, The statute is not clear on whether actions taken at an improper meeting would <br /> 150 N.W.2d 199(Minn.1967) be invalid.The Minnesota Supreme Court once held that an attempted school <br /> district consolidation was fatally defective when the initiating resolution was <br /> adopted at a meeting that was not open to the public. <br /> Meetings of City Councils 2_5 <br />