City Council Meeting Date: April 3, 2018
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Closed meeting subject to MN Statute 13D.05, subd. 3 (c) (3) to develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase of real property.
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Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves a Motion to close the City Council meeting pursuant to MN Statute 13D.05, subd. 3 (c) (3) to develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase of real property at located at 601 Division Street and the Q Block (208 Water Street, 116 3rd Str. W. and 120 3rd Str. W.) for purposes of a Northfield Liquor Store site location.
Summary Report:
The purpose of the closed meeting is to develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase of real property located at 601 Division Street and the Q Block (208 Water Street, 116 3rd Str. W. and 120 3rd Str. W.) for purposes of a Northfield Liquor Store site location. No action can or will be taken in closed meeting.
The following Minnesota Statute 13D.05 Subd 3(c) (3) provides for language that allows closed meetings of the City Council as follows:
(c) A public body may close a meeting:
(3) to develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the purchase or sale of real or personal property.
Before holding a closed meeting under this paragraph, the public body must identify on the record the particular real or personal property that is the subject of the closed meeting. The proceedings of a meeting closed under this paragraph must be tape recorded at the expense of the public body. The recording must be preserved for eight years after the date of the meeting and made available to the public after all real or personal property discussed at the meeting has been purchased or sold or the governing body has abandoned the purchase or sale. The real or personal property that is the subject of the closed meeting must be specifically identified on the tape. A list of members and all other persons present at the closed meeting must be made available to the public after the closed meeting. If an action is brought claiming that public business other than discussions allowed under this paragraph was transacted at a closed meeting held under this paragraph during the time when the tape is not available to the public, section 13D.03, subdivision 3 <https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=13D.03>, applies.
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