City Council Meetings

Minnesota Open Meeting Laws

The Minnesota Open Meeting Law prohibits lawmaking at secret meetings. This law ensures that citizens have an opportunity to hear elected officials' views during the lawmaking process.
Here's how the Minnesota Open Meeting Law typically affects the St. Louis Park City Council

• All City Council meetings are open to the public.
• A "public meeting" occurs whenever four City Council members (a quorum) are present to conduct business.
• The public can be excluded from a meeting in limited circumstances. Executive sessions can be held when the council is discussing labor negotiations, litigation, an employment or medical issue regarding an individual, or homeland security.