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Board votes 4-0 to enter closed session to discuss potential property purchase or sale under Minnesota statute
Summary
The Beltrami County Board voted to go into a closed session under Minnesota statute to discuss purchase or sale of real or personal property, then later voted to return to open session.
At the start of the work session the Beltrami County Board voted to convene a closed session under Minnesota law to discuss the possible purchase or sale of real or personal property.
Commissioner Carlson moved to go into closed session pursuant to Minnesota statute "13.05 subdivision 3 to discuss the purchase or sale of real or personal property," and Commissioner Sumner seconded the motion. The chair called the vote and the board went into closed session with a 4-0 vote.
Later in the meeting the board accepted a motion by Commissioner Winger, seconded by Commissioner Carlson, to end the closed session and return to the open meeting; the chair called for all in favor and the board returned to open session.
Why it matters: Minnesota law permits governmental bodies to meet in closed session to discuss property transactions under certain conditions. The board took the permitted procedural steps to convene and end the closed session. No substantive details from the closed session were disclosed in the public work session record.
