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Committee holds closed session on Minneapolis police labor negotiation strategy under Minnesota statute
Summary
The committee voted to close part of the meeting under Minn. Stat. §13D.03, subd. 3, to receive a briefing on strategy for labor negotiations with the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation, and admitted a mayoral policy adviser to the closed session by voice vote before reconvening in open session.
The Administration & Enterprise Oversight Committee voted to enter a closed session to receive a briefing on strategy for labor negotiations involving the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation under Minnesota Statutes §13D.03, subd. 3.
The city attorney advised the committee that negotiation strategy discussions may be closed under Minn. Stat. §13D.03, subd. 3, and that the committee must vote to close the meeting. The committee then voted to admit John Fruidt (identified as a policy adviser to the mayor's office) to the closed session by voice vote and voted to close the meeting to the public so staff could brief the committee on negotiation strategy. The committee kept the broadcast live during the closed session and later reconvened in open session at 2:54 a.m., at which time the clerk confirmed a quorum and the chair adjourned the meeting.
The legal authority cited for the closed session was Minnesota Statutes §13D.03, subd. 3. No deliberative details of negotiation strategy were discussed in open session.
