Merz v. Leitch

KELLEY, Justice.

Appellants, residents and taxpayers of Otter Tail County, appeal from a district court order dismissing their claims that three members of the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners violated the Minnesota Open Meeting Law, Minn.Stat. § 471.705 (1982), by conducting county business at a meeting of the board prior to the time announced for the commencement of the meeting. We hold that there was a technical violation of the Open Meeting Law by the respondents. We further hold, *143prospectively, that conducting public business at a meeting prior to the time publicly announced for…