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Focus on New Laws: Remote Attendance Open and Accessible Location Disclosure Requirement Repealed
A 2025 law makes changes to the Open Meeting Law, eliminating the “open and accessible” location rule for remote meeting attendees. Cities no longer need to disclose remote attendance locations in meeting notices.
The Minnesota Open Meeting Law previously required members of public bodies who participated in meetings via interactive technology to do so from a location “open and accessible” to the public. As a result, meeting notices had to include the remote location of each participating member. Members attending remotely due to military service or health conditions were exempt from the open and accessible requirement for up to three meetings a year.
Effective May 24, 2025, that requirement has been repealed. Cities are no longer required to list the remote attendance locations in meeting notices, and the three-meeting exception for military service and health-related conditions has also been removed.
When holding meetings using interactive technology, cities must still give notice of the regular meeting location and state that some members may participate remotely. However, they are no longer required to disclose the remote locations of those members. Notice requirements for the regular meeting location remain the same as for in-person council meetings and depend on whether the interactive technology meeting is a regular, special, or an emergency meeting.
New remote meeting requirements
Meetings may be held via interactive technology if the following requirements are met:
At least one member is physically present at the regular meeting location, and notice of that location is provided.
- All members must be able to hear and see each other, as well as any discussion and testimony presented at any location where at least one member is present.
- All members of the public at the regular meeting location must be able to hear and see all discussion, testimony, and votes.
- All votes must be conducted by roll call so each member’s vote can be identified and recorded.
- Meeting minutes must include the names of members attending via interactive television technology and state the reason for their remote participation.
Additional resources
Read more about options for remote meeting attendance in the League of Minnesota Cities information memo City Options for Meeting Remotely.