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City Council Minutes
March 2, 2020
The City Council of the City of Hastings, Minnesota met in a special meeting on Monday,
March 2,2020 at 5:30 p-m. at the Hastings City Hall, 101 East 4,h Street, Hastings, Minnesota
Members Present: Mayor Fasbender, Councilmembers Balsanek, Braucks, Folch, Lund, and
Vaughan
Members Absent: Councilmember Leifeld
Staff Present: City Administrator Dan Wietecha
Administrative Services Director Julie Flaten
City Attorney Dan Fluegel
Community Development Director John Hinzman
Others Present: Attorney George Hoff of Hoff Barry(via phone)
Mayor Fasbender called the meeting to order at 5:33p.m.
Closed door meeting for attorney-client privilege.
Motion by Councilmember Balsanek, seconded by councilmember Braucks to move to closed
door session at 5:35 p.m. for an attorney-client privileged discussion pursuant to Minn. Stat. §
13D.05, subdivision 3(b), regarding the case of Hastings Commons LLC et al v. City of Hastings,
District Court File No. 19HA-CV-19-5204,based on the Council's belief the need for
confidentiality is important and the purposes served by the attorney-client privilege in this
situation outweigh the purposes served by the Open Meeting Law. 5 Ayes,Nays, None
The meeting was closed at 5:36 p.m.
Mayor Fasbender called the closed-door session to order at 5:37 p.m.
Councilmember Folch arrived at 5:45 p.m.
Motion by Councilmember Folch, seconded by councilmember Braucks to adjourn the closed-
door session at 6:46 p.m. 6 Ayes, Nays, None
Mayor Fasbender opened the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:48 p.m. made by Councilmember Braucks and seconded
by Councilmember Vaughan. 6 Ayes; Nays, None.
Mary F bender,Mayor 4JUlien, City Clerk